This story is very unique because it is something he actually endured in his short life. This is one of the best short stories I have ever read simply because of their fight to live and get to shore. Since it was a near death experience it had to be hard to deal with. The feeling he felt being stranded in the ocean for more than a day must have been incredible. Just the feeling of knowing the tug he was on was going down had to been the scariest part. It had to be hard to write this story soon after he survived the encounter off the coast of Florida. The journey from the wreck to the coast had to been one that he never would forget. A hard part must have been getting where they could see the shoreline and getting so close and one of them drown. That had to be the most difficult part to overcome when trying to relive the moment to moment actions they overcame and then put it in a short story. With an experience like that happening to Crane I’m sure his look on life totally changed from then on.
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