Captain Philips is a movie featuring the ever rising piracy activities in the great seas of the Indian Ocean off the Coast of Somalia a country in the horn of Africa. Tom Hanks‚ Paul Greengrass and Billy Ray teamed to tell the true story of Richard Philips a US cargo ship captain who surrendered himself to the Somalia pirates so that his crew would be safe. The movie shows how Lots of men and women risk their lives to make and deliver goods that some people take for granted. A world away‚ some other
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Golf. A Gentleman’s Sport‚ Correct? What is language? Language can be interpreted in many different ways. What one person may consider being in that vast category‚ someone else may not. What defines language? The way in which is it used or intended? Maybe even who uses it could be a factor in the meaning of choice words; potentially turning a simple phrase into an articulate collaboration of weighted words and twisted meaning. How can language be interpreted or used? What if there are actually uses
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like water over a thrown rock also she is using like to show a comparison. In the text Mary Webster says “I might rub off on you like a soot or gossip.” Webster uses this simile to say that if they helped her they might be accused of witchcraft that’s what she meant by saying this. This is a simile because she is comparing herself to spread like gossip does. Another thing Webster says in the text is “is it my choice that I’m dangling like a turkey’s wattles from this more than indifferent tree?” Webster
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hermit is liked the most. The captain is liked least‚ with the first hermit‚ girl and boy ranked somewhere in the middle. The characters are mirrors that can provide insights into yourself. What does this story mean? People go through distinct stages of moral development. The first stage is based on selfishness. People make decisions in order to obtain pleasure‚ security‚ power‚ possessions‚ or status‚ and they follow rules only to avoid punishment. The ferryboat captain represents the stage one leader
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What is the relationship between the trains shown in footage from the period (black and white) and the tracking shots of the train tracks now? What is Resnais trying to accomplish by juxtaposing the past and the present in this way? The black and white footage which shows a train departing at night covered with fog and darkness. And on the other hand he juxtaposes it with the tracking shot of the train tracks now. The black and white footage shows us that we as an audience cannot see what is
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Reaves I pledge… 9/5/14 Pow #1 A Sticky Gum Problem This POW didn’t have a specific problem but it does have a few specific problems with gumballs. Question 1: Mrs. Hernandez comes across a gumball machine one day when she was out with her twins. Of course‚ the twins each wanted a gumball. They also insist on having the same color. They don’t care what color the gumballs are‚ as long as they’re both the same. Ms. Hernandez can see that there are only white and red gumballs in the machine. The
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Captain Ahab and Moby Dick: Literary critics point to a variety of themes and juxtapositions when analyzing Herman Melville’s "Moby Dick". Some see the land opposed to the sea or Fate opposed to free will. Most mention man versus nature or good versus evil. A perspective that seems overlooked though is the perspective of the self and the other. The self and other is when one discovers the other (something not us) within oneself‚ when one realizes that one is not a single being alien to anything
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1. What is the writer’s thesis? Companies should realize that maintaining a successful brand relies on products that are quality driven‚ not name driven. 2. How does the writer establish the conversation--identify a gap in people’s knowledge‚ attempt to modify an existing argument‚ or try to correct some misunderstanding? • Gain attention draws into the understanding that companies using mottos to attract customers not products. • Supporting paragraphs exemplify branding examples (Nike‚ Rolex‚ advertising
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I will talk about‚ “O Captain! My Captain!‚” was written by Walt Whitman. The poem I will be comparing it to is‚ “To Roosevelt‚” written by Rubén Darío. Both of these poems were written about past presidents of the United States. Whitman wrote his poem about Abraham Lincoln‚ and Dario wrote his about Theodore Roosevelt. Although both of these poems had a similar subject they did not share a common theme. I think the main reason these two poems are different is because of what was going on in the world
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fail one day or the other. In hospitals on some occassions punctuality may make all the difference between life and death . Forgetting to give a medicine or injection on time may take a life! On the other hand bringing a patient and giving him the correct medical aid in time will save a precious life!History also shows how punctuality plays such an important role even in war. General Ney’s unpunctuality ruined Napoleon and changed the course of European history. If we study the lives of some great
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