" By the time Tory and Allarde had finished the weather session, the guns were much louder. Halfway up the steps to the deck, she stopped in her tracks, staring. The cool gray skies of the English Channel had been replaced by the fire and fury of a war zone.
They were nearing Dunkirk and smoke billowed from the burning port, black against the sky. An acrid stench bit Tory's nostrils, overwhelming the scents of the sea.
Ships were everywhere. Little ships moving in both directions, a destroyer berthed at the mole, and a boat burning in between. Perhaps a passenger ferry. Tory prayed it hadnt been carrying passengers when it was hit.
Grim-faced, Nick stood at the wheel while Polly perched in the bow and scanned the water for mines and dangerous debris. Lesser debris- boots, a helmet, something Tory couldnt bear to look at - bumped the sides of the boat.
Ahead ere the wide, sandy beaches of the French coast. Masses of men waited onshore and among the sand dunes, and ragged lines of soldiers had waded out into the water up to their chests."
This discription of a setting helps to inhance my reading, because it gives me something to picture in my mind. After i read this, and i close my eyes, i can see the sky filled with fire, and when the author tells of what Tory sees hitting the said of the boat, it leaves me open to imagine what the "something Tory couldn't bear to look at" to be.
Since this book is about time traveling, i think Tory and her friends would handle my world very well. The reason for this is that Tory and her friends have already gone through time to the time period of WWII where they are helping in the war. Since my life isnt one that is so directly involved in war, i think they would view my life as easy, and that Tory and her friends would be able to handle it with ease. I also think that they would view my life as a vacation compared to the lives they live in their own time.
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