Ship Breaker By Paolo Bacigalupi

In the excerpt, “Ship Breaker,” by Paolo Bacigalupi, the main theme shows that family doesn’t always mean blood. Sometimes, parents are never there for anyone then, there are friends who are there for when someone needs one. “The man was a drunk and a bastard, but still they were blood. They shared the same eyes, the same memories of his mother, the same food, the same liquor...Family as much as he had.” Nailer, the protagonist had a father who never helped him out stated by the words bastard and drunk. He still cares about him although his father always harmed him. Sharing memories connect people closer, however, it does not seem to be in Nailer’s case.
“He’d been a fool to ask for help. Pima’s mother was worth a hundred of his dad.” Described