The Boy Tar ( The Boy Tar ) is a novel by the English writer Thomas Mine Reed , first published in 1859 . The book describes the adventures of twelve-year-old Philip Forster, traveling from England to Peru in the hold of a merchant ship.
| Pup | |
|---|---|
| Genre | story |
| Author | Thomas Mine Reed |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | 1859 |
Story
The narration is conducted on behalf of the main character, a retired old skipper Forster. His story can be divided into 2 parts: life before travel (chapters I — XIX) and, in fact, travel (XX - LXII). From the first part we learn about the young Forster’s love for the sea and the dangers that it prepares for him: how he drowns, how he is carried away into the sea by an undercurrent, how the tide sits on a signal post. Philip originally leaves any situation, and with each new test, his craving for water only increases. It is this craving that brings him aboard the Inca, a merchant ship where he enters secretly from the crew. Carefully hiding in the hold of the ship, the boy is "buried alive" among the bales with cargo and, in order to be saved, is forced to constantly struggle with thirst, hunger, ship rats , seasickness , loneliness, fear of the dark and even alcohol fumes. He has to use all his knowledge and skills to punch his way up to freedom.
| Even the most vivid imagination is not able to imagine the torment of thirst: you need to experience them yourself to judge them. You can judge the cruelty of this suffering by the fact that people who are tormented by thirst do not disdain anything to quench it. |
Links
- Mine Reed's literary page, where the text was published for the first time "Pup" (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 27, 2010. Archived March 27, 2012.
- Mayne Reid. Sea Pup (Inaccessible link - history ) . A site dedicated to Thomas Mine Reed. Date of treatment April 4, 2010. (unavailable link)