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AbbyTEWWGJournalEntries Abagail Krucek TEWWG Journal Entry 1 Block 8 Before reading response: “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” When I first read this quote I thought of how people came over to the United States for a better life. The ship was the men coming over because they thought they would have a much better life then the one they had back where they used to live. After a while of thinking about this quote it makes me think of the dreams that people have and how some of them are so out there. The ship out in the distance are the things the men want but probably won’t get. Some ships are closer than others because the dreams or wishes are more realistic. After reading response: “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” When I read chapter one the first paragraph said, “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they 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. That is the life of men.” This means that some dreams or wishes are out in the distance forever but some come true. Some people get what they want while others don’t. This is what I assumed the first sentence meant before I read the first chapter. People have dreams or wishes that can never come true this is like saying, “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”