answers: leaving home
context: that the story questions man's place in the universe through metaphorical or indirect means. Like other major works by Stephen Crane, "The Open Boat" contains numerous examples of symbolism, imagery and metaphor. Vibrant descriptions of color, combined with simple, clear writing, are also apparent throughout, and humor in the form of irony serves in stark opposition to the dreary setting and desperate characters. Editor Vincent Starrett stated in his introduction to the 1921 collection of Crane's work entitled "Men, Women and Boats" that the author keeps "down the tone where another writer might have attempted 'fine writing' and have been </s> RIAA placed "Wide Open Spaces" at number 259 on its 365 Songs of the Century list. In 2003, CMT named it number 22 in its 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music list. Amarillo, Texas-based Susan Gibson wrote the song's first lyrics in 1993, on her first visit back home after leaving for forestry school at the University of Montana. She left the notebook containing the lyrics at home by mistake when she returned to school; her mother found it and included it in a care package, inspiring Gibson to complete a song along the themes of leaving home. She first </s> the egalitarian, democratic aesthetic. "Free Air" is one of the first novels about the road trip, a subject around which the Beats (most notably Jack Kerouac) would build a cult following in the mid-20th century. Composer Ferde Grofe used the novel as the basis for the music to his adventurous composition "Free Air." In the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire", set initially in 1920, Jimmy and his girlfriend Pearl are reading "Free Air". The 18-year-old Chicago prostitute Pearl hopes to head West like the heroine, along with Jimmy. Free Air Free Air is a 1919 novel written by Sinclair Lewis. A
question: what is the song wide open spaces about