The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is a book that cleverly teaches you that you need to know what’s going on in the world, and if your going somewhere or live somewhere, to know the dangers and know how to deal with them successfully. This book relates to actual history and real life, and gives you a sense of how bad life was after the tsunami struck and how fatal it was. The book was written in 2006, two years after the colossal tsunami hit places in the Indian Ocean, and the author was a rescue worker in the ruins of Aceh, giving Lewis a setting to use for a book that could express just how deadly and destructive the earthquake and the tsunami it consequently triggered was, through intriguing historical fiction. A New York Times article named
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On page 59, Sarah hears her father say; “He’s going to need a doctor.” in her mind, and therefore, she has her heart set on finding her brother, Peter, a doctor, on the other hand, Ruslan finds a letter from his father on page 25 and reads it on page 62, it says; “I’m going to Ie Mameh.” After he finds this letter, he is determined to get to Ie Mameh no matter what, to find his father. Evidently, This shows that they can both be compared to wanted to get to a certain place (Ie Mameh for Ruslan, Calang for Sarah), but have completely different reasons. Sarah doesn’t find worry for her father like Ruslan, and is only concerned about getting a doctor for her brother, with no grief for her dead mother, meanwhile, Ruslan is only concerned about his father and still has grievance for his mother, even though it is seen scarcely. Another quote that supports my claim is, “Thanks for helping. Bye, hope you find your dad.”” said by Sarah in page 128 of The Killing Sea, and “I have to go find him.” said by Ruslan on page 126 to Sarah. Throughout the book, they both feel the need to go to someplace different. Ruslan first insists that he has to leave them and find his father, and Sarah says goodbye to him after he helps her, because he desperately wants to get to his dad, and in doing which, he would have to go the opposite way, because Sarah wants to get her brother a doctor and she won’t give
On page 59, Sarah hears her father say; “He’s going to need a doctor.” in her mind, and therefore, she has her heart set on finding her brother, Peter, a doctor, on the other hand, Ruslan finds a letter from his father on page 25 and reads it on page 62, it says; “I’m going to Ie Mameh.” After he finds this letter, he is determined to get to Ie Mameh no matter what, to find his father. Evidently, This shows that they can both be compared to wanted to get to a certain place (Ie Mameh for Ruslan, Calang for Sarah), but have completely different reasons. Sarah doesn’t find worry for her father like Ruslan, and is only concerned about getting a doctor for her brother, with no grief for her dead mother, meanwhile, Ruslan is only concerned about his father and still has grievance for his mother, even though it is seen scarcely. Another quote that supports my claim is, “Thanks for helping. Bye, hope you find your dad.”” said by Sarah in page 128 of The Killing Sea, and “I have to go find him.” said by Ruslan on page 126 to Sarah. Throughout the book, they both feel the need to go to someplace different. Ruslan first insists that he has to leave them and find his father, and Sarah says goodbye to him after he helps her, because he desperately wants to get to his dad, and in doing which, he would have to go the opposite way, because Sarah wants to get her brother a doctor and she won’t give