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Of the choices on the list of books I chose to read Ship Breaker because after reading through the different titles and discriptions Ship breaker caught my intrest because from its description it was set in this world but it was after oil had run out, to me this seemed like an intresting story to check out. A connection I can make to this book is the tough devisions Nailer had to make throught the book. In the story eventually he had to choose to leave his life behind and everyone he knew to run away with Nita to escape his villinous father. Now I've never had to do something quite as big but i have dealt with my decision to leave marching band when this year is the biggest season to date.
I spacifically would reccomend this this book for thoes who like like action and adventure stories with hints of romance. This book is full of suspensful scenes which will keep you up late wanting to see what will happen next. Though there is coarse language but nothing above what you would hear in the halls at highschool (well assuming you care). But overall I liked reading this story and especally at the end when all the action in it peaks.

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"Swim you bastard swim you baststard swim you bastard....Swim!
Nailer sank like a stone through warm reeking liquid. It was like trying to swim through thick air the warmth gave instead of water.  No matter how hard he fought, the warmth gave way under him, sucking him deeper.
'Why can't I swim?'
He was a good swimmer. Had never wirried about drowning in the ocean, even in eave surf. but now he keept sinking. His hand tangled in something solid--the copper wire. He grabbed for it, hoping it was still connected to the ducts above.
it slithered through his fingers, slick and slimy.
Oil!"
In context this is when Nailer falls into a pit full of oil. If you remember from previous poss oil is as valuable as it is rare. And Nailer just fell into a fortuine. The only issue is he is sinking in it and could die. While valuable it isn't worth a thing if he can't get out of the vat of oil...

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From reading Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, I have seen a spectrurm of varying characters from extremley 1D and bland to the really complex characters most would like to read about.
Starting off with the main character Nailer. Initally from my take his compliuxity seems to be he is only concewrned with survival and doing his job. But as the story progresses I can see there is more to his character than just light crew. We see that later on that he wants to fins a big break so he won't have to stay in the ship fields for the rest of his life. Also It is seen numerous times how he wants to stay away from his druken and high father as it is described that he abuses Nailer.
Next is another major Prima. She is the crew leader of the light crew who makes sure everyone stays in line. From a character stand point it dosen't sppear that she changes that much. She does not hesitate to protect members of her crew from anyone. And when it comes to a chance to make it big with money she will be over it.
Last major character so far is Nita Patel. She per the books description is  extremley beautiful and extremley wealthy. In my point in the book it semes that her desires include escaping her father's enemies and staying alive. So far it seems her chartacter does not have much depth but her character was only just introusuced.
This book is structured to follow the life of Nailer the main focous of the book. It follows him through the various events he endures, but tells it in 3rd person. This to me is an intresting format that not only keeps the story going but it keeps it from being boring.  

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For summer reading I have chosen "Ship Breaker" By Paolo Bacigalupi. The main setting of thios book is a post apoclyptic story where oil is scarse and crews of people have to strip shipwrecked ships doen to its bare parts to send them off. The main protagonist in this story is Nailer. He works on the light crew which mostly is comprised of children and teens. It is set this way because they are tasked with stripping metals such as copper wire from the boats to make quota. Another character is Bapi the boss of the light crew. He is known for being hard on his workers and sometimes abusive. On the Linghty crew is Prima the boss when Bapi is not around. She is in charge of keeping everyone in line and she does it well. Everyone in the crew respects her and dosen't dare to disobey her because they know she'll deal with them. Later on in the book We are introuduced to another character Nita (introduced as lucky girl). In the social pyrimid in this story she is sitting at the top, with everything she could every want/ask for. But when a hurricane rolls through her boat is left stranded on bright sands beach (where this novel takes place). And she is the only survivor but just bearly untill Nailer and prima find her and save her.
As to where this will go I predice that some way atleast nailer will find a way to leave with Nita as she can give him a better life where he dosent have to worry about his high drunken father beating him, or having to make quota in the wrecking yards.
Sofar my question for this book is How did the world end up like this. What event triggered this book where people arer stuck on a beach/island like this and have to tear apart ships on a daily basis. I know this is set in a world where oil has run our but I want to know what caused thiss in the first place.