An incredible author named Richard Lewis born on June 29, 1947, wrote an amazing book “The Killing Sea” the author taught readers this lesson. A lot of the time we don’t appreciate what we have. Often times we are ungrateful, but what we don't realize is that at any given time that can be taken from us. The author tried to teach us this theme because Sarah was horrible to her mom, but she didn’t appreciate her mom and she was taken away by the tsunami.
For survival, you want to stay strong and you will survive. There has been over the last several days, as the death count from the earthquake and tsunami has steadily climbed to more than 100,000. “They’re all dead. All of them, dead,” the sailor stated, apparently this is showing that everyone that was close to the tsunami and was killed instantly. It picked up cars and swept them hundreds of yards inland. “It reached the rooftops off one-story buildings, ripping off gutters as it surged passed.” the article stated “For as far as Ruslan could see, Meulaboh had become a lake, clogged with floating debris.” the narrator stated, so this is showing that everything was moved and thrown around. “The recording showed an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.” “The whole house shook and rattled,” so this is showing that the …show more content…
On page 42, the book stated that “She waited for the grief to come. It didn’t.” This means that Sarah didn’t feel bad as normal people would. She didn’t care about the death of her mom. On page 105, Richard Lewis wrote, “I don’t ever want to be on a boat again, I don’t ever want to swim again, I want to go home, I want Mom and Dad, I want to go home, please, I want to go home.” This quote was stating that Peter took it much harder than Sarah did, he was crying and begging for his Mom and Dad like a normal person would. He was sobbing on the ground not wanting to go anywhere because of
For survival, you want to stay strong and you will survive. There has been over the last several days, as the death count from the earthquake and tsunami has steadily climbed to more than 100,000. “They’re all dead. All of them, dead,” the sailor stated, apparently this is showing that everyone that was close to the tsunami and was killed instantly. It picked up cars and swept them hundreds of yards inland. “It reached the rooftops off one-story buildings, ripping off gutters as it surged passed.” the article stated “For as far as Ruslan could see, Meulaboh had become a lake, clogged with floating debris.” the narrator stated, so this is showing that everything was moved and thrown around. “The recording showed an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.” “The whole house shook and rattled,” so this is showing that the …show more content…
On page 42, the book stated that “She waited for the grief to come. It didn’t.” This means that Sarah didn’t feel bad as normal people would. She didn’t care about the death of her mom. On page 105, Richard Lewis wrote, “I don’t ever want to be on a boat again, I don’t ever want to swim again, I want to go home, I want Mom and Dad, I want to go home, please, I want to go home.” This quote was stating that Peter took it much harder than Sarah did, he was crying and begging for his Mom and Dad like a normal person would. He was sobbing on the ground not wanting to go anywhere because of