What makes a man go into cold‚ frigid water to save other people? What makes people go to save others? Why do people go to such great lengths to save other people? In the story “The Man in the Water” by Roger Rosenblatt‚ these questions are addressed to the reader. He is wanting us to think about these questions and others. Another question that can come from this is why would someone give up their life to save others? So the theme I will say is the theme for this story is bravery. This paragraph
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The Man in the Water In the essay "The Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt‚ the Man in the Water did something heroic that most other people probably would not do. He and a great deal of other people were in a plane crash and landed in the Arctic Ocean. They were floating in the middle of freezing cold water with no one around to help. Soon enough‚ a helicopter rescue team came to save the group of people that had crashed by pulling them out of the water. Every time the rescue team lowered
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The theme of Roger Rosenblatt’s article was that it takes a certain person to be a hero. Roger Rosenblatt wrote a moving article on a courageous hero who save many live from a plane accident. Rosenblatt made a subtle‚ but clear message in his writing; it takes many qualifications for an act to be truly courageous. The man was not like any other saviours in the accident. Unlike the firefighters or special forces‚ he wasn’t paid to help others. The man put others lives before his own and that is what
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n Roger Rosenblatt’s article he talked about a man who gave his life to help save others. Within the article Roger explains what this courageous man does after the plane crashes into the icy water of the Potomac river.Through out this article Rosenbaltt’s purpose it to show that we can help each other without wanting something in exchange. Rosenblatt wanted to show people what happened that day on that flight‚ it was not only a mechanical failure that day there was courage from not only from rescuers
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describe yourself as a virtuous person? Well‚ the short story called “The Man In The Water” involves a character with moral features‚ as the author Roger Rosenblatt uses the literary elements of character and conflict to express morality. Morality means principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good or bad behavior. This story shows that you have to act with courage no matter what. “The Man in the Water” had the compassion to place others before him. This story also reminds us
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Tonja Libbey Elizabeth Devore ENG: 21011-206 02-06-13 Reflections; Rhetorical Analysis In “Reflections: Why We Play the Game” by Roger Rosenblatt‚ the author discusses and elaborates on three sports; baseball‚ basketball‚ football and why baseball is more of an American sport than the other two sports. Mr. Rosenblatt gives great detail about each sport and how each player’s option played can affect the outcome of the game. He gives great detail of how we chase the ball in these games. He is
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come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world”( Roger Rosenblatt 276). In the story “Men in the Water” Rosenblatt uses point of view‚ and conflict to show moral courage. Moral Courage means doing the right thing in the face of your fear or even when it’s the hard thing to do. In “The Man in the Water‚” by Roger Rosenblatt shows that moral courage can lead to death or having a horrible ending.”The Man in the Water” is about flight 09 taking off on January 13‚1982 in Washington D
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These traits are what make a hero. But a man is not a hero if bravery and courage and selflessness are normal in that society. It is the heroes’ non-native and unique characteristics that make them a hero in their own culture. A hero in that society would need to have different‚ noble characteristics that the rest do not have‚ which would allow him to stand out among the rest of his people. In the short story “The Man in the Water” by Roger Rosenblatt‚ the anonymous hero had each of the three
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Dela-Cruz 02/27/2012 Heroism Roger Rosenblatt in his essay “The man in the Water” describes how the heroic passenger in the air crash was determined to put his life on the line to save others. The man in the water dedicates all his strength to save the others in the water‚ handing over the lifeline and rope each time it was given to him. Even though there were other three acknowledged heroes at the scene‚ Rosenblatt focuses on the anonymous man and every detail of the essay emphasizes
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“The Man in the Water “ “The Stages of the Hero’s Journey” by Vogler stages relates to “The Man in the Water” by Roger Rosenblatt. First‚ stage 1 the hero is introduced in his/her ordinary world. Then he or she is suddenly forced into on unordinary world. (Vogler) Only minutes before his character was tested‚ he was sitting in the regular plane among the usual passengers‚ respectfully listening to the stewardess telling him to fasten his seat belt and saying something about the “no smoking” sign
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