Word Effect Africa Mercy Ship

Creaks and blisters - The writer has used the above-personified phrase to emphasize and show the conditions of the cruise ship, thus giving it a living quality. The word creaks clearly indicates that it makes a harsh, high sound, thus suggesting that it has been used for a long period, and needs repair. The same ship has been exposed to different types of weather, especially the harsh summers of Africa. The word blisters is used like a verb by the author is another personified word, trying to show the intense heat of the place, due to which not only humans but also vessels like the ship in Africa, burn and react causing boils or dents on its structure. The overall effect of the phrase is to create an understanding of the piercing, fierce and intense weather conditions on the things, place and people.

Gleaming vessel - The above phrase has been associated with the Africa Mercy ship, which was on the war-ravaged Harmon. The writer has used the word gleaming to indicate that the ship stood as a ray of light and hope in the otherwise dingy and unclean surroundings. The ship brought goodness, well-being and good health to the desolate people, and thus was termed as a gleaming vessel by the writer suggesting rescue,, hope and deliverance.

No house, no car, no life savings - The above-alliterated phrase has been used by the writer to express the condition of the doctor families on board Africa Mercy. The repetition of the word 'no' is emphatic enough to create a clear understanding of the losses that families have to bear, once they volunteer their services for medical service. This further creates an effect of goodwill for doctors in our minds, as they are doing a noble deed. Overall the phrase shows the humble and simple living a doctor on board is expected to lead and evoke respect and love in the reader's mind.

Plunging headlong - To escape from the summer, the school children are diving with their heads first, into the pool. They are being compared to a piece of burning coal. These school children are tired and to get rid of the tiredness they are jumping into the pool.

Can you imagine - The above phrase is a rhetorical question. The writer is comparing Africa Mercy with other hospitals in Africa. Even though, Africa Mercy is a floating ship it still has the best accommodating staff and stuff than other hospitals.