Blue Skin Of The Sea Analysis

In the novel, Blue Skin of the Sea, the theme of the chapter is to never underestimate nature.This means that you should never have doubt in anything. One example is that the book states, “The fish market was gone! Waiakea Town was gone!” (page 102) This meant that when Sonny and Keo were on the search of Sonny’s dad, they had been everything had been fine, but as a soon as they had arrived at the sight, the town and others were in danger. The book, it also says, “. . .rows of bodies laid out on the ground covered with blankets. . .” (page 101) This explains that the many people had been hit critically. A few people: Keo and Sonny had probably thought that all the power outage and cell phone services were just a blackout, but it was astonishing

to hear that it was a tsunami. Lastly, the novel claims “Not damaged, gone-a whole town, flattened and pushed up into the heel of the river, splintered and shoved inland in pieces.” (page 102) What this part of the chapter was trying to say, is that the tsunami was very effective, it deluged streets and dispelled the town. This was in fact some houses too. From the memories that the townspeople shared, it’s gone! This is why underestimating nature may lead to a gruesome outcome: town destruction, road damage, and severe floods.