Have you ever read a story about a futuristic time where everyone's desperate to get out of the ship yards. Well that's what paolo bacigalupi’s ship breaker is about. This guy named nailer is a ship worker and he hates it. Him and his friend pima were walking on the beach when they find a wrecked ship. Inside this yacht was a lot of dead crew and riches. But one person lived and her name was nita. She says she wants to be taken home but she can't just simply go home. She is the daughter of a big business and she would be taken for a reward. The three literary elements that this story focuses on is characterization, point of view, and setting. These all are used often throughout the story. Characterization is used throughout each character.