KonTiki
1. The author's purpose of the book was to tell about his voyage across the Pacific ocean on a raft to prove a now theory that he thought of.
2. I read about sixty pages before I really became interested in the story.
3. The book has many moods in it. For the most part, it is an informative book. The book is also a little bit humerous. Most of the time the author will give information about his story, but he will throw some humor in with it. The author was talking about how fishes would land onboard the raft and one time they found a Gempylus (eel looking fish) in Torsteins's sleeping bag.
4. I think the author is a very strong headed but is a very determined when he goes to reach his goals. He thought of a new theory of how people populated the Americas. He could find heardly any support from anyone. So he divised a group of six people to sail across the Pacific on a raft. After they got the raft built, all the experts listed about 100 different ways they wouldn't make it, and he still went on the voyage.
5. That six guys that were with not much importance sailed across the Pacific ocean on a wooden balsa raft to prove a theory.
6. He spent to much time talking about how he thought up the theory and finding the people to go on the raft. He doesn't talk much about the relationship onboard the raft between he people, especially since they were with each other for four months on a tiny raft.
7. They was sailing along and Knut saw a big black object underneath them. It came up to the boat and just stared right at him. He told everyone to come here and look. They finally observed that it was a whale shark. It started circling around the boat for about an hour. When it went under the raft, they could see his head on one side and his tail on the other. The guys went and grabbed harpoons. As the shark went under Erik, he took his harpoon and stuck it right in the sharks head. The shark took off down towards the bottom again while the three men that were hanging onto the harpoon line were flung about into the air.
3. Select a passage that connects to your life in some way. Discuss what the passage means to you and how it connects to your life in a significant way.
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
This is my personal reflection about this book. First and foremost, I would like to say that this book is very thick and long to read. There are about nineteen chapters and 278 pages altogether. As a slow reader, it is a quite hard for me to finish reading it within time. It took me weeks to finish reading it as a whole. Furthermore, it is written in English version. My English is just in average so sometimes I need to refer to dictionary for certain words. Sometimes I use google translate and ask my friends to explain the meaning of certain terms.
...He is still anchored to his past and transmits the message that one makes their own choices and should be satisfied with their lives. Moreover, the story shows that one should not be extremely rigid and refuse to change their beliefs and that people should be willing to adapt to new customs in order to prevent isolation. Lastly, reader is able to understand that sacrifice is an important part of life and that nothing can be achieved without it. Boats are often used as symbols to represent a journey through life, and like a captain of a boat which is setting sail, the narrator feels that his journey is only just beginning and realizes that everyone is in charge of their own life. Despite the wind that can sometimes blow feverishly and the waves that may slow the journey, the boat should not change its course and is ultimately responsible for completing its voyage.
have chosen it for my report. Finally, I will give my reactions to the novel
The first voyage of Christopher Columbus’ kicked off his legacy of being an explorer. The hardest part of starting Columbus’ voyage trying to find funds. “Columbus had a different idea: Why not sail west across the Atlantic instead of around the massive African continent? The young navigator’s logic was sound, but his math was faulty. He argued (incorrectly) that the circumference of the Earth was much smaller than his contemporaries believed
9. Choose at least one theme that recurs throughout the story and two specific examples of this
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
2. The iota of depth in the book made it a hard plot to follow.
8. c. Rate the story on a scale or zero to 10 and explain why you gave it that rating.
3. How would you describe the author’s style? Examine the way the author writes, considering word choice, point of view, structure, special techniques (i.e., symbolism).
I would recommend this book to a certain type of person that I am not. This book would be great for someone who wants to learn more about the fishes that most commonly end up on their plate. If someone was interested in in the future of the oceans and the last wild food, this book would be great for them. While I did not enjoy the book I still give it three stars out of five due to being full of good information to those that want it.
This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.
3.discuss the conflict in the story, particularly in regards to the character’s place in it.
7. Use imagery in order to appeal to the readers senses and help them better understand what is being described....