Alfred Burton Descriptive Writing

In this essay, the author

• Imagines all those aboard, including himself, would perish, condemned to where all sailors feared the most, davy jones locker.
• Describes how the crew rushed to the damaged mast with axes in hand to free it from the ship. they chopped at the ropes entangling the mast and ship and grabbed anything to prevent themselves from sliding into the merciless waves.
• Narrates how the roaring wind, crashing waves drowned out the captain's commands. the crew ran up on deck from a hatch, waved his arms among the harsh spray of seawater.
• Describes how the ship's crew worked non-stop for hours in bone-chilling water. the force and violent nature of waves fractured the upper support of the rudder.
• Narrates how the ship's bell sounded calling everyone to gather up on deck. passengers looked at each other amazed that they had survived.
• Describes how the captain checked the ship after the crew struggled to repair it during the storm. they observed the passengers dishearten expressions.
• Regrets that six crew members perished while working in the frigid water of the ship. silent, motionless passengers stared mindlessly toward their captain.
• Narrates how crew and passengers knelt on deck and waited reverently in honor of those who perished during the storm.
• Narrates how captain brought the wrapped bodies of brave men and laid them on the deck. captain opened a bible, and everyone aboard bowed their heads.
• Narrates how crewmen placed a wrapped body over the ship's rail and tilted the plank. the captain praised god and those who gave their lives during the storm
• Describes how samuel, thankful he's alive, began filling his diary with what occur during the storm and up on deck.
• Describes how samuel sought to gather information from the ship's passengers, but their different natures prevented it. with the passing of the storm, an opportunity arose, watching how they came together mingled among each other.
• Describes john and margaret holmes as soft-spoken, polite, gray-haired, wrinkled hands and faces showing the passage of their existence. their elderly eyes revealed the affection still burning.
• Concludes that samuel strolled over to the pompous young man proudly going by the name of alfred burton iii, asked if he would discuss the storm.
• Opines that his dark-brown hair, and handsome features made him extremely attractive, judging by his attitude. he never worked a day in his life.
• Describes elizabeth as a fair-skinned, dark-brown farm girl raised by her father after her mother died when she was two.
• Describes jacob, a handsome dark-haired young man of 23, who noted intelligence from the conversation with him, assigned by his father to care for his sister and explore new opportunities for the family’s farming business.
• Narrates how victoria warren grew jealous when samuel spoke to all the passengers, but not to her or her family. samuel knew better than to argue with her about trivial things.