KBrennan+TEWWG+Pre-reading

Home //"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." //

Pre-reading: After reading this first sentence I think that it is saying that when a new journey begins everyone has hopes for something better or is wishing for something better. The ship is the dream or wish and you have to find a way to get there. It is saying that when the ship comes it will bring you your wishes. And the wish will either come to you or you will never be able to have it.

*** Post Reading: After reading the first chapter, I think this quote is about peoples dreams. When she says “For some they come in with the tide” it means that some people get their wish handed to them. But others wishes “ sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time” meaning that the dream stays just out of your grasp. Then, when all your wish seems too far away and you give up, it is right there before you but you have looked away and when you look back, in the blink of an eye, it has set out to see again and will be out of reach for a long time because you missed your chance.