"The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane

Images As I read "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, I was torn between the classic realism in "The Open Boat," and the atypical scenes from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Both stories, however, were very effective in keeping my interest and imagination running. Stephen Crane gives a sense of realism to "The Open Boat" due to his real life tale of survival of a shipwreck on his way …

…but I thought that both authors were very effective in their style of writing. LIST OF WORKS CITED Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy, and Dana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. 192-210. Poe, Edgar Allen. "The Tell-Tale Heart." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy, and Dana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995. 61-65.