responsible for building the Titanic. The ship‚ however‚ was built totally with British technology‚ registered as a British ship‚ and manned by British officers (Sinking‚ par 2). The Titanic launched its first voyage from Southampton‚ England on the evening of April 14‚ 1912 (Sinking‚ par 1). It was traveling to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank‚ killing fifteen hundred people. The superiority of the Titanic will always be overshadowed‚ however‚ by the memory of one of the greatest disasters
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The Black Phoebe The black phoebe‚ a very interesting bird is one of those birds that remind you of food. They are black‚ then white in the middle‚ and black in the bottom. They look like an oreo‚ witch is a cookie which is also considered food. This bird belongs to the animal kingdom because it is not a plant‚ nor a fungus. The bird is not poisonous or has a green cell in them. The bp‚ (black phoebe) belongs to the level 3 of the trophic levels. The trophic levels are the levels of the food
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According to this simile‚ Achilles’ speed is being compared to "the wild mountain hawk"‚ which implies that Achilles is running exceptionally fast. This characterizes Achilles to be aggressive and determined to get what he wants. Hector is compared to "a cringing dove"‚ meaning Hector appears to be fragile and vulnerable as Achilles
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The Odyessy Part II by Homer 1.) When Odysseus tells Telamachus his plan to kill all the suitors‚ Telemachus is very doubtful that it will work because of the large number of enemies against just the two of them. When Odysseus responds by telling Telemachus that the Zeus and Athena would help‚ Telemachus doesn’t believe him. Telemachus thinks the Gods are too busy to care because they rule the entire Earth and their battle would have no importance to them at all. Out of all the people in
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throughout Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and Howard Hawks’ Sergeant York‚ two texts that successfully demonstrate the evolution of an American hero during the First World War. These texts seek to prove that there is a key area of learning that an individual must master in order to become a true hero. Thus‚ through the character development of Frederic Henry in A Farewell to Arms and Alvin York in Sergeant York‚ Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks demonstrate that the prospective American hero must
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Two Sides to a Story Everyday history is being made‚ certain things more significant than others. In today’s day and age we are able to capture proof through photo‚ video‚ and etc. What about history made in times before all that? Word of mouth‚ all proof was based on a person’s story that was continually passed down until it was time to be inputted into a text book. Of course with this method‚ a lot can be left out or even added to the original story. Sometimes so much that it begins to turn into
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this is shown while Achilles trailing Hector round and round the mighty walls of Troy. As Hector fled in fear‚ Achilles “went for him‚ fast‚ sure of his speed / as the wild mountain hawk‚ the quickest thing on wings‚ / launching smoothly‚ swooping down on a cringing dove” (546). The detailed precision of the mountain hawk shown in this excerpt perfectly characterizes all the heroic traits that he possesses. Achilles is inhumanly swift and powerful with every step he takes‚ only further proving himself
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find. In response to these intolerable actions‚ The president of the United States wishes to declare war against Great Britain. A group of congressman known as the War Hawks desperately desired going to war. One of these “War Hawks‚” John C. Calhoun‚ agrees with the committee’s report‚ by saying “these
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this beautiful America forest. Two men almost as exotic as the land stood on the bank of a river‚ one a white man and the other an Indian. Chingachgook‚ the Indian‚ was half naked; he had a tomahawk‚ scalping knife‚ and an old short rifle with him. Hawk-Eye‚ the white man‚ wore a hunting shirt and leggings; he had a knife‚ horn‚ and the most dangerous‚ long rifle with him. The men stood there on the bank and discussed their forefathers‚ as well as how Chingachgook and his son Uncas are the last of
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The essay was about Tony Hawk “do what you love” is about how he never let what anyone said stop him from doing something he loved. That even when people talked about how skating boarding had a bad stereotype even those over the years skating has gained more mainstream. It talks about how Hawk has been skating professionally for over twenty four years and that he has overcome people telling him that he won’t ever make it in the skating world. And how he prove to himself and everyone that said he
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