Summer Assignment Entry Two

For the complexity of the characters, each one of them wants a better life but each in a very different way. The thing that Bapi want or desires is to be rich so he doesn’t have to work. For Nailer he wants a life of no worries, one that he can call his own and be able to do what he wants. For Moon Girl, Tick-tock and Prima they won’t essentially the same thing that Nailer wants which is to have a life in where a person doesn’t have to be worked to the bone everyday just to survive. For Nailer’s farther, the thing he wants the most is just to get his hands on another drink to “waste himself.” Sloth just wants to find a way to get by without dying in the process ever since she was kicked off the light-crew for leaving Nailer to die.  The theme of the book is loyalty, because it is presented almost immediately in the beginning of the story. Crew members must always have each other's backs, and take blood oaths to swear their allegiance to each other. Despite these oaths, which are desperately needed if one wants to survive life on the beach, loyalty can never be trusted until it's tested. As Nailer says, “there's a difference between crew members who have proved their loyalty for years breaking ships, and the crew who have just made their blood oath; their loyalty hasn't been tested yet.” Sloth proves his loyalty to Bapi by refusing to steal the first Lucky Strike - the oil pocket - from him. He is rewarded by the Fates with his life. Sloth, on the other hand, goes against her blood oath in the hopes of getting rich, and is rewarded.