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Stephen Crane and Jack London are both writers of Naturalism, but the two authors have different styles of naturalism. Crane’s “The Open Boat” and London’s “To Build a Fire” are two stories that approach the idea of naturalism in different methods. In “The Open Boat,” there is a conflict among the men in the boat and the weather surrounding them, along with the conflict among themselves trying to work together to survive. In the story “To Build a Fire,” the conflict is between the man, with his lack of instinct, and nature itself. The idea of naturalism states the events simply happen and just because, and characters’ actions are based upon these events. However, the man in “To Build a Fire” seems to be at fault for everything that happens to him because of his so called bad luck. This would make it seem like Nature is against him, but Nature is still indifferent to the man’s presence because the weather would be the same regardless if the man was there. The man does not seem to be experienced enough to be able to survive what nature throws at him. He ignores everything