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Luke (played by Chitwetel Ejiofor) is the calculating and pragmatic co-leader of the Fishes. Due to his frustration with the government’s branding of the Fishes as a terrorist organization, Luke orchestrates Julian’s death and plans to use Kee as a tool to gain support for the Fishes’ revolution.
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She was what Nova Scotians called a Cape Island boat and was designed for the small inshore fishermen who sought the lobsters of the spring and the mackerel of summer and later the cod and haddock and hake. She was thirty-two feet long and nine wide, and was powered by an engine from a Chevrolet truck.
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This Study Guide consists of approximately 46 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Boat.
"The Boat" depicts the harrowing journey of boat people fleeing to a safer country. It uses vivid imagery to portray their fight for survival in stormy seas and represents the internal turmoil of displacement. Religious themes and interwoven storylines evoke sympathy for the characters.
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