This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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In the Heart of the Sea Jason Barker In the novel “In the heart of the Sea” Nathaniel Philbrick introduces the reader to Nantucket Island located in the east coast. He establishes the importance of the whaling industry in relation to the island. Philbrick does an incredible job of telling the story of 20 regular men doing their jobs whaling. They set sail on a renewed ship called the Essex. The Essex took a beating from a storm before it finally met its match an angered sperm whale. The whale rammed
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Snail Evolution Snails are tiny slimy creatures. Mainly recognized by their characteristic shells‚ weirdly strange ability to stick to anything‚ and their odd questionable ooze that they leave behind. There are many different types of snails ranging from tiny too large. The smallest snail is called Daphniola eptalophas. The largest snail species is called the Giant African Land Snail (ALGALS). The most know relative of the snail family is the slug. A snail without its shell is just
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Riders in the Sea Sheri-Lyn Crump ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Mary Lounsbury December 17‚ 2012 The sea is both a source of life and death. As we can see in the poem‚ the sea offers food‚ a way to the mainland and other life giving essentials. It is also the reason that Mauyra has lost all the men in her family. At the beginning of the story we realize that Mauyra’s Daughters Colleen and Nora are trying to hide some clothing that the young priest has given them‚ thinking
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This extract is from Frankenstein‚ a novel written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. In this passage‚ Dr. Frankenstein attends to his creature coming alive‚ and finds himself disgusted by what he spent the last two years of his life to work on‚ instead of being proud. In order to create this disgust and terror in the reader‚ Shelley uses different tools‚ which we will try to identify. First‚ a Gothic atmosphere is planted in the very beginning of the text : the author uses all the horror
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Mahayana: Chinese Buddhism and the Influences of Pre-Existing Chinese Culture. As many of the Eastern countries of its kind‚ China has found itself introduced to Buddhism in approximately 1000 BC (Ikeda 1976: 6). This world religion has a variety of teachings and practices. Buddhism found itself syncretised by Chinese traditions‚ ideologies and already existing religions. Three of the main teachings of Buddhism include Theravada‚ Vajrayana‚ and Mahayana (Ikeda 1976: 3-4). In China we can observe
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2/22/12 ENTO115 Insects in the Sea After reading multiple discussion board posts‚ I realized that many students had great examples as to why insects are not found in the sea. I found three specific hypotheses that I supported. The fact that insects need oxygen to survive‚ their size ratio compared to their predators‚ and their inability to survive in salt were the three hypothesis of my choosing‚ First‚ the simple fact that insect need oxygen to survive. In the lectures‚ we discussed how
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obtain the permit to die‚ for the principles of euthanasia‚ due the circumstance of life that he had as a quadriplegic man‚ unable to take care of himself and didn’t move any part of his body except his mouth and eyes‚ due a terrible accident in the sea. 5. How was it made? The movie count with the videos‚ letters‚ notes‚ books and poems of the protagonist Mr. Ramon Sampedro‚ for the collaboration in enriching testimony of his lawyer‚ family and friends that help to make up and build the life of
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Nicole Hart HIST 2300- Christopher Trobridge Writing Assignment One October 16‚ 2010 “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from
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