Chapter+25

 =TURN OF THE TIDE - Chapter 25 (All Page References are from the new book). =

__**BASIC PLOT:  **__ = =  __**KEY POINTS/SHORT SET SUMMARY (mainPARTS): **__ After Carl Matt finds out that his brother, Harley, is drowning out in the bay, he approaches Skip to ask for his help, like any normal kid would do. Skip says No, his points are -Harley is a Matt. and -What Dessie Matt did to Skip's son, Graham. Carl asked and asked, and at first Carl did not understand Skip's rambling, but after a while Carl recognized soft sides in his voice, sides that could save his brother. So after Carl's repeated pleading for help, Skip finally said that he would help Harley. Skip then called Joy to bring the dinghy. Once Joy got back with the dinghy, Skip and Carl went off into the bay to search for Harley. Carl soon spotted the search boats near the marina, telling Skip to go there but Skip knew he wouldn't still be there, so he went further out, after a few minutes of searching around the sandbanks Carl ordered Skip to turn the dinghy around, which would turn their backs to the sun. But Skip not being used to orders especially from a Matt, questioned him, and Carl made Skip look to the other side of the sandbank. He showed him that there was no harsh reflection and they could see across the bay. Then Carl spotted a dark rounded speck and Skip drove closer to it. " You found him," Carl shouted, then put his hand out and pulled Harley in to the dinghy. Carl saw that Harley was cold and shaking and started to unbutton his shirt but the Skip gave him his shirt so Carl wouldn't get cold.
 * Carl runs to Skip and asks for help because Harley's drowning.
 * Skip refuses, but eventually helps.
 * Joy brings the dinghy around, Skip and Carl search for Harley.
 * Carl's idea*, made them find Harley.
 * Turning the dinghy around so their backs were to the sun and it would light up anything out in the islands.

**__LONG SET SUMMARY (w/h,most not all,QUOTESandADJECTIVES):__**  **- Set after Harley went missing off the boat. - Carl really wants to rescue his brother. - Skip is refusing, he says "I'm not part of that mob." - Carl asks if it is because of his leg, he says it doesn't matter anyway because Harley's going to drown. - Skip was fiery with anger,"You don't know what that accident cost me, boy. You don't even know the half of it. ... I lost so much that day, 'cause of your grandfather. 'Cause of you Matts. Why should I care what happens to any of you?" - Carl,** **wanting to run, wanting to get out of the wheelhouse, shouted back"Are you going to let him die then? ... He's ten years old. How much hate have you got for us?" - Carl and Skip go on like this for a while. They speak about Harley's age, the fact that there's only an hour of daylight left, the fact that Joy brought him in to this, that's her fault. - Skip soon starts to ask questions about the whereabouts of Harley, the time they last saw him, and soon reaches for his tide times book. <span style="color: rgb(242, 189, 80);">- They left, radioed Joy that she should bring the dinghy around and out to the beach. - "The sand banks start about here. Can you see anything?" ** <span style="color: rgb(234, 190, 52);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> Skip asks. - Carl transferred his hands from his sides to above his eyes, forming a hood. "I can't see a thing." He cried. - Carl made Skip swing the boat around so his back was to the sun. "Look"** <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">__**<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">THEME DEVELOPMENTS: **__ //**-The Past**// **-** While Skip and Carl where determining if Skip would go out to help find Harley, Carl asks "Why? 'Cause of your leg. Is that it?". Then they go on to talk about what Skip had lost, the day of the accident* __(p157).__ There was also a part a paragraph on page __157__ and going on to __158__, about the age of Harley. It implied that Skip seemed to become a bit more hesitant about the way this conversation was going because Graham, Skip's son, died at that age as well and it seemed that he did not like to think about it.
 * <span style="color: rgb(17, 187, 49);">//-<span style="color: rgb(17, 187, 49);">Family/Friendship Relationships //- **<span style="color: rgb(129, 65, 19);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 187, 49);">Carl and Skip's relationship is challenged when Skip refuses to help Carl save Harley. __(p156, 157, 158).__ Skip claims that he is not part of the crowd who is trying to save Harley __(p157)__. He also says that it's Joy's fault ["It's her fault, all this."] __(p158).__ Carl eventually persuades him into it, and Skip and Carl's bond grows closer towards the end of the chapter, when Carl's Idea leads them to Harley. Skip could not hide his elation (radiating joy, extreme happiness etc.) they shook hands and then brought Harley aboard __(p163)__.
 * //-Self-esteem// -** Carl would have received lots of self esteem by the end of this chapter because he persuaded Skip into finding his brother __(p158)__, and his idea was also the key to finding Harley. Also I think you gain more self confidence when someone acknowledges that you've done something good, so when Skip confirmed that it was Carl who found Harley __(p163)__, he would've been pretty proud of himself.
 * //-Survival//** - In this chapter there is not much "survival" methods that Carl used. It was basically just about Skip and Carl finding Harley.
 * //-Finding Yourself//** - By the end of this chapter, Carl is really aware that he does the right things, and can control the outcome of his actions. He finds that other people acknowledge it as well, he knows he is not recognized as the typical 'Matt, but as a normal person (doing great things).
 * The accident was when Dessie Matt, Carl's Grandfather, was mucking about in his Ute, trying to give Skip a bit of a scare, then he lost control of the car, breaking Skip's pelvis, and killing Skip's only son, Graham.

<span style="color: rgb(129, 65, 19);"><span style="color: rgb(94, 68, 54);">__**CHARACTER DEVELOPMENTS:**__ **//-Carl//** - Carl has developed a good understanding of his own abilities in this chapter. He now knows that he can go to Skip if he needs help and he also knows that Harley needs to be looked after more. He has more self-esteem and more confidence, he also has more pride in himself because he knows he did the right thing. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">**__Homework Task__** -Draw Skip, Carl and Harl<span style="color: rgb(111, 6, 111);">ey on pg __163__    <span style="color: rgb(111, 6, 111);"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">. -Imagine you were Harley, strand ed on a Mangrove Island. Write a short story about your experience, include how you got there, what you did when you got there <span style="color: rgb(111, 6, 111);">and how you got off, add your own little spin, for example, you could include a picture of the hut you built, or translate a conversation you had with a cyclops BE CREATIVE!
 * //-Skip//** - At the start of this chapter Carl was asking Skip if he would come help him. Skip refused to help at first because he was being put under the spotlight. He was being stubborn, and self-orientated. But when Carl told Skip how old Harley was, it reminded Skip of his son Graham. At that moment Skip realized what Carl was feeling, and he started the help. By the end Skip knew what it was like to be elative, empathetic and freezing at the same time.
 * //-Joy//** - Joy was mentioned a little bit in this chapter, she brought the dinghy around and she watched Carl and Skip go out to sea.
 * //-Harley//** - Harley was the whole reason that Carl and Skip had time to bond. He was mentioned in the whole chapter but was only physically described, or was only in the scene on the last two pages of it.