Abstract: Stephen Crane (1871-1900) is a representative naturalism writer in America in 19th century. One of his representative works is The Open Boat. This thesis probes into The Open Boat in three chapters. Chapter1 mainly discusses the coldness in the work. To present it, we will conclude into it that Nature’s nonchalant attitude toward human. Chapter2 mainly talks about human’s inadequacy in universe. Though the main theme in this work is naturalism, warmth still can be seen. In chapter3 we will discuss warmth by analyzing characters and subtle brotherhood. 

Key words: naturalism environment coldness inadequacy warmth

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Introduction4

Chapter 1 Coldness in natural phenomenon.5

1.1. Severe natural environment.5

1.2. Analysis on the image of colors in nature.6

1.3. Analysis on the image of creatures in nature.9

Chapter 2 Human’s inadequacy in universe.10

2.1 Human’s isolation from external environment. .10

2.2The tragedy of human’s fate.11

Chapter 3Warmth in the mortal world12

3.1 Analysis on four heroes’ characteristics.13

3.2 Subtle brotherhood among four heroes14

Conclusion15

Bibliography.16

Acknowledgements17