Ok. Well you guys, this chapter delves really deep into violence. It was pretty shocking I have to say. In this chapter Allison is driving the boat while Capital Sam is throwing members of the crew over board. He doesn't care if they drown or anything! I guess it's a good reminder about how mean pirates were in olden times. In our culture a lot of people like to dress up as pirates (or zombies) for fun but really they don't get how scary those guys really were in real life! (Zombies too.)
Then Capital Sam gets into a fight with the Chef, (DEAF CHEF GEOFF), who didn't hear the lullaby b/c he was deaf. It's a really bloody battle, gross and not to my taste, with Sam killing Geoff. I was surprised it all happened so fast, I didn't think the chef would really care who's driving the boat as long as he gets to make good food? That's how all chefs are, at heart. Always really dedicated to the task at hand. But oh well, he's dead and there's blood everywhere. And soon Capital Sam realizes his mistake because now who's going to feed all the guests???
I wonder if this chapter was a critique of violent movies and violence on TV? Like a commentary about our society? The fight in the kitchen is violence on TV, and then the chef is like that part of all of us that's good? Something like that. I need to think about it more. The writer seems pretty smart so I wouldn't put it past him.