On August 12‚ 1819‚ the whaleship Essex set sail for the fertile whale hunting grounds in the Pacific Ocean. Little did the crew of the ship know that many of them would not return. In fact‚ the ship did not return. The book In the Heart of the Sea written by Nathaniel Philbrick recounts the actual events of the Essex. The ship was having a bit of tough luck amongst the sea‚ between squalls and elusive whales‚ but what impacted them the most happend about in the middle of the ocean. The Essex was
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Cooper Turner English Holland 8/22/12 “An unreliable narrator can draw you into his or her worldview and perhaps even make you take sides before a writer reveals a broader perspective‚ one that he/she has missed or omitted. Even if a story is written so you doubt the narrator from the beginning‚ an unreliable narrator is still the one taking you through the story‚ so you hang on to their words. Perhaps a certain dialogue or an event will uncover details the narrator does not realize
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[MESSAGE LOG] CA [caffinatedAnarchist] began pestering CC [chaosComplex] at 15:38 CA: yo you okay? im shockingly okay after that whole ordeal CA: kayleigh? CA: oh no i forgot you text back as fast as my mom CA: ugh ill just magically assume your at adrians trying to
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In the beginning of October‚ I received a new fourth grade student named Adrian. Adrian came from a rural school district in Iowa‚ where he had attended since he was six years old. Within the first week of Adrian’s arrival at Anson Elementary‚ he was performing grade levels below his peers. His school records did not arrive until two weeks after his start date in October. When looking at his records‚ it stated on his 2015-16 Iowa Assessments that he was on grade level for math and reading.
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now Adrian‚ has not found love and only finds comfort in tending to roses on the roof. One night a poor robber breaks into Adrian’s home and Adrian promises not to report it to the police if the robber’s daughter moves into the apartment. Eventually after warming up to Adrian‚ Linda‚ the robber’s daughter‚ wishes to see her father one last time and Adrian gives her a magic mirror and lets Linda go. On the last day of the second year‚ Adrian looks in the mirror to find Linda in danger. Adrian goes
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loud‚ mournful whistles‚ and the thing--certainly not the boat‚ but rather a human idea‚ a frame of mind--pushes forth into the big dark night. Adrian Smith‚ one of the celebrities on board--not a very great celebrity‚ but important enough to be bathed in flashlight by a photographer who had been given his name‚ but wasn’t sure what his subject ’did’--Adrian Smith and his blonde wife‚ Eva‚ went up to the promenade deck‚ passed the melancholy ship’s officer‚ and‚ finding a quiet aerie‚ put their elbows
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Throughout life‚ events happen that can greatly affect the quality of a person’s day. Everyone has their own perspective which determines how they view these events. An optimist and a pessimist can have the exact same day and have completely different opinions on how it went. If approached with optimism‚ events in life become more manageable. The themes of staying positive and being thankful even in the worst of times are shown in Yann Martel’s novel‚ The Life of Pi‚ by Piscine’s perseverance when
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Cecilia Polanco Assignment Due: 5/3/18 Film 100-XE60- Professor DeRosa Castaway In the movie Castaway the director Robert Zemeckis proves that through the motif of time and clocks as he takes us through a journey in the film through the main character Chuck Noland’s point of view as he finally realizes that only in the absences of being on his timely schedule‚ or in a situation that wasn’t so important to be on time‚ that he finally realizes the importance of things in life. His motto at the
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Reading Log #1 (Ch.1-20) • The protagonist of the novel is Pi Patel • The narrator keeps shifting from Pi to the author • Pi had studied religion and Zoology at UfT • Pi dislikes agnostic people for their thought of god • The author tells us Pi’s about 40‚ reserved and cautious yet still excitable • Pi’s uncle Mamaji was a champion swimmer. He taught Pi how to swim • Mamaji would tell stories about historic pools around the world. The best he claims is the Piscine
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found what history knew was that Amelia Earhart died in July 2nd‚ 1937‚ in a plane crash. But there is an entire final chapter of Earhart’s life that people don’t know about. She spent days -- maybe months -- heroically struggling to survive as a castaway‚" said Gillespie. There has been three huge search and rescue missions since the late 90’s to explore the area where the bones were found. After exploring the site one of the investigators said "We found records of bonfires being lit in the area
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