Within a letter written to a friend Stephen Crane once wrote “ I always want to be unmistakeable”. (Greenfield 564) Crane wanted his short stories and poems to be read and understood by all men. Despite criticism Crane enjoyed writing, and later wrote to another friend “ my chiefest desire was to write plainly and unmistakeably so that all men (and some women) might read and understand” (Greenfield 562) Crane was a modern writer “He rejected both the theism and humanism of the nineteenth century”. (Canfield 391) Although Crane was not concerned with style or literary art, he became well known for his use of imagery. Crane became a notable success and was befriended and admired by some of the most important literary figures of his time, especially Hamlin Garland. Garland, a writer well known for his realistic stories served as a great influence and mentor in Crane's writings. It has been written that the key to Crane's success was that his imagery was more dreamlike than other writers, even more so than that of his mentor Hamlin Garland. It is because of this, that Crane has also been referred to as an impressionist. Impressionism is a literary term that focuses on subjective aspects of a scene as opposed to verifiable events. “The impressionist”- Stephen Crane was among the first to express in writing a new way of looking at the world”. (Canfield 387) Set in a small prairie town of Fort Romper Nebraska, “The Blue Hotel” is a great example of Crane's impressionistic views and use of imagery. “The Blue Hotel” was rejected three times before it was published, and although Stephen Crane's later works did not live up to the level of his previous successes, “The Blue Hotel” was finally published in 1898 in Colliers Weekly. According to Stanley Wertheim “The Blue Hotel” is one of the best fictional masterworks created by Crane”. (Wertheim 34) Stephen Crane, the author of