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    Aronnax and Counseil on the ’"’Abraham Lincoln’"’ in search of the mysterious marine monster threatening the seas Captain Nemo- captain‚ builder and engineer of the Nautilus submarine Secondary Characters: Commander Farragut- U.S. commander of the frigate ’"’Abraham Lincoln’"’ Captain Nemo"’"s crew- speak an unknown language‚ able-bodied men that serve Captain Nemo on the Nautilus Papuans- savages on the Island of Gilboa that attempt to attack and board the Nautilus Dumont

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    The perspective of Captain Nemo can be complex. It can change in an instant. The perspective of captain Nemo to the ocean can be obscure. It doesn’t say much of the perspective of Captain Nemo to Professor Aronnax too. The perspective of Captain Nemo to the people on land‚ on earth can be brutal. Captain Nemo is a perplexing character. The captain’s view to the ocean is always grand. Captain Nemo’s “land” is the ocean. The ocean is his life. The book states that Captain Nemo had been in the ocean

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    Opposites are found everywhere in the world. Almost everything in the world is an opposite and this can be seen in people as well. In the novel 20‚000 leagues under the sea‚ by Julius Verne‚ Pierre Aronnax is a scientist and studies organisms. Then the news starts reporting about a monster and Arronnax wants to find out what it is. So‚ he boards a government ship called the Abraham Lincoln with Conciel‚ his assistant. While on the Abraham Lincoln‚ professional harpooner‚ Ned Land is also on the ship

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    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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    waters of Vanuatu by a foreign company and exported to other countries such as Australia and United States of America. The names of the cultures represented in the documentary are traditional culture that is shown by the people of Vanuatu‚ on the island of Nuna‚ “the magic man declares taboo invoking the spirits to protect sea and whoever defies will face sickness or death”. Another culture that is represented in this documentary monetary culture that is exhibited by the SRS‚ and the politicians

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    Intellect‚ Precision‚ Courtesy; The Makings of a Leader The ocean swells around you like a dust devil in a sandbox. Salt water fills your nostrils. The ship that deemed this fate upon you sails into the distance. You wonder‚ how am I going to get out of this one? 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

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    Orosz‚ Joseph Le‚ Ledent Pol and Gustav Klimt have been relevant sources for solving the problem of how to represent multiple interpretations within one artwork though its subject matter and materials‚ my first artwork was also a problem solver. Mysterious Island (2010) by Istvan Orosz‚ (see Image 1) consists of a cylindrical mirror on top of a drawing‚ so that the flat and distorted graphite drawing is transformed into a three dimensional reflection in the mirror. The drawing done on the paper is distorted

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    The mysterious man! This was the strangest day of my life. There I was‚ calmly brushing my teeth‚ when I realized the face in the mirror wasn’t mine. I shrieked in abrupt shock‚ as I turned around the indistinct figure surprisingly vanished. All I could see was the dark misted window beside me. ‘Who was it?’ I ran out the nearby door‚ to see if I could catch the man in action. I was looking around‚ where could he of gone? I stumbled back inside frightened of what could show up. I strolled into

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    The Mysterious Banana

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    The Mysterious Banana Included in many literary works are objects‚ which may seem meaningless‚ contributing to the theme of the work. In Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape”‚ a dramatic work which falls into the category of Theatre of the Absurd‚ the banana is a discreet object which eludes to the meaning behind why Krapp chose that particular event to listen to while recording his last diary tape. Sigmund Freud’s theory of wish fulfillment suggests that a banana represents repressed sexuality which

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    A Mysterious Bracelet It was a cold and gloomy Saturday evening. The clouds were a deep shade of grey and the sky looked like it was about to release a bucket load of rain. On the horizon‚ lightning flashed‚ and a moment later a soft rain began to fall. The trees lining the path‚ heavy with leaves‚ rustled in the breeze as thunder echoed. As I watched‚ the rain intensified into a steady downpour‚ falling diagonally from the sky. Thunder exploded overhead‚ and the rain began coming down in sheets

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