Themes In Blue Skin Of The Sea

The theme of in the chapter six from the book Blue Skin of the Sea was that life is unexpected. One ways that this shows that this is the theme is because in the book the tsunami was unexpected, no one knew that it was coming. In the book it says, “Some came back just before the waves hit, thinking it was a false alarm.” This quote proves that everyone thought that it was a false alarm so they would have never known that this tsunami would wipe out a town and kill people. A second piece of evidence that shows that this is the theme is because Sonny didn’t expect that in that morning he would wake up and have to worry about his dad being dead. In the book it explains, “Dad and Uncle Raz had driven over to the other side of the island, to

the Suisan fish market in Hilo.” This quote tells the reader that Sonny’s dad was just going to a fish market, he had no idea that there was going to be a tsunami that could have killed him. The third piece of evidence that proves that life being unexpected is the theme is because in the book Sonny finds a girl that was killed by the tsunami. The book says, “She was a small, thin girl, about seven years old, wearing pajamas.” This explains that the girl had no idea that she would die that night. This girl had her pajamas on, it was just like any other night for her. She had no idea that there would be a tsunami that would end her life. In conclusion, the theme in chapter six was that life is unexpected. No one had any knowledge of the tsunami until it had happened, Sonny didn’t think that he’d wake up the next morning and worry about his dad being dead, and the girl that Sonny found didn’t think that that night would be her last day. All of these things are what show that life being unexpected the theme of this chapter.