Prior to this test, you read "there was crimson clash of war" by stephen crane. what happens in this poem? what is the theme or central message conveyed by the work? do you think this work should be categorized as an example of literary realism or naturalism or both? why or why not? use examples from the text to support your response.

There was crimson clash of war.

Lands turned black and bare;

Women wept;

Babes ran, wondering.

There came one who understood not these things.

He said, “Why is this?”

Whereupon a million strove to answer him.

There was such intricate clamour of tongues,

That still the reason was not.

In this anti-war poem scared people try to flee from the horrors of war. But they don't know where they are going, also they don't mind it because they want to survive the war. The poem depicts the horrors in a simple and realistic style. Stephen Crane was a prominent author in literary realism and the poem is an example of this genre. The line “Babes ran, wondering.” supports this idea in which the proceeding lines explain it in a realistic manner, without any other implication. There is no reason to war if you are searching one.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).