Ship Breaker
By Paolo Bacigalupi
I think chapters 1-5 are great to “hook” the reader to the
book. At least this is what I found very hooking as a reader. Chapter one is as
usual as any book. You learn about Nailer who is the main character. You learn
that he scavenges copper wires on old oil tankers just hoping to live till
tomorrow. Then at the end of the second chapter Nailer falls into a pit of oil
where Sloth finds him. He asks for help but she doesn’t want to help him because
she wants the oil for herself. But luckily Nailer is smart and thinks that
there might be a door in the bottom of the pit. After many times he finally
breaks through and spills into the ocean. When he comes up there is blood from
his shoulder. So he goes to his friend’s mom so it doesn’t get infected. After that
his crew shows up with booze to celebrate Nailer’s find. But when Nailer gets
home his dad asked what happened. He told him but also told him about how he
lost his father’s mask. His father was very mad and Nailer knew he was about to
get a beating. So he offered the booze to his alcoholic father and he got out
of that beating. This is where you start to see how bad his father is.
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