and eighty thousand miles per second‚ even then‚ it would take light over four years to arrive there if it left from our planet. Does this not make you feel small and insignificant? This is precisely how the narrator felt in Stephen Crane’s‚ “The Open Boat”‚ as he and his men were floating among the vast sea‚ in a thrilling yet dangerous experience. One of the most fervent metaphysical questions about life and the universe is the notion explored in this
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I want to talk about the “sea” in Stephen Crane’s "The Open Boat". The paper tries to explore the three symbolisms of the ocean - freedom‚ life and the end‚ to help readers better understand the sea’s role in the story. We live on Earth‚ more than 70% of the area covered by the ocean‚ and 97% of surface water reserves in the ocean. Therefore‚ the important role oceans play in our lives can be imagined. Ocean in the minds of the people not only a symbol of human unconquerable natural forces‚ but
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Fifteen months later‚ the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific‚ the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged whale. Its twenty-man crew‚ fearing cannibals on the islands to the west‚ decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4‚500 miles.
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Maritime Academy Western Civilization December 1‚ 2015 A creature of up to 100 feet mortal and alive just under the surface of the water harmlessly minding it’s own business is the golden ticket when killed and dragged into a port by humans on a boat. The author of the novel is Nathaniel Philbrick‚ he grew up in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania‚ following his childhood he attended Brown University where his love for sailing was ignited. He was Brown University’s first All-American Intercollegiate sailor
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adrift on a lifeboat with no idea how or if he’ll get to land. At many points‚ he feels completely hopeless. For example‚ when his spear gun broke‚ or when his water filtration system didn’t work. The most prominent example of this was when his boat flooded because of a hole in the tube. He does have moments of hope‚ when he catches a dorado or a ship passes. However‚ these moments of hopefulness pass quickly‚ leaving us again with the bleak atmosphere. The book describes in detail the heat
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up and to have hope in people‚ even in the hardest times. Matt and his lifetime friend‚ John where lifeguards at a beach for only a summer. When they meet a girl‚ Driana‚ who decides to invite them to a party. That then leads out to the ocean on a boat with Matt‚ John‚ and three other people. This tests the lifeguards and how much they know about survival. Matt and John are both trying to stay on each others side‚ but with Matt falling for Driana‚ things may get hard for both of them. Driana‚ JoJo
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By: fred The book ALIVE‚ by Piers Paul Read identified many possible themes‚ although I do think there are two that stand out. These two themes are survival and cooperation. Survival plays a major throughout the entire story. The most gruesome part in the story occurred when the remaining 28 passengers of the Fairchild were forced to cut up and eat there deceased friends and family members so that they would be able to survive. This drastic action was long disputed. This group of people went
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Shipbreaker Summary Set in a terrifying dystopian America where fossil fuels have run out and cities have been drowned‚ Shipbreaker takes place along the US Gulf Coast and centers around the life of a seventeen year old boy named Nailer‚ who is just one of the numerous teens working in crews to disassemble grounded oil tankers for their parts. Living a life of complete and utter poverty‚ Nailer works on the light crew scavenging for copper wiring and other light metals from the ships‚
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Micharus Neely 3/11/2014 EDU 260 Water Is Wide Journal Entries Section 1 (chapter 1-2) Passage: The Water is Wide is about Pat Conroy’s experiences he had while teaching for two years and the local school on the island of Yamacraw off the coast of South Carolina. The book starts with Pat Conroy meeting with Henry Piedmont‚ the Superintendent of the Beaufort school districts‚ about his interest in teaching at Yamacraw Island. Pat admits to the reader that he was racist as a child because
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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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