What does it mean that "None of them knew the color of the sky"?

What kind of mood does

this set for the story?
The story's opening line "None of them knew the color of the sky" establishes the
existential conflict that disturbs the correspondent. The four men in the story are so
preoccupied with the threat of the waves that they do not allow themselves to look up. The
suggestion that they do not know the color of the sky establishes a tone of uncertainty.
What point-of-view the narrator is adopting in this story: first or third person? Why emphasize
the correspondent over any of the other characters? What is the significance in this choice?
When I started reading the story, I noted that the author began by saying, "None of them
knew the color of the sky," which indicated that the story would most likely be told in third
person. Meanwhile, the correspondent is the one who is emphasized in the story since it
represents the author's personal experience. This indicates that the correspondent is modeled
after Crane.
MATTER-OF-FACT LYRICAL. How does the narrator describe the characters' thoughts and
emotions? Discuss by citing passages in the story.
"The injured captain, lying in the bow, as at this time buried in that profound dejection and
indifference which comes, temporarily at least, to even the bravest and most enduring when,
willy-nilly, the firm fails, the army loses, the ship goes down."

In this passage, the narrator explains the particular despair the captain feels. His ship has sunk,
he is physically injured, his crew is fatigued, and the dinghy won't be able to survive the waves
much longer. This passage is significant because it captures the internal conflict that is most
threatening to the men in the open boat: a sense of hopelessness.

How do the men in the open boat relate to each other? What do the men do to prepare in
case some of them do not survive?
The four main characters in the open boat are related to each other since all of them
are the survivors of the sunken ship. To enable them to reach land, they needed each other.

MOTIFS. What "patterns" or "repetitions" do you find in the story? How are these important to
understanding the story?
The author appears to stretch the men's journey by using repetition, giving the reader
a more dramatic image of the misery and helplessness towards the four men experience.
When discussing people on the coast, they repeat numerous times, ‘Funny they don’t see us’.
In this context, repetition shows that, despite their best efforts, the men do not make progress
towards their survival.
SYMBOLS. What do the wave, boat, sea, and shark symbolize in "The Open Boat"?
Cranes use the symbolism of wave, sea, and shark to illustrate the idea of man's
struggle over nature's apathy in this story. In the text, the wave, the sea, and sharks all signify
nature. The boat, on the other hand, represents mankind. The boat is a symbolic work of
mankind and man's attempts to subdue nature. It is their only hope to fight the onslaught of
nature that comes in the symbolic forms of the waves, the sea, and the sharks.

THEME. What message is the author sending? What is the relationship of man and nature in
Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"? Does Crane see nature as arbitrary, malicious, or
something else? Explain.
The meaning of The Open Boat  illustrates the value of human life. It proves that the
hostile environment is equal for everybody. The author describes that each person, no matter
who he is, wants to survive and live in comfort. On the other hand, the Open Boat” primarily
centers on the dynamic between humankind and nature. The men in the story demonstrates
repeatedly that humans have no control over nature, despite their best efforts to overcome it.

Hello everyone, my name is Julius U. Cabingan from bsmt 1a1, and for today's vlog, I was going
to answer some of the questions related to Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"

1.Why is the story called realistic fiction? What real event provided Crane with the idea or
basis for his short story?
2.Who are the men on the boat? How does the narrator describe the crew? What adjectives
does the narrator use? What are their jobs?
3.Why are the characters traveling in a small boat?
The open boat is a story considered realistic fiction since the plot is based on real events
and It was inspired by Stephen Crane's survival when the boat he was taking to Cuba sank off
the coast of Florida while he was heading to his work as a newspaper correspondent. In this
story, there were 4 main characters, the captain, the oiler, the correspondent, and the cook who
is currently traveling using the small lifeboat since the ship that they are using, the Commodore,
sank due to the bad weather.

4.What are the conflicts in the story? What is the major conflict of the story?
5.What are some of the dangers the men face? Explain how the author creates an increasing
sense of hopelessness in the men.
There were two common conflicts in the story. The first one is the man against self, in
which the four men who are stranded in a small dingy in the middle of the ocean who are
continually fighting their fear and exhaustion. And the second one is man vs. nature, which
considers their most major conflict in the story and tells how the four men navigate their little
lifeboat throughout the harsh environment to enable them to survive. That’s why the four men
in the story seem to be hopeless due to their endangered situation and they didn't have any
idea on what would happen to them after all. The author intensifies the men's sense of
hopelessness by demonstrating how all of the characters in the story share similar fears.
6. How do the men get to shore? Which of the men survive?
7. Why is only the Oiler given a name (Billie)? Why the others are only referred to generally?
. The four men swim in the freezing water when the boat is overturned by waves. Billie
swims vigorously ahead, while the chef floats submissively and the captain holds on to the
wrecked boat, as seen by the correspondent. When a man on the shore notices them
removing their clothing, he rushes into the sea to assist the men.  The correspondent, captain,
and cook all make it to land safely, but Billie is no longer alive as drowned after being
smashed in the surf by a huge wave. This make me conclude that the Oiler is the only named
character in the story as he is the only one who does not able to survive the voyage, implying
that he is distinct from the rest of the characters.

That's all everyone, I hope you learn something and I'm going to end this vlog bye!