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Essay / The characteristics of naturalism in Stephen Crane...
Existentialism is “a philosophy that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. According to the view, humans define their own meaning in life and attempt to make rational decisions even though they exist in an irrational universe” (Mastin 2008). But the correspondent has difficulty reasoning about Billie's death. Because he sees that ultimately they had little control over their own destiny. Their free will had been taken away from them and their fate rested in the hands of Nature. Are people too small to be considered beneficiaries of divine benevolence, and are the forces that direct these behaviors blind to the individual's destiny? The correspondent kneels in a stormy sea, but instead of praying, he is heard saying "Yes, but I love myself" (Cane