Part six starts at the same time the men in the Caird departed for South Georgia Island, but in the rescuers point of view. The action almost explodes immediately when the boat must be on constant alert for ice chunks that can batter the boat. Furthermore, the group is in one of those most vicious sections of sea known to man, so battering waters are a prevalent threat. One can tell that Shackleton is finally feeling the toll of this journey, and he even looks to Worsley for a confidence boost, asking if he had made the right decisions. Overall, the waves and sea spray was harsh, but the thought of rescue gave the men the energy to continue on!
Concrete details appear quite frequently throughout this section because the author wants to perfectly illustrate how frightful the sea had been during the voyage to S.G. Island. A wave had crashed onto the Caird and, "Then green, foaming water rolled across the decking, splashed into the cockpit and drained down into the boat in icy streams... ." Many times the boat and its struggle were remarkably depicted and drawn in the reader, and this kept the reader continually reading more.
I like how a reader can feel the tension building in your post. It is fun to read.
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ReplyDeleteColton, concrete details are vital to engaging the reader into the "life" of a book. Bravo for noticing how important these adjective + noun pieces are to good writing.
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