The Perfect Storm

write a detailed book on this tragic event. The perfect storm is a true story of men against the sea as stated on the cover of the book. Before I even started reading the book, I thought to myself, how possibly there could be a perfect storm or good storm because no storm is ever good. Then I read the foreword, which gives us a little background of why the author wrote the book and he says, “ I had some misgivings about calling it The Perfect Storm, but in the end I decided that the intent was sufficiently clear. I use perfect in the meteorological sense: a storm that could not possibly have been worse” (Junger XIV). Then I processed it, and it made sense to me.…

Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel's "The Super Disasters of the 21st century" and Sebastian Junger's "The Perfect Storm" describe the causes and effects of natural disasters. Both authors use similar and different strategies and techniques to describe the causes and effects of super disasters. Each author used text structure, choice of vocabulary, and the use of data and details to help the readers better understand the causes and effects of natural disasters. Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel…

Robert Cormier’s We All Fall Down was published in 1991 but occurs at an earlier time period in the towns of Burnside and Wickburg. Although published in 1991, the setting is believed to have been at an earlier date, most likely the late 1980s because of Buddy’s alcoholism, the mall, and the book being published in 1991. My first impression while reading this book was that it must be during the1990s because of how the Jerome daughters dress. Although sweaters were popular in the 1990s, a grunge…

Sebastian Junger’s book, The Prefect Storm, is a tragic and intense journey of six crew members setting out to go sword fishing and bring back some for profit; however, they get caught and later died in a “perfect storm”, which means two storms colliding and turning into a small hurricane and later evolving into a powerful cyclone. Analyzing The Perfect Storm, Junger filled his book with his input and ideas of what happened to the sailors at the end of their lives, how he believes they acted and…

The Perfect Storm On a dreary September morning in Gloucester Massachusetts, a crew of diverse, hardened fishermen boarded the sword fishing vessel Andrea Gail. September in the northeast is a favorable time to swordfish and Captain Billy Tyne is eyeing the conditions of one of the most rewarding sword fishing spots of the east, the grand banks. Sword fishing is a multi-million dollar industry in the north east, and for such a poor area like Gloucester, it draws men from all over to participate.…

controlled by an inevitable result is called fate. Many pieces of literature raise questions on the idea of fate and if it exists. Critic Roland Barthes has said, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” In The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger, six-crew members on board the Andrea Gail from Gloucester, Massachusetts in hope of swordfish along Nova Scotia find themselves in many weather phenomenas colliding and an ensuing massive storm. The novel hints the question of if fate exists and…

When circumstances come together that each contributes to a disaster, it is sometimes called the “perfect storm.” Some use this expression to refer to hurricanes, snowstorms, or even a terrible life situation. It can also be used to describe how many of the events of the 1850s created the “perfect storm” that led to the collapse of the union. Specifically, the Compromise of 1850, publishing of Uncle Tom’s cabin, Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid during the…

Hurricane Grace combined with a cold front that came off of a current, and later on combines with another storm, Which creates a HUGE storm that the Meteorologists to be “The perfect storm”. This chapter talks about a different boat being caught in this huge storn, and how they tried to send out a SOS signal with a 2 mile radius to any other boats. They send rescue planes to save the crew, except for the captain who staus with the boat because “a captain shouldn’t leave his boat”. But the coast…

In my opinion, I think “The Perfect Storm” is a more compelling story. I believe this because it goes into a lot more detail than “The Wreck of the Hesperus”. The Perfect Storm’s structure also made the story very easy to read. I personally think a story is easier to read than a poem. The story has real events that makes you want to know if actual people survive. The story is about real life or death situations making the story more interesting. The first reason “The Perfect Storm” was more…

The Perfect Setting When telling a story how do you start? Do you jump right into the main events, or do you lay out the setting for the person to get a mental image of the action taking place? The setting plays a major aspect to a story, it can become boring if you do not understand the time, place, or atmosphere the story took place in. In Kate Chopin’s short story, The Storm the setting plays a major role. The setting portrays more than where The Storm takes place, the atmosphere, weather,…