Stephan Cranes "The Open Boat"Stephan Cranes "The Open Boat" is a short story that will make you appreciate all aspects of life, whether it is a tragic misfortune or even a simple cold. This is illustrated by the fact that in the story, nature trains the men in the raft to appreciate what they have and not take life for granted. This is made clear when the caller says, “If I am going to drown – if I am going to drown – if I am going to drown, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea have I been allowed to drown.” come here and contemplate the earth and the trees” (Baym)? After this statement, we realize that the men in the raft begin to appreciate nature to which they pay no attention. In the story it is said: "When it occurs to a man that nature does not consider him important and feels that she would not mutilate the universe by getting rid of him , he first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he deeply hates the fact that there are neither bricks nor temples” (Baym). They realize that nature doesn't care about them, they must respect its rules. For starters, the characters on the raft are all on a different level when it comes to class and rank in society. The correspondent is the youngest of the four men on the boat and, besides the tanker, he is the most physically able to row the raft. He is the one who shares rowing duties with the determined tanker. We begin to realize that throughout the story, the correspondent acquires a loving and caring heart for men, which he experiences as a brotherhood in the making. Additionally, he is so frustrated with the seven gods who rule the seat that he makes rude remarks to them. this is clear when the correspondent says: "If I'm going to drown - if I'm going to run aground...... in the middle of a paper... and they can be easily forgotten, but when one experiences of something like What the Four Men in the Raft Have, they begin to love the little things that seem non-existent. Needless to say, nature can sometimes be very helpful and generous to man. When man began to understand that nature played a big role in this insignificant life, nature began to give them a little leeway in their journey to find the land. “When men use the captain's overcoat as a sail, the wind cooperates quite well and they progress steadily over the waves without needing it” (Gibson, Moore). Grace is given when man faces the obstacles that nature throws at him. Additionally, the crew runs with a much-needed stick so the captain can make a signal flag. Nature also showed corresponding grace when he was caught in a deadly current and an unsuspected wave frees him from death..