LAST CHAPTER

In the last chapter, the crew begins to explore their new island.They make shelter and start finding food. They managed to salvage their radio equipment from the wreck and manage to get out a message. They then meet some Polynesians and are invitied to have a feast with them. In return they help out the villagers by giving them medicine and other provisions. After enjoying their days on the island they get on a trade ship and leave the island. They leave the island with great accomplishment and pride.

chapter 7: the south sea islands part 2!

In the resolution the crew sees many reefs ahead of them and realize that crashing into the reeds is inevitable. They gather all their belongings and tie everything down. "O.K. Fifty yards left. Here we go. Good-by." Everyone survived the crash and were able to stay afloat in the water. Like them, the raft too was still floating! They were washed upon the shore along with all of their belongings. "The voyage was over. We were all alive." They all enjoyed what they called "heaven" a night of sleep on an uninhabited south sea island.

chapter 7: to the south sea islands

Chapter seven opens up with the climax of the story when the crew sees the island called Puka Puka. "Land! An island! We devoured it greedily with our eyes and woke the others, who tumbled out drowsily and stared in all directions as if they thought our bow was about to run on to a beach." There was a reef in front of the land so they had to be careful when sailing inland. They traveled around the island untill they saw two natives in a canoe. They tried paddling their way in but they could not gain any ground. Knut suggested he go to land with the natives to bring more back. Knut did not come back for a long time which made the crew very worried. Apparently, Knut just had communication problems with the natives but eventually made it back to the raft. That night for the first time in about 100 days they slept on land. "We left the sail down and the oar inboard, and all six of us crept into the bamboo cabin and slept like boulders on the beach at Angatua."

part 2 of chapter 6

Heyerdahl goes into discussion about how the Polynesians were great travellers and so knowledgeable about time and the stars. He uses concrete details about where and how they obtained such knowledge without the technology. Thor tells us from first person point of view of when a storm came and Herman was thrown off. Knut dove in, rescued him and then was pulled back to the ship on the life belt. "We all felt a chill running through nerve and bone for a long time afterward. But the cold shivers were mingled with a warm thankfulness that there were still six of us on board."

The ship's ropes were falling apart so the crew made sure to be careful not to break any of them. For the first time in a long time the crew finally saw birds. With every day they saw more and more birds. This gave them a sort of hope and gratitude that they were getting closer to achieving their goal. "There was a deafening screaming of birds over us all that night. And the moon was nearly full."

Chapter 6

This part of chapter 6 contains many different topics. Heyerdahl and the other crew memebers began going out onto the dinghy so they could take pictures of Kon Tiki and have some relaxation time away from everyone. Out there on the dinghy made all of them realize how small they were and put into perspective the lifestyle without technology. "Whether it was 1947 B.C. or A.D. suddenly became of no significance.We lived, and that we felt with alert intensity."

Next, Heyerdahl goes into discussion about Easter Island and the famous Easter heads. He talks about how and why the natives built these colllassal statues. To keep themselves busy on the boat they played differnt fishing games. They caught dolphins and sharks for enjoyment. The parrott that was on board accidently fell overboard which caused the morale to go down a little and made everyone more cautious about falling overboard.

chapter 5!

This chapter talks about all the daily things done on the raft and more of their encounters with creatures in the ocean. The crew seems to be getting along and everyone has their own daily schedule. The fear of having a shortage of water and food is gone. They catch enough fish everyday along with their packaged food and are able to live off the rain water. Sometimes Heyerdahl will talk about something then have a flashback to explain it. They befriended a crab and made it their pet. This was so they wouldnt feel lonely while steering the boat. Heyerdahl goes into great detail about giant squids and their encounters with small squids that would jump onto the raft. "There were over 2,000 sea miles between us and South America to the east, and it was the same direction on to Polynesia in the west." They had made it halfway with few problems!

chapter four part 2

There was another major problem facing the crew; the ropes were being torn and looked like they would not last the rest of the expedition. This part mainly focuses on the boats encounters with the sea life. They encounter all different types of sea life including; dolphins, turtles, sardines, and sharks. They come upon a rare fish called the Gemplyus when they find it in one of their sleeping bags. The scariest moment for the crew is when a whale shark starts to circle around them. What is the chance that they come upon the biggest creature known to man! I cannot imagine what was going through their head.

"We werer now in the South Equatorial Current and moving in a westerly direction just 400 sea miles south of the Galapagos." The narrator does not use much dialogue  in this chapter but has very good imagery and description to keep the reader interested. The chapter ends with the crew having to watch a turtle get attacked by a pack of dolphins. It made me feel the roughness and harshness of sea.