Although many people go through extreme hardship during war‚ they can find things to love that gives them the endurance to pull through. The novel Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys‚ details the story of a group of refugees that are desperately trying to escape the encroaching Russian army who are brutally pillaging‚ raping‚ and massacring everything in their path‚ by getting to the ship the Wilhelm Gustloff. The Wilhelm Gustloff is attacked by a Russian submarine and sinks and only four out of the
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manageable. There is no turning back and avoiding the situation because things could go much worse. Everyone has their own obstacles in life and the only way to conquer them is to deal with them face-to-face‚ no excuses. In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ an old fisherman named Santiago witnesses a life filled of courage in the face of defeat. In a small village near Havana‚ Cuba‚ and in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico‚ is where the triumphant man deals with the biggest opponent
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The Malicious Sea was a tremendously ancient natural disaster zone in which hurricanes would be evoked out of nowhere‚ taking anything that stood in its path‚ but Nathaniel believed that they would be lucky enough not to encounter one. After traveling underground through the hole‚ Nathaniel and his friends found themselves gazing into the Malicious Sea as the Sun went down and the sky took on the beautiful color of an orangish crimson
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one reaches old age‚ there is often a lot of doubt surrounding their lives. Serenity‚ and independence are often the two most questioned. These are some questions that Santiago has to ask himself as well. 	In the novel The Old Man And The Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway develops the concept of man coming to the realization that as he ages‚ his dependency on others will increase. The use of metaphor is key in showing how this is indeed true. The struggle with the Tiburon represents the mental
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Published in Sept.27.2011) is a fantastic book which is set in England. This can be deduced from the main setting which involves a yew tree in a graveyard‚ outside a church which is extremely common in the UK. Most of the story is set around Coner O’ Malley’s (main character) house and school‚ the hospital‚ his grandma’s house and of course‚ the yew tree. The story is basically about Conor O’Malley’s mum slowly dying of cancer. As a result‚ Conor is having nightmares
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Riders to the Sea John Millington Synge SCENE. An Island off the West of Ireland. (Cottage kitchen‚ with nets‚ oil-skins‚ spinning wheel‚ some new boards standing by the wall‚ etc. Cathleen‚ a girl of about twenty‚ finishes kneading cake‚ and puts it down in the pot-oven by the fire; then wipes her hands‚ and begins to spin at the wheel. Nora‚ a young girl‚ puts her head in at the door.) NORA (in a low voice). Where is she? CATHLEEN. She’s lying down‚ God help her‚ and may be sleeping
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Cheesy special effects? Check! Gore? Check! Kane Hodder? Check! Mutated men wearing Bigfoot costumes? Check! Bodacious Babes? Double D Check! Love in the Time of Monsters is a low budget ($500‚000 is considered low budget nowadays) flick about toxic waste pollution gone awry. It’s riddled with groan-inducing moments‚ but I gotta admit‚ I had a fun time with it. It very well could be that Heather Rae Young is smoking hot (the other woman in the movie aren’t bad on the eyes either) and seeing her dance
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Before the Loch Ness Monster had a chance to respond‚ the candy in his mouth started glowing! Sure enough‚ the candy revealed Hoodie: the third being! Crafty‚ Short Stack‚ and Princess Sofia giggled at Hoodie as he fell into the river. Hoodie then noticed the Loch Ness Monster. What was that big‚ scary monster!? Three helpless bunnies in danger…! Now was his time to shine! Hoodie hopped onto the Loch Ness Monster’s back and zoomed down the vanilla river! What a show! Hoodie skillfully hopped
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The theme of The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family
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The sea trips in films ‚ literature and painting Lіterature Daniel Defoe " Robinson Crusoe " The novel is about a young man named Robinson Crusoe‚ who dreams of going on sea voyages. On the journey the ship is attacked by pirates and Crusoe is taken as a slave. After slavery‚ he dramatically escapes and lands on an uninhabited island. The Jonathon Swift’s "Gulliver’s Travels" Gulliver’s Travels is an adventure story involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver‚ a ship’s surgeon‚ who visited
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