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    5:1 Guided Reading—Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section‚ make notes in the chart to explain how each geographic characteristic or historical event influenced the history and culture of early Greek civilization. History and Culture 1. Location “around” a sea Greeks rarely traveled more than 85 miles to reach the coastline. Greeks had important transportation routes Greece was poor in natural resources 2. Rugged mountains

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    Salt To The Sea Analysis

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    Although many people go through extreme hardship during war‚ they can find things to love that gives them the endurance to pull through. The novel Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys‚ details the story of a group of refugees that are desperately trying to escape the encroaching Russian army who are brutally pillaging‚ raping‚ and massacring everything in their path‚ by getting to the ship the Wilhelm Gustloff. The Wilhelm Gustloff is attacked by a Russian submarine and sinks and only four out of the

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    manageable. There is no turning back and avoiding the situation because things could go much worse. Everyone has their own obstacles in life and the only way to conquer them is to deal with them face-to-face‚ no excuses. In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ an old fisherman named Santiago witnesses a life filled of courage in the face of defeat. In a small village near Havana‚ Cuba‚ and in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico‚ is where the triumphant man deals with the biggest opponent

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    Nathaniel The Precious Sea

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    The Malicious Sea was a tremendously ancient natural disaster zone in which hurricanes would be evoked out of nowhere‚ taking anything that stood in its path‚ but Nathaniel believed that they would be lucky enough not to encounter one. After traveling underground through the hole‚ Nathaniel and his friends found themselves gazing into the Malicious Sea as the Sun went down and the sky took on the beautiful color of an orangish crimson

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    one reaches old age‚ there is often a lot of doubt surrounding their lives. Serenity‚ and independence are often the two most questioned. These are some questions that Santiago has to ask himself as well. 	In the novel The Old Man And The Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway develops the concept of man coming to the realization that as he ages‚ his dependency on others will increase. The use of metaphor is key in showing how this is indeed true. The struggle with the Tiburon represents the mental

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    The theme of The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought  when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family

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    sea adventures and art

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    The sea trips in films ‚ literature and painting Lіterature Daniel Defoe " Robinson Crusoe "    The novel is about a young man named Robinson Crusoe‚ who dreams of going on sea voyages. On the journey the ship is attacked by pirates and Crusoe is taken as a slave. After slavery‚ he dramatically escapes and lands on an uninhabited island. The Jonathon Swift’s "Gulliver’s Travels" Gulliver’s Travels is an adventure story involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver‚ a ship’s surgeon‚ who visited

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    The Old Man and the Sea Callie Dorfman 1031099 Amanda Cockburn (Remake) 1 In the book The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway uses the flashback technique in order to characterize Santiago and develop key themes of the novel‚ such as Santiago’s connection with nature and what it means to be a hero. Hemingway employs several flashbacks as an effective technique that develops Santiago’s character as he recalls past occurrences in order to renew his strength of will. There are three flashbacks

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    In Hemingway’s novel "The Old Man and the Sea" there is a common relationship between Santiago and the fish that dealt with respect but the desire to conquer. Within this relationship Hemingway describes Santiago’s feelings and attitudes toward the fish and how these feelings change. At first‚ Santiago was glad he hooked the fish‚ then he felt sorry for the fish‚ and finally he felt guilty for going out so far. He describes Santiago’s views by using many different stylistic elements such as diction

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    Gunfire at sea 1. Summary events and developments: Before 1898: the gun pointer estimated the range of the target and elevated the gun barrel (loop) to a height so that the shell could reach the target at the estimated range‚ done by a small wheel on the gun mount (bevestiging). When the pointer wanted to fire‚ he had to wait until the right moment of the roll and fire a bit earlier to compensate for his firing interval. In 1898 Admiral Sir Percy Scott introduced continuous firing‚ after

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