Taking on the World Background Ellen MacArthur achieved fame as a yachtswoman‚ breaking the world record for a solo circumnavigation of the globe by a woman in 2001 and by anyone in 2005. Her writing is autobiographical‚ a true story in which she describes her attempt to repair the mast. The key to understanding this passage is being able to appreciate the dangers that Ellen faced‚ how she reacted to them and what this tells us about her character. Understanding the text Ellen faces
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How does Ellen MacArthur succeed in enabling the reader to appreciate the grueling and difficult nature of the incident described? Ellen MacArthur became famous in 2001 when she competed in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world competition. She later wrote a book about her journey and the troubles/dangers that she faced. The moment that we start the extract‚ we are shown the first difficult situation that McArthur is faced with ‘it was the hardest climb to date’. Ellen goes on and tells the reader
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Character Analysis Lincoln Mendoza is a fourteen year old‚ eighth grader that just moved from the hard knocked barrio where he grew up to Sycamore‚ the mostly rich‚ mostly white suburbs. Lincoln is a Hispanic-American kid. His parent got divorced when he was seven and he now lived with his mother. Lincoln was tall but not thin. He was very muscular. When he made a fist‚ his forearm tightened with muscles and his legs and stomach were muscle. His face was brown‚ like coffee laced with cream‚ and
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Washing Away Gender Roles and Expectations In an interview with William Boyle‚ Beth Ann Fennelly‚ co-author of The Tilted World‚ stated‚ “As much of a natural disaster as a flood is‚ falling in love is also a natural disaster. Or it can be” (fictionwritersreview.com). The Tilted World‚ a novel about the great flood of Mississippi‚ incorporates themes of love and adventure to capture a historical event that impacted the lives of individuals across the state. During the 20th century‚ it was clear
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An Essay to analyse an Extract From “Taking On the World” By Ellen MacArthur By: Sophie Tulloch 10S1 Throughout the piece of writing‚ ‘Taking on the World” Dame Ellen MacArthur communicates fear in a lot of different ways‚ using a lot of different techniques. During this analytical essay I will analyse how she did this and the effect it had. One way that she communicates fear is by using punctuation creatively‚ an example of this is when she says‚ “ It would not be difficult to break
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We are currently in a technological age. Electronics are now used to complete everyday tasks from cooking to even cleaning. In the kitchen‚ there are refrigerators that keep vegetables crisp and can tell what the weather forecast for the week is. Everyday vacuum cleaners now have the latest in “cyclone technology” and some can even clean a house while one takes a nap. However‚ no one area has utilized technology as much as primary and higher educational systems. No longer do classes have chalkboards
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in the gameplay of World of Warcraft. To avoid gamer oppression‚ the online game has created unrealistic races and classes for each of the characters. Players can enjoy gameplay without having to choose between human races‚ such as White Caucasian or African American. Furthermore‚ the game has two factions that the gamer must choose between‚ known as the Alliance and the Horde. Both of these factions have different mythical characters that users of the game can pick from ("World of Warcraft.”). Ultimately
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Brave New World Analysis on Characters “The world’s stable now. People are happy; they get what they want‚ and they never want what they can’t get...they are so conditioned that they practically can’t help behaving as they ought to behave” (Huxley 198). Many people speak and dream about a perfect world‚ for the problems which we face in the present world to simply just go away. Brave New World is a novel which shows an example of what life would be like in a utopian society. It shows the differences
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to breathe” (47). Its crazy to think that to the characters in Feed think our life is so complex‚ when really we have more technology than we need. People survived life without cellphones‚ computers‚ and even electricity‚ and now our world is becoming ultra-dependent on these things. After reading the book Feed‚ various arguments can be made about whether today’s society will turn into the world Feed predicts‚ and be technology dependent. Is our world going to turn into the society that is depicted
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A new society that was created by science and technology. The novel‚ Brave New World‚ was written by Aldous Huxley. This science fiction novel was published by the publishing company HarperCollins in New York‚ New York. The original copyright date was in the year of 1932‚ but was then later copyrighted in the year of 1946 by the author Aldous Huxley. John is the main character‚ but he is also the antagonist in this novel. He has many qualities that makes him important. He also has people that
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