Joyrides-Chris Ahrens

Significance


His Work matters to me because I know what he is writing about (Surfing, being a kid, Living life to the fullest) And all of those I have done and love or wish to do. Chris Ahrens is trying to tell the people of all his amazing journeys and what lessons he got from each one. Each lesson he learned he try's to tell others about from his stories, his friends stories, his families stories and every ones stories that have a meaning to this world.


Perspective


Chris Ahrens wrote this work in 1990 but this book has stories dating back to 1940. Chris Ahrens is for the idea that surfing is a fun thing and nobody should waste waves or make surfing not fun. People make surfing not fun by polluting. This books bias is not against non-surfers but is for surfers, what i am trying to say is that the whole book is about surfers for surfers or for people that are interested in surfing. This book would be very easy to read to a third grader except for the drug parts And surf sayings.


Evidence


This authors sources are very reliable because they are all his friends stories or his stories. He uses amazing details to describe waves or people or even cars in his stories. The stories that he tells i think are real because of all the detail he puts into them.


Connection

These events all helped the the revoulution about surfing. The knoweldge that I learned from this book I can use in life every day. This book inspired me to read all of his books. His oppionion affects everyone in the surfing world because he is so big in it. I experience waves every day because I live right next to them.


Supposition

This book would not be here if I changed one of the elements (Water). If this story took place in a earlier time period then surfing would have progressed a lot more. If these events never happend then surfing might not be around.

Good Things Love Water-Chris Ahrens

Significance


This work matters because it is a story of a surfer who writes about other surfers who really care about surfing enough to sacrafice almost there whole life to do it. I chose this piece of work because I am starting to surf more and was really intrested in a surfing book. I can use the concepts in this book by surfing without fear and respecting other surfers. A person would choose to read this because it has everything action, mystery, drama ect. After reading this book a person would take away a greater knowledge of surfing, survival and the life of Chris Ahrens.


Perspective


This piece of work was written in the 1990's but it is about people who lived in the 1950's through 1990's. This piece of work has a little bias against non-surfers. A person from the non-surfing community might think that everything in this book is crazy. It would not be hard to explain to a third grader exept for some of the drug references.


Evidence


The argument the author is trying to make is that surfing can change your life in a good way but it can also ruin or make your life worse. He is useing peoples life as evidence for example a guy who broke his neck surfing and also that people get rich and famous from surfing.


Connection


This event or time period advanced surfing from old to new. I can connect this book to almost Any body on the west coast because it is all about surfing. This book connects to me because i surf and the knowledge in the book helps me surf. This book will inspire me to read his other books such as Joyrides 1 And kalaes Gift.


Supposition


The book tells you that surfing will keep on getting better. If this story took place 100 years ago then surfing would have progressed a lot mor then it has today. If you did not have the recourses of the surf board this book would not have been written.