Krik? Krak!

Children of the Sea had to be my favorite reading so far. It was interesting but still defined. As a reader, I thought it was the best example. This is because, by telling a story like this, you go into detail to  the point that you know everything that's going on...or most of it anyways. As opposed to a poem or short passage like some of the other readings, this longer passage told an almost complete story. Another way that this was an effective way of writing, is the fact that the entire story was a series of letters from a man to a woman. I'm pretty sure neither of them ever received any of them, but they keep writing to each other faithfully. I thought it was horribly romantic. The horrible part about this, was the impression it left on the reader at the end. It leaves us to think that the male character dies at sea when the female hears of another shipwreck discovered. That is also where the letters end. But thinking about this, the corrupt government would prefer for the people of their country to believe that they did become shipwrecked in order to try and prevent others from trying to escape the country. The relationship between the father and daughter also somewhat improves. She goes from thinking of him as selfish and mean, to a man who gave everything he had for her. Which is exactly what he had done.