combined with a life bound to the sea. The ocean plays a significant role in the text offering disempowerment to some whilst empowering others. In The Interesting Narrative the slave trade was in full swing and a capitalist attitude heavily dominates the text‚ whilst in The Hungry Tide capitalism plays a smaller role and the humanitarian backdrop of the story is a more central theme. In this essay I will draw into focus the various ways in which the ocean is represented as empowering and disempowering
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Resources The ocean is one of the worlds greatest natural resources. It provides the Earth’s population with numerous amounts of resources that have value and others that provide pure enjoyment. Transportation is one of the major uses of the ocean‚ along with recreational activities‚ and inspiration. As for resources extracted from the ocean that provide the economy with value‚ three of the main include oil‚ minerals‚ and food. Oil or gas are the top resources extracted from the ocean‚ but it also
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enhances the characters‚ words‚ places‚ and objects to levels that a average work could not reach without the use of symbolism. The more symbolism an author uses‚ the more attached a reader becomes to the story. Look at August Wilson ’s Gem Of the Ocean play. It is loaded with symbolism and has a deep meaning to the story. Every main character has something that symbolizes them. It shows the character ’s back rounds and what they have been through. For example Solly Two Kings has a piece of iron
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a public service announcement (PSA) about your plan to conserve ocean water resources. They want you to highlight the issue and outline the plan you created to manage the resource. Our oceans are face with pollution that affects ocean life‚ including plants and sea creatures. Once contaminated by these pollution sources‚ delicate ecosystems are forever disrupted. The different types of pollution that affects our oceans are oil spills‚ dumping‚ sewage‚ agricultural runoffs and sunscreens
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So Iff the Water Genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Streams of Story‚ and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one currents‚ each one a different colour‚ weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity; and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story‚ that each coloured strand represented
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nailed down to the increase in ocean water temperatures‚ and the rise of ocean water levels. The NASA data analysis have calculated that global temperatures have increased by a global average of 0.8 ℃ since 1880 resulting in average ocean temperatures to rise. Due to this increase of global temperature‚ and a change of weather patterns‚ the polar ice caps have been melting at a rapid rate and have decreased significantly in size. This has caused the average ocean water levels to rise‚ which in turn
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The Neritic zone is also called coastal waters‚ the coastal ocean‚ and the sublittoral zone. It is the part of the ocean extending from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf. It is considered a shallow depth‚ extending to about 200 meters. The Neritic zone has decently well oxygenated water‚ low water pressure‚ and fairly stable temperature and salinity levels. This is the location of most of the sea life in the ocean. Salinity is the level of salt in the water. The Neritic zone
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Orchid‚ and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World by Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein. The book is a passionate collection of stories of adventure as well as a warning to people about the dangers the human race poses towards ocean life. Cousteau was able to make a book like this because his career involved being both an explorer and an activist. Besides that‚ in his lifetime‚ he made documentaries linked to marine science. Schiefelbein helped Cousteau with his documentary work
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the water source problems is the big fishing fleets have wiped out the ocean of 90% of big fish. There was a 10 year study that showed that there are plenty of the fish in the sea. However‚ the biggest fish have been pulled from the ocean; leaving around 10% of big fish still in the ocean. This is a challenge that is bringing competition amongst fishermen like never before. A scientist by the name of Jackson states the ocean is not equipped to have continued hunting and gathering at the level we
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that the ocean is the largest biome in the world? In this paper I will tell you all about the Marine Biome‚ I will tell you about the weather‚ major landforms‚ sea creatures and more. This biome is all connected. The ocean is surrounding all of your coastal states in your country. I selected this biome because I enjoy all of the coral reefs and the creatures that make it their home. In the next paragraph I will tell you about the weather of this biome. How many seasons are in the ocean? The oceans
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