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Sunday, November 14, 2004

The Perfect Storm


The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that will leave readers with the taste of salt air on their tongues and a sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a savage force of nature (wwnorton).It is a story of six men aboard a sword fishing boat, the Andrea Gail, who get caught in a gargantuan storm in October 1991, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Junger begins to reveal the story by getting us acquainted with the characters and giving us background on their lives. These are men who risk their lives everyday to go out to sea and fish in order to maintain a household. They are not much different than us and therefore this type of character development allows the reader to become in touch with the characters. Also Juger takes the side of a limited third-view point. His approach is to retell the story only by what is known rather than going into the minds of the dead characters. This quote is an example of the descriptive language that is used to pull us into the scene: "Drifting down on swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times when he's thirty feet higher than the men trying to rescue him. . . . If the boat's not going to Buschor, Buschor's going to have to go to it. SWIM! they scream over the rail. SWIM! Buschor rips off his gloves and hood and starts swimming for his life” (Junger). This incorporation of style and use of third-view point allows the reader to experience the spine-chilling terror that the sailors themselves would have gone through. The Perfect Storm is a nonstop page turner which will leave you guessing for what happens next.

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  • Stock For Your Review - FCPG

    Current Profile
    Faceprint Global Solutions (FCPG)
    Current Price $0.15

    A U.S. based-company dedicated to the goal of
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    With violent and white-collar terrorism on the rise,
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    Faceprint Global Solutions (FCPG) holds the exclusive
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    Faceprint Global Solutions has completed its biometric
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    FCPG acquired Montreal-based Apometrix Technologies,
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    Faceprint Global Solutions is currently in contract negotiations
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    Breaking News for Faceprint Global Solutions (FCPG)

    Faceprint Global Solutions (FCPG) is pleased to announce that
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    its major Healthcare clients in North America.


    With FCPG owning the exclusive North American rights to distribute
    the worlds leading encryption and transmission software developed by
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    industries.


    �This is a very positive move for FCPG and for Keyvelop,� said FCPG
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    Among other things, this new software technology which is currently
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    Gone Fishin',

    Neil

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