Describe the experience of the narrator's gut and grit after they celebrated New Year.(100 words)
Question from chapter 2-"We are not afraid to die....if we can all be together".(Hornbill)
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Both adults and children in the narrative exhibit different traits of behaviour on the face of near death. The captain faced the gales and the gigantic waves as one faces death. As the narrator took the wheel, Herb and Larry began pumping the water like madmen. With the starboard side bashed open,every wave was sending water into the boat so the narrator had to cover the gaping holes with a canvas and secure the waterproof hatch. More problems arose when the hand pumps started to block up with the debris floating around the cabins and the electric pump suffered a short circuit leading to an alarming rise in the water level. The two spare hand pumps had been wrenched overboard so the narrator used another electric pump which was connected to an out-pipe and made to work. They spent the night pumping out water and on the morning of January 3, the pumps had the water level sufficiently under control to enable those on board to take rest in two hours' rotation after the whole night's vigil. The narrator was single-mindedly engaged in delivering his family and the ship to safety in this way. On the other hand, the two children exhibited more optimism than their elders. Jonathan saying that he and his sister were not afraid to die if they were to die together is an expression of love and unity even in death. Gut and grit: both came into play in their survival against all odds!
Regards
Please find below the solution to the asked query:
Both adults and children in the narrative exhibit different traits of behaviour on the face of near death. The captain faced the gales and the gigantic waves as one faces death. As the narrator took the wheel, Herb and Larry began pumping the water like madmen. With the starboard side bashed open,every wave was sending water into the boat so the narrator had to cover the gaping holes with a canvas and secure the waterproof hatch. More problems arose when the hand pumps started to block up with the debris floating around the cabins and the electric pump suffered a short circuit leading to an alarming rise in the water level. The two spare hand pumps had been wrenched overboard so the narrator used another electric pump which was connected to an out-pipe and made to work. They spent the night pumping out water and on the morning of January 3, the pumps had the water level sufficiently under control to enable those on board to take rest in two hours' rotation after the whole night's vigil. The narrator was single-mindedly engaged in delivering his family and the ship to safety in this way. On the other hand, the two children exhibited more optimism than their elders. Jonathan saying that he and his sister were not afraid to die if they were to die together is an expression of love and unity even in death. Gut and grit: both came into play in their survival against all odds!
Regards