The Perfect Storm

9 Pages 2240 Words

s it portrays how carefree they were and their normal routine on board since when Billy got off the phone to Linda he appointed Murphy with his position and he had dinner downstairs. On page 134 it shows the last communication Billy Tyne had, which was with Tommy Barrie. Tommy wanted to know how much fishing gear he should bring and what the conditions were. At that point Billy Tyne was 130 miles east of Sable Island, the wind was ‘blowing between fifty to eighty and the seas are thirty feet’. Once again Junger has effectively used this radio contact/conversation for communication between boats and as understanding of events leading up to the last days of the Andrea Gail. This portrays the Andrea Gail’s last moments, as it was their last communication they had and it is also evident that weather conditions were starting to get bad.
Junger relies heavily on interviews as a main secondary source. He has used interviews from the crewmembers that did not go aboard the Andrea Gail, other fishermen, friends and family of Andrea Gail’s crew, coast guards and people who were in similar situations that he discusses. Interviews are very helpful because it gives accounts and point of views of actual event, ideas and particular people from individuals who know a lot about a certain things or certain people. Junger uses interviews from friends and family of the Andrea Gail’s crewmembers to reveal the crewmembers personalities and the lives they had in Gloucester. On page 15, Charlie Reed who is the former captain of the Andrea Gail explains how the fishermen spend their last night on land, “most of them are single kids with no better thing to do than spend a lot of dough”. This reveals the relationship between the fishermen and money. The fishermen receive exceeded amount of money on the sword ship and when they get back on land they spend it all ...