"Periodically throughout the day, little groups of men made pilgrimages back to the derelict that had been their ship" (64).
This quote tells of the difficult decisions the crew had to made after the wreck. The men were always faced with the dilemma of what to take off of the ship whenever they went back. They were only able to take what was important. The only value of any item that truly mattered was the value that it would have for the journey to safety. Speed was the most important thing to the men. They had a food supply that would last at least two months on full rations.
Many times we have to try to take only the important things with us when we move on. This can be very difficult because of our longing for that possession/thing. An example of this could be a person's first car. Over time they grow to love it and care for it and contains a lot of memories, but for some reason or the the other, it is necessary to get a new car and move on from the first.
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