TOW #8: IRB

In the second half of The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, the critically acclaimed author and writer in magazines such as The New York Times and American Heritage, further attempts to entertain his audience through the thrilling adventure of the crew of the Andrea Gail on their fishing trip out to sea.Through the usage of sentence structure, Junger achieves in increasing this thrill in order to further entertain his reader.  Junger often tends to make his sentences very direct, meaning that he intends to quickly get to the point through shorter sentences as opposed to writing longer sentences which do not have the same direct effect.  For example, in the chapter titled The World of the Living, Junger explains how “ The Guardsmen zip up their flight suits and file out the door.  A rescue helicopter has just ditched fifty miles offshore and now five National Guardsmen are in the water, swimming” (Junger 165).  This sentence structure not only compliments Jungers purpose to create an entertaining and thrilling piece of literature, but it also allows for Junger to further attract an audience based around adventure-seeking enthusiasts with its striking and concise organization.  Through the end of this book, the reader is compelled with the intriguing style of Junger as well as the situations that the crew faces.  While the crew itself does not have a happy ending in a sense, Junger does as a result of the large success of his book.  In fact, The Perfect Storm was later transformed into a major motion picture.  This is because Junger was able to vividly bring a tragic story to life and present it to various audiences of both those interested in the history of the crew as well as those who are fans of thrillers and or adventure.  I believe that through the style and sentence structure that Junger uses, he does a tremendous job at constructing a stellar novel that is still today praised by many.