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    In the novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville‚ a story describes a character named Ishmael and his dreams of going on a whaling boat to see the world from a different view. One of the most memorable scene of this novel was the ending in which we were able to visualize Captain Ahab jump of the boat to try his best to kill the white wale know as Moby Dick. It was a very gruesome scene that portrayed Ahab jump onto Moby Dick with a harpoon‚ stabbing him as best he could trying to end the whales life yet

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    would recruits kids into the military because numbers became so low. The only difference between the two sides were how they recruited.The rebels would tell the kids they can either fight for their side or die while the government just told kids like Ishmael that they would most likely die if they didn’t join the military and used others as example making children think it was the only choice. Once in the military children were given drugs and pills to brainwash them and feel immune. They became addicted

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    any thought or hesitation because his obsession makes him blind to the reality and stupidity of the search for Moby Dick. Ahab also has no respect for his fellow sailors‚ as he has manipulated them quite often. Everyone on the Pequod‚ especially Ishmael‚ thought that they were going on a normal whaling

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    rely on Papa‚ loses baby twice and cannot prevent her kids from beating by Eugen‚ very different from Aunty. However‚ kill the Papa at the end (poison)---not the best way to solve the problem or protect kids and her. * A long way gone * Ishmael: A normal kid turn to able to kill because of disassociation‚ (join the army because of lost family‚ starving)‚ able to rehabilitate and have opportunity to go to New York and attend UN. During the trip‚ he meets Laura‚ his future Mama. To avoid being

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    an entire ocean. I found this aspect of the novel particularly interesting so I decided to look at the effects of Ahab’s monomania on him and the crew. The first‚ and most obvious‚ effect of Ahab’s monomania is that it consumes all of his time. Ishmael describes that every night‚ “In the solitude of his cabin‚ Ahab thus pondered over his own charts. Almost every night

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    "The Problem of Place in America" and "My Neighborhood": The Breakdown of Community WR 121 Paper #2 In Ray Oldenburg’s "The Problem of Place in America" and Ishmael Reed’s "My Neighborhood" the authors express their dissatisfaction with the community. Oldenburg focuses on the lack of a "third place" and the effects of consumerism on the suburbs‚ while Reed recalls his experience with prejudice communities. Their aim is to identify problems in our society that they find to be a problem. Although

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    the covenant with him in which he was promised that his descendants should inherit the land of Canaan‚ that they should become a great nation and that through them all nations of the earth would be blessed. Abram’s name is changed to Abraham and Ishmael is born to Abraham and Hagar‚ Sarah’s handmaid. Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed and the Lord sparing Lot’s life. Abraham deceived Abimelech concerning Sarah‚ his wife. And Sarah bore a child just as the Lord promised them‚ and they named him “Isaac”

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    bond between the child and their blissful gift that is innocence. This will differ from child to child‚ as does the magnitude of what they lose. As is the case between the two authors of The Bite of the Mango and A Long Way Gone. Mariatu Kamara and Ishmael Beah both lose their purity

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    Character Description Joshua One of the 12 spies sent by Moses to reconnoiter the land of Canaan. Had confidence God would give Israel the land. God allowed him to enter promise land with Caleb. Led Israelites into the Promise land. Achan An Israelite of the tribe of Judah. Secreted a portion of the spoil in his tent when Jericho was going into destruction. For his sin he was stoned to death with his whole family. Barak Commander of the army of Deborah. Defeated the Canaanite armies

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    I was really focused on the fact that Hatsue only married Kabuo because they were the same that I failed to notice that she truly loved him and not Ishmael. Hatsue never truly loved Ishmael because when he said I love you to her she stayed quiet. “Recognize that the trial happens during a snowstorm everyone immersed in the cold. Symbolically this indicates that the community is also frozen in time‚ unable to move past

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