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winger11
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What happens in Chapter 8 in The Water is Wide?

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Posted by winger11 on Wednesday November 28, 2007 at 4:30 PM and tagged with recap, the water is wide.

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  1. dymatsuoka

    In Chapter 8, Conroy leaves the house he is renting on the island and decides to commute to and from the mainland every day.  He describes the experience of crossing to the island by boat each morning - the amazing sense of peace and solitude of "being the only person in a vast stretch of water" when the weather is clement, and the trials of dealing with dense fog, turbulent winds and waves, ice, and rain when the weather is more capricious (Chapter 8).  Conroy's decision to commute leads to problems with the school board, which does not feel it should have to pay for his gas and the upkeep on his boat.  After a number of heated confrontations with boardmembers on this issue and others, Conroy reaches an uneasy truce with them; they will cover his expenses for now, but there are signs of further conflict to come.

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    Posted by dymatsuoka on Wednesday November 28, 2007 at 8:10 PM