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Chesapeake - Voyage 8
Summary: Reviews the novel, Chesapeake by James A. Michener. Focuses on Voyage 8. Describes why it was an enjoyable novel. Compares it to a soap opera.
If I could describe Voyage eight in two words it would be-soap opera. I liked this voyage because it contained lots of drama, excitement, and new changes in the different characters and the life around them. It also mentions various perspectives of slavery among a slave owner, a slave trader, and a Quaker. The beginning of the voyage also begins in a unique way. It begins with the mention of the "Onk-ors" and its daily routine living in the marsh until an unexpected visitor came to them, the fox. It mentions that the father Onk-or lived peacefully in the marsh with his wife, that he was "eternally married to", and offspring until the fox came and eaten them alive. The reason why I thought Michener had mentioned the little "story" of the geese is because it, first of all, talks about other life in the marsh besides the...
This section contains 486 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |