Perfect Storm Compare and Contrast
Sean Shadrick
2011, October 9
English 101 Summary of “The Perfect Storm”
Chapter 1- Georges Bank 1896
A mackerel schooner, fishing in one of the most dangerous fishing areas on the planet, found a bottle floating at sea. One of the sailors took it out of the water and handed it to the captain, who took the note out and read it to the crew. The note was from a boat named the Falcon that had been sailing for a year and one of the crew members wrote that there was no hope because their cable and rudder was gone and water was leaking onto their boat. It ended with, “The one that picks this up let it be known. God have mercy on us.” The narrator wondered what a man does in his last moments once he’s lost all hope, and this one, decided to write.
Chapter 2- Gloucester Mass., 1991
This chapter begins to lay the foundation for the rest of the book by introducing the characters, describing what the city of Gloucester is like, and talking a little about the process of fishing as a whole. Two of the main characters are Bobby Shatford, and his girlfriend Christina Cotter. Bobby was separated from a past marriage with two kids, and Christina was divorced with three of her own. Ethel, Bobby’s mother, raised he and five siblings, working as a daytime bartender at a popular town bar called the Crow’s Nest. Bobby’s sister, Mary Anne, didn’t put up with any funny business and, “Kept him on his toes”. Bobby is a sword fisher along with a couple of close friends and shipmates, Bugsy and Murph, aboard a boat named the Andrea Gail. Bobby is loved by everyone in town and has a crazy reputation, and Murph looks like a big mountain man with, “Mongolian eyes”. An old family friend, Billy Tyne, was given the captains job from the previous captain, Charlie Reed, and an experienced and skilled fisher named sully was convinced to replace one of the crew members who backed out on short notice. Visibly frustrated, Sully looks over to bobby and Bugsy as they fight and tells Chris, “
2011, October 9
English 101 Summary of “The Perfect Storm”
Chapter 1- Georges Bank 1896
A mackerel schooner, fishing in one of the most dangerous fishing areas on the planet, found a bottle floating at sea. One of the sailors took it out of the water and handed it to the captain, who took the note out and read it to the crew. The note was from a boat named the Falcon that had been sailing for a year and one of the crew members wrote that there was no hope because their cable and rudder was gone and water was leaking onto their boat. It ended with, “The one that picks this up let it be known. God have mercy on us.” The narrator wondered what a man does in his last moments once he’s lost all hope, and this one, decided to write.
Chapter 2- Gloucester Mass., 1991
This chapter begins to lay the foundation for the rest of the book by introducing the characters, describing what the city of Gloucester is like, and talking a little about the process of fishing as a whole. Two of the main characters are Bobby Shatford, and his girlfriend Christina Cotter. Bobby was separated from a past marriage with two kids, and Christina was divorced with three of her own. Ethel, Bobby’s mother, raised he and five siblings, working as a daytime bartender at a popular town bar called the Crow’s Nest. Bobby’s sister, Mary Anne, didn’t put up with any funny business and, “Kept him on his toes”. Bobby is a sword fisher along with a couple of close friends and shipmates, Bugsy and Murph, aboard a boat named the Andrea Gail. Bobby is loved by everyone in town and has a crazy reputation, and Murph looks like a big mountain man with, “Mongolian eyes”. An old family friend, Billy Tyne, was given the captains job from the previous captain, Charlie Reed, and an experienced and skilled fisher named sully was convinced to replace one of the crew members who backed out on short notice. Visibly frustrated, Sully looks over to bobby and Bugsy as they fight and tells Chris, “