Gunfire at sea 1. Summary events and developments: Before 1898: the gun pointer estimated the range of the target and elevated the gun barrel (loop) to a height so that the shell could reach the target at the estimated range‚ done by a small wheel on the gun mount (bevestiging). When the pointer wanted to fire‚ he had to wait until the right moment of the roll and fire a bit earlier to compensate for his firing interval. In 1898 Admiral Sir Percy Scott introduced continuous firing‚ after
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In the novella‚ “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway connects Joe DiMaggio’s life with Santiago’s. DiMaggio’s father‚ like generations of DiMaggio’s before him‚ was a fisherman‚ and he enthusiastically wished for his sons to join him. While Joe DiMaggio never had any interest in fishing‚ his upbringings as the son of a poor immigrant fisherman helped form his popular image as the personification of the American Dream. Santiago‚ much like DiMaggio’s father‚ was a fisherman. One day when
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories “What makes the story moving is the idea of the father’s redemption by his own child.” (Michael Billington) Discuss! Haroun’s father is called Rashid Khalifa. His family break apart because bot his son and his wife accuse him of telling meaningless and useless stories and not being rational at all. His wife leaves him‚ but his son suddenly relizes that Rashid his ability of telling stories dried up‚ so he thinks it’s all his fault and wants to do something because
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Connor Roche Research Paper JAMES FENIMORE COOPER James Fenimore Cooper was an important literary figure of the 1800s‚ best known for his novels. He is perhaps most noted for his greatest work of literature: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757‚ a tale that chronicles the journey of several English people and a few Native Americans during the French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Days War. Cooper’s work on this novel and others such as The Prairie reflects his different
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LORD ULLINS DAUGHTER POEM ANALYSIS The atmosphere is one of the distinct characteristics of the poem Lord Ullin’s Daughter. The poem starts with an agitated atmosphere that arrests our attention. A chieftain of the highlands rushes to the seashore with his beloved and orders a boatman to row them across the sea without delay. He promises to give the boatman a silver pound. The chieftain’s restlessness and anxiety are evident here‚ though why he is in a hurry is not clear. It arouses the boatman’s
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If anyone asked me about my opinion in "The Old Man and the Sea" I would say ’the most thing that attracted me is its theme between the old man and nature’ . I liked it for it shows us the real hope ‚patience and life that we can learn from this old man. "He was two feet longer than the skiff" maybe Santiago depended on the appearance of the fish which terrified him. It is a lesson that we should not depend on appearances and to look at the inside. It was only a fish that had a weak heart ‚it does
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women the world would not function. In the poem “Africa”‚ the speaker personifies the country as a woman who has gone through tribulations of getting her country stripped by white men enslaving her sons and daughters. Through it all she regains her strength. What she went through helped her to become a stronger woman‚ and stronger country. The speakers uses vivid imagery‚ metaphors‚ personification and gives human emotions to the continent. The entire poem is a extended metaphor to describe Africa
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Caitlin Couch Period 4 Old Man and the Sea 1. Symbols a. The Marlin is a major symbol in the novella. It stands for Santiago’s ideal opponent; his worthy challenger. He feels lucky to be able to fight this challenger‚ as it is his equal. Having bested your equal is much more satisfactory than whipping some amateur’s butt. I think that he feels that by facing the Marlin‚ he is giving the best of himself to his cause. He’s going full throttle‚ and by facing his Marlin‚ he is enhancing
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Explore the different perceptions of the creatures in the poems "Ghost Crabs" and "Horses" Hughes’ perception of each of the creatures in his poems is one of awe. However‚ this awe is focused in different directions in each of the poems. In "Horses" Hughes feels an unprecedented respect towards the creatures; yet in "Ghost crabs" he feels a fear toward the crabs‚ which makes him feel in awe at their presence. Hughes feels the "Giant crabs" are the dominant power on Earth. Although they are
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Biochemistry: categories of organic compounds Ruddy Severino There are four major compounds that compose the human body. It is impossible that anything living on earth today can live out these organic compounds. Those compounds are carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and nucleotides. Each compound has a major important function that is essential to the human body as well as other living organisms on earth. Carbohydrates serve as the main source of energy. Carbohydrates contain carbon‚ hydrogen
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