Draints
which created the
In the first stanza the narrator wants to know how the
wonders whether there was a big
In the second stanza he is keen to know why the
such ..............creatures. He is amazed that all that one can see
mighty and powerful creatures are their .................remains
died in
In the third stanza the narrator wonders when creatures like the
the monkey which are considered to be our.............
turned into be
He also wonders how their
.... developed into the powerful
In the last stanza the narrator is looking for answers to
the ice caps melt and how one can go back in
... The other
that trouble him are where we all have come from and where all of us
............ He is extremely interested to know who is in ....
and all the changes that take place here.
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Explanation:
This chapter is all about narrator’s journey from Plymouth, England whereby he decides to break the record of Captain James Cook which was made 200 years ago. He with his wife, Mary & with their two children namely Suzzane and Jonathan, decide to duplicate the voyage. For this, they get a professionally built boat named Wave walker which is a beautiful specimen, a 23 meter long and 30 ton wooden hulled beauty. It is tested in all the roughest weathers to check its durability and performance.
They hire two crewmen as well American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler to tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, i.e. the Southern Indian Ocean. The first leg of their journey goes very smoothly wherein they don’t come across any problems but soon, they start encountering problems which add to their woes.
At first, they start encountering gigantic waves and even get hit by one of them. Consequently, narrator’s head gets smashed into the wheel, ribs and teeth get broken, mouth fills with blood and he feels as if his end were near. He sees his wife, Mary, and asks her to manage the wheel. Besides, he sees his boat capsizing bit by bit but somehow he manages to reach the boom of his boat where his children were. On the other hand, he finds American Larry Vigil & Swiss Herb Seigler pumping the water out like madmen and trying their level best to overcome their problems. Things are out of control but he doesn’t give up and moves to the cabin where his children are.
Soon he reaches his children’s cabin and inquires if they both were fine. His children do not complain and encourage their father to move on and save the sinking boat. He finds some screws, a hammer and a canvas and try to cover up those holes whereby the water is flowing. Their problems increase when their hand pumps start to block up with the debris floating around the cabins and the electric pump short-circuited. But, they find another electric pump which helps them to throw the water out. They keep on pumping for 36 hours and finally manage to reach the few centimeters of water.