Nailer, the protagonist of the
story who is followed the entire time, mainly wants to know what it is like to
live luxuriously and be rich. All he wants is to be rich and to get away from
the horrors of light crew and living on the beach in poverty. He had a chance
to do this when they found the wreck of the clipper ship but, Nailer felt
terrible if he left the girl alone to die. This means he must want to be a good
person before wanting to become wealthy. Pima on the other hand, was ready to
cut off the girls rings and leave her for dead before Nailer stopped her. She
is a very strong, tough girl who wants many of the same things Nailer does. She
dreams about making it big and living a life of luxury.
A theme that
is beginning to appear in the book is doing good deeds will eventually have a
good effect on you in the future. The characters in the book believe a lot in
Karma. When Nailer was severely injured and lucky that he lived, they all
bought him luck gifts in hope that they may gain some luck from him.
The way this
book is structured is there are many 8-12 page chapters. Many of these end with
cliffhangers to drag you on and make you keep reading. The chapters are headed using only numbers and there are never any subtitles in the book. Also, the book is full
of a lot of dialogue between characters and is narrated in third person.
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