Watching The Breakers Analysis
Watching the Breakers
It was November 16,1910, America was going to war with Spain regarding the ownership of Cuba and many men were getting drafted into the military. There were two husbands, in particular, that got drafted, named Thomas Detrain and Jonathan Baker. They had been best friends since youth and both were desperately in love with their wives, Marilyn Detrain and Jane Baker. On this cold, rainy day the ship slowly pulled into the navy shipyard on the mainland of Virginia to prepare for the departure of going to combat. Their voyage was going to begin across the Atlantic Ocean and travel towards Spain, which was a humongous journey of 4000 miles, and a major concern, by many, was that some men might not even survive the trip. Jane …show more content…
Both eventually went motionless and without the capability to cry anymore, for now they were in disbelief that their husbands have abandoned them and left there to manage the family affairs. After this interval of standing at the dock both women decided to go home, but oddly they returned the next day to the same exact spot in hopes that this was only a dream and they would awaken from this horrifying nightmare. Marilyn and Jane even brought a picnic basket and had lunch there; both packed lunches for themselves and their husbands with perhaps a gleam of hope for their spouses’ arrival. However, the sun started to dim until night fell upon Marilyn and Jane to a point of complete darkness, and the only sounds were the collapse of the sea’s waves against the rocks. They did this day after day, month after month. It had been 429 days since the men had left for war and now it's February 12, 1911. Jane and Marilyn were doing their usual ritual, sitting by the harbor, having lunch, when abruptly a cannon goes off. To their astonishment, they look out into the midst of the ocean and see the USS Constitution battling another vessel. The soldiers had run out of all ammunition and forced to use the life rafts to go ashore. Marilyn and Jane had no knowledge of this and began to weep because they witnessed the ship go up into an inferno and sink down into the
It was November 16,1910, America was going to war with Spain regarding the ownership of Cuba and many men were getting drafted into the military. There were two husbands, in particular, that got drafted, named Thomas Detrain and Jonathan Baker. They had been best friends since youth and both were desperately in love with their wives, Marilyn Detrain and Jane Baker. On this cold, rainy day the ship slowly pulled into the navy shipyard on the mainland of Virginia to prepare for the departure of going to combat. Their voyage was going to begin across the Atlantic Ocean and travel towards Spain, which was a humongous journey of 4000 miles, and a major concern, by many, was that some men might not even survive the trip. Jane …show more content…
Both eventually went motionless and without the capability to cry anymore, for now they were in disbelief that their husbands have abandoned them and left there to manage the family affairs. After this interval of standing at the dock both women decided to go home, but oddly they returned the next day to the same exact spot in hopes that this was only a dream and they would awaken from this horrifying nightmare. Marilyn and Jane even brought a picnic basket and had lunch there; both packed lunches for themselves and their husbands with perhaps a gleam of hope for their spouses’ arrival. However, the sun started to dim until night fell upon Marilyn and Jane to a point of complete darkness, and the only sounds were the collapse of the sea’s waves against the rocks. They did this day after day, month after month. It had been 429 days since the men had left for war and now it's February 12, 1911. Jane and Marilyn were doing their usual ritual, sitting by the harbor, having lunch, when abruptly a cannon goes off. To their astonishment, they look out into the midst of the ocean and see the USS Constitution battling another vessel. The soldiers had run out of all ammunition and forced to use the life rafts to go ashore. Marilyn and Jane had no knowledge of this and began to weep because they witnessed the ship go up into an inferno and sink down into the