20‚000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne The news spread worldwide about a serpent-like creature. Supposedly‚ part of the whale family has been ramming ships and sinking them with ease. The large ship named the Abraham Lincoln was sent out to find and kill this beast. An attack of the monster left Professor Aronnax and his long time sidekick Conseil thrown overboard. Ned Land‚ master harpooner was thrown overboard as well. An iron-plated submarine saved their lives. When taken aboard
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Defeat is a decision. While people may not prosper in every battle they fight‚ their defeat is not necessarily inevitable. This is true for the protagonists in the parable The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the boxing drama Rocky directed by John Avildsen. Although Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea lives in a fishing village near Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940s‚ he faces a conflict remarkably similar to that of Rocky Balboa‚ despite the fact that his story takes place in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania
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The title of The Infinite Sea is used as differing metaphors profusely throughout the story. Rick Yancey obviously chose to title his book after these abundant metaphors because they were important to the story. The title is a superb reflection of the book and relates to the characters‚ the audacity that the survivors have and what the world had become since the aliens’ invasion of Earth. Firstly‚ the use of ‘the infinite sea’ relates to many of the characters‚ but it relates one character in particular
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IMAGE‚ GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY IN JENNIFER EGAN’S LOOK AT ME Word counter: 2.701 ‘The beauty myth tells a story: the quality called ‘beauty’ objectively and universally exists. Women must want to embody it and men must want to possess women who embody it. An imperative for women and not for men(…)’ (Wolf‚ Naomi‚ “The Beauty Myth”‚ page 2) We live in a post-modern world. Images‚ surface and appearances have gained a huge importance
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I Like a Look of Agony In the poem "I like a look of Agony‚" by Emily Dickinson‚ one of the ways the poem’s affects on the reader is improved is though the use of literary devices. People normally have trepidation of agony‚ but Dickinson uses literary devices such as imagery‚ personification‚ and connotation to reveal her contrasting enjoyment to the social norm. The opening line "I like a look of Agony‚" (line 1) could be interpreted as sadistic and cold. Completely reading the poem allows the
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Who doesn’t love sea lions‚ even though they smell and are extremely loud. What is this algae that has already taken 8+ sea lions lives? On April 14th‚ 2017 a toxin produced by algae blooms in the Pacific Ocean‚ the Pacific Ocean is the suspect in multiple sea lion deaths‚ an officer with Laguna Beach’s Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Back on April 4th‚ 2017 the center that cares for the marine mammals has rescued about 15 sea lions poison by this horrific algae which is produced by toxins. 8 out of
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Suddenly‚ a large metal object plants itself beneath your feet. A porthole opens and men carry you inside the belly of the large iron beast floating nether you. What’s going to happen now? In Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea‚ this is exactly what main characters M. Aronmax‚ his servant Conseil‚ and Ned Land the harpooner‚ were thinking. After a hefty six-hour wait of being locked in a dark cell‚ the door opens. A man who introduces himself as Captain Nemo‚ an obvious leader
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“That Lean and Hungry Look” – Suzanne Britt Jordan Julius Caesar stated “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look‚ he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.” Cassius’ “lean and hungry look” unsettled Julius Caesar‚ who preferred the company of fat‚ contented men whom he believed were more trustworthy and appreciative. When we think of heavier people‚ we think that they are nice because they have nothing to be mean about and typical thin people will be stuck up and rude to the heavier person because
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tragic flaw and caused him to be open to his mother’s manipulation. After that‚ everything kind of went downhill‚ to understate the situation a bit... There are many examples of how Santiago was tragic hero in the old man in the sea. Santiago in the old man and the sea was known as a loser he did not have any friends but he did mentor a young boy named manolin and had the worst of luck. Santiago was outlawed by manolins parent because he had the worst of luck because of this the boy could not go
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Tragedy is defined as "a dramatic or heroic or literary work depicting a protagonist engaged in a orally significant struggle ending in ruin of profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant
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