By-Gordan cook and alan east

“We are not afraid to die…. If we can all be together”

BY GIRISH CHOUDHARY

CLASS 11-A

Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728[NB 1] – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.

The routes of Captain James Cook's voyages. The first voyage is shown in red, second voyage in green, and third voyage in blue. The route of Cook's crew following his death is shown as a dashed blue line.

Character’s of the story:-

NarratorMary(wife)Jonathan(son)Suzanne(daughter)American Larry vigil and Swiss Herb seigler(crewmen)

Introduction

Narrator:-A man of great courage , commitment and conviction .proved to be the best captain as well as the best father with upending gift and determination.Marry :- A wife who always stood by her husband side In all times of difficulty and consider her dreams as her own.Suzanne:-She was a brave girl .her bravery ,toughened her father’s resolve to fight the sea’s strong storm tooth and nail.Jonathan :-Jonathan shows of bravery and his fearlessness in the face of the death highlights his characters .he rejuvenated the hope of his father by remarking - “We are not afraid to die if we can all be together.

On july 1976On July 1976 they sailed for journey to world voyage .theytried to duplicate the round the world voyage made 20 year earlier by james cook in their professionally ship-The WAVEWALKER.

First leg of the journey

->They pleasantly sailed down from west coast of africa to cape town.

-> then further they sailed to southern Indian ocean.

First sign of implementing disaster

->They faced encountered strong wind on second day of capetown and was continued for few weeks.

->waves rised to 15m long as high as mast.

Disaster and its aftermath->6p.m:teremendousexplosion shock the deck and powerful flow of water broke over the ship.

->wave walker was getting sunk and captain was badly injured.

->captain kept courage and found the wheel and lind up the stern for next wave.

Crew men shows off the unparalled strength

->they started pumping out water and settled to make Neccesory repairs to save the boat from shinking .

->they managed to stretch canvas and secure water proof hatch cover across gaping holes.

Others problem arose->electric pump short circuit .

->water level rose threateningly.

->daughter suzanne was badly injured.

Only hope for the captain ->to reach the island ,which was only possible if the wind will slow down .

->to reach amsterdam , which is few 100 kms to the East.

Showing off the exemplory courage

->Jonathan said “we are not afraid to die if we all can be together”.

->Jonathan courage and sue bravery instead of her bumped head inpired the captain to fight the sea and protect his family.

Crucial days (jan 4-5)

->after 36 hours of continuous pumping there was only few water left.

->they hoisted the storm jib and headed in direction of two island.

->black clouds built at 4:00 p.m and sea was getting its waves higher.

Safe at last

->on jan 6 they saw “wave walker” ride out storm and wind eased.

->they expected to see the island at 5:00 p.m but they wake up at 6:00 p.m and thought they missed the island.

->but they were wrong and they touched the shore at ILE AMSTERDAM.

Significance of the title

->the title is taken from the jonathan’s remark – “we are not afraid to die if we can all be together”.

->it brings out the bravery ,grit and courage of the captains family and love each member has for other’s.

Theme of the story

->human nature of knowing and taking on challenges.

->human instinct for survival.

->human bravery , grit,courage unity and determination which in this story is exhibited even by small children.

Theme of the story

->element of luck.

->faith in one’s optimism ,not dispairing hope even in difficult circumstances and sharp presence of mind.

->instrumental qualities of a captain which proved journey successful even after strong hurdles.

Thank you