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This is the first 1,000 characters of 786 words (3.14 pages) in the essay titled The Perfect Storm The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger is a fascinating book that should definitely be put in to the high school curriculum. For a book to be used in high school it almost always has to be a classic. These would include the greats like The Great Gatsby, Hamlet, of Great Expectations. Even though The Perfect Storm is not a classic and chances are it never will be, it still has many features that make it a great book. The novel should be respected for reasons such as the continuous action and movement, women are not neglected but portrayed as equals, and the fact that it is a true story adds a sort of nice glamour to it. It is simple characteristics of novels like these that turn them in to best sellers and classics in the eyes of critics.The book is riveting, but never melodramatic. There is just enough tension in the conflict between man and nature to keep readers on the edge of their seats. He shares many stories of disaster that seamen have had in the Grand Banks area. Some thing that should stun any reader is the fact that, Ten-Thousand Gloucestermen have died at sea, far more then all of the country s wars (55). The reader learns encounters that the fishers had that range from colonial times to presents times. This feature of the book is something I really appreciate, because I like to see how the people there have evolved their ways to help themselves against the wrath of nature. My favorite sub story is the one of the Canyon Explorer (88). The story i... |
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Keywords: perfect storm, linda greenlaw, great gatsby, melodramatic, novel, sebastian junger, great expectations, man and nature, continuous action, grand banks, movement women, foot boat, colonial times, seamen, school curriculum, disgust, desperation, ten thousand