I was not impressed with the Open Boat. This short story could have been much shorter. I did find interesting the quote “If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand the trees?” This was repeated a few pages later but why did the author make this into such importance to be repeated. Because they are trying to make it out of their situation alive shouldn’t they be praying to which ever gods they think would help them most? Not belittling them like they start doing.
I didn’t really understand what happened to the people on shore that saw them did they get too far way or did they just leave the beach?
Then they are talking about pie, of all things pie I understand that they were hungry but talking about it would just make it worse. I believe that this was based off a real experience the author had on a trip to Cuba but I believe that he just put too much into it.
In the end they reach land once again but they knew that they wouldn’t be able to get the boat there so they got the boat as far as they could then when it capsized they swam the rest of the way.
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