Thursday, May 31, 2007

post assignment # 1

(Page 2~3 The plane crashed and broke in half near the ship, and the sharks that had been following the troopship moved to the women and children in the water, many of whom were bleeding into the water from injuries. The attack was fast, ripping savage. Some of the people were killed and many others left with terrible wounds that I would see later when they came aboard the ship from the lifeboats. ~ Terrible as it was, I found the attack not frightening but somehow natural, a part of what I was seeing for the first time. ~ screams and the sounds of people dying filled the air. But even so, I found myself looking out across the expanse of water on the other side of the ship, away from the sinking plane and struggling people.

In this paragraph, the author describes how does he is caught by the sea for the first time. I wonder about how does the boy who is only seventeen years old can be attracted the sea during people are dying; however, this scene also gives different view and image to me.

5 comments:

Zhiling Zeng said...

"I wonder about how does the boy who is only seventeen years old can be attracted the sea during people are dying; however, this scene also gives different view and image to me."

What does this mean? Do you mean that Gary Paulsen had been attracted by the people dying?

chinyin said...

Don't you think the grammer is strange in this sentence, "the author describes how does he is caught by the sea for the first time?"

Shiau-Chwan, Ng said...

"I wonder about how does the boy who is only seventeen years old can be attracted the sea during people are dying; however, this scene also gives different view and image to me."

Are you sure that the author was seventeen years old when he saw the plane clashes down on the sea at that time?

0091 said...

What do you mean in this sentence "In this paragraph, the author describes how does he is caught by the sea for the first time?"

thao nguyen said...

I think the boy is seven not senteen