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Lewis And Clark Meriwether Lewis
1,104 words1774 was the birth year of Meriwether Lewis, of Albemarle County, Virginia Meriwether Lewis, who was to become a captain in the United States Army, secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the pacific, Governor of Louisiana Territory and helmsman extraordinary of the American frontier. (pg 6) Meriwether Lewis was born to a prestigious family. Some of his family members include: great uncle who was a part of the Kings Council before the Revolution and F...
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Treasure Island One Day
463 wordsRobert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was born into a family of Scottish lighthouse engineers. Because he suffered from tuberculosis as a child, his education was somewhat neglected. However, he did study engineering and later became a lawyer -- both to please his parents -- but what he really wanted to do was write. He never practiced law, but rather worked at establishing himself in print. It took several years before his work was recognized. He wrote Treasure Island while receiving medical tre...
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Rite Of Passage Starting Point
1,319 words... f yet another stranger, Leggatt. Much like the captain he was also a stranger on his ship. Also, he spent many days locked up in isolation on his former ship, and two nights after that swimming in isolation. Even with this arrival. The captain is still isolated from the crew. The feelings of isolation subside, however. "It's a great satisfaction to have got somebody to understand. " Thus, Leggatt was created to break the feeling of isolation for both the captain and himself. Starting in the ...
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Science Fiction Los Angeles
1,243 wordsIn The Martial Chronicals, Ray Bradbury provides a glimpse into the future that not only looks at people from a technological standpoint, but from a human one as well. His well crafted, almost poetic stories are science fiction in setting only. They put much more emphasis on the apathy and inhumanity of modern society, rather than the technology. (Bryfonski, 68) Ray Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 to Leonard Spaulding and Ester Bradbury in Waukegan, Illinois. He began his writing at...
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U S Navy World War Ii
2,464 words... torpedoes against merchant ships was demonstrated, virtually all submarines were fitted with one. After the war the Germans were the first to realize that the gun and its mount created a great deal of hydrodynamic resistance and that, in any case, radar and the use of the submarine on the surface. So they got rid of there guns, as follows several other navies. By the late 1950 s there were virtually no deck guns left. Although curiously, the Peruvian Navy still remains a gun on its Dos de Ma...
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Captains Log Of Kptlt Otto Hersing
1,453 wordsH 2 >Captains Recovery Captains Log is about a Captain commanding a German submarine in World War I. He commands one of the most important and renowned naval vessels in the German fleet. Receiving a medal for two years in the sea, he became famous and hated by the allies. I received this amount as a combination of a Social Studies and English project. I had to write about something in World War I so I chose a naval vessel in the German Imperial Navy. The way I came up with this topic was ...
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Mr And Mrs Crew Members
702 wordsCaptains Courageous was written by Rudyard Kipling near the end of the late 1890 s. The story takes place on the Grand Banks off the east coast and stars a spoiled rich boy named Harvey Cheyne. Harvey Cheyne was the son of a millionaire father and an over-caring mother. Harveys father was in the railroad business and owned many railroads across the United States; due to this, Harvey and his family owned homes in approximately five states including New York. The story starts off in a big-liner (a...
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Christopher Columbus Atlantic Ocean
1,600 wordsBrief History: Christopher Columbus Diary Columbus Brief History: Christopher Columbus was an Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall, instead, in the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His father was a weaver, and it is believed that Christopher entered this trade as a young man. In the mid- 1470 s he made his first trading voyage to the island of Kh os in the Aegean Sea. In 1476 he sail...
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Christopher Columbus Native Americans
1,531 wordsChristopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? ? In the education systems of many schools, Christopher Columbus is portrayed to students as a hero. His few heroic qualities have acted as a fa ade hiding his evil side throughout the history of America. Although Columbus is known for discovering America and beginning the Age of Exploration, he, in reality an horrendous man who allowed horrific atrocities against the innocent Native Americans. Today, Christopher Columbus is seen as a great man and an impor...
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Seven Times He Returned Times He Returned Sinbad
518 wordsMythic Heros: Sinbad the Sailor When I think about mythic heroes, for many years the first name that came to mind was Sinbad: Sinbad the sailor. In his days as an adventurer, he went on seven fantastic voyages which earned him fame for the rest of his life. Yet, now in retrospect, I no longer consider him to be the great adventurer that I saw him as in my childhood. On his seven voyages, Sinbad encountered every obstacle one could possibly think of. He and his crew met up with: a fish so large, ...
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Sun Was Needed Contact With The Other Ship Thing
1,115 wordsCreative Story: Day The World Turned Black Everyday the sun would rise and the moon would set and everybody would wake up to a new morning. Today was a special day in October, for the sun did not rise and the moon did not set and everyone woke to a full moon. During the night the sun had mysteriously vanished and this inscrutable incident enervated the most brilliant of minds. This caused aberrant behavior throughout the globe. Nevertheless there were a few vivacious individuals brave enough to ...
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John Singleton Copley Watson And The Shark Painting
765 wordsJohn Singleton Copley born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1738 was considered one of the greatest American masters at his death in 1815 and is to this day. Copley studied with his stepfather, Peter Pelham, and frequented the studios of John Smibert and Robert Free. By the age of twenty, Copley was considered to be a successful portrait painter with a mature style full of brilliance and clarity. He practiced in New York City, Philadelphia, and his hometown of Boston before visiting Italy and eventua...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Close Up Shot
4,012 wordsMaking A Movie Imagine a young child, eye level with a floor full of miniature toys, concentrating intently on building a make-believe world. To the child, the toys are not miniature figures made of plastic or wood. They are real characters with real adventures. The child frames the action, crafting scenes that unfold in a world of imagination. Looking through the lens of a camera as actors bring to life a writers story, the filmmaker is also peering into a world of imagination. The director, pr...
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Death And Rebirth Epic Hero
1,128 wordsOutline I. Introduction In Homers The Odyssey the tale of a mans journey back home after long years at war is also the tale of a mans spiritual journey through his own soul. II. The beginning Odysseus leaves Troy feeling almost immortal and this pride is what leads to his downfall and second rise. III. The middle Odysseus undergoes his symbolic death and rebirth. IV. The end Odysseus has regained power over his household and has restored order to his life. V. Conclusion In Homers The Odyssey, th...
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Billy Budd Captain Vere
5,152 wordsThesis Statement In the novella Billy Budd, Melville uses ordinary people of his day to highlight the social injustices of the time Melville and the Social Injustices of His Day Herman Melville was a common man. He never went to college, and he never had the things that most writers of his day had; for in that time, writing alone was not normally enough to sustain you. While his contemporaries were lawyers, doctors, clerks, businessmen, politicians, and other white-collar workers, Melville learn...
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Makes It Clear Ahab
1,359 wordsThe moral ambiguity of the universe is prevalent throughout Melville? s Moby Dick. None of the characters represent pure evil or pure goodness. Even Melville? s description of Ahab, whom he repeatedly refers to monomaniacal, suggesting an amorality or psychosis, is given a chance to be seen as a frail, sympathetic character. When Ahab? s monomaniac fate is juxtaposed with that of Ishmael, that moral ambiguity deepens, leaving the reader with an ultimate un clarity of principle. The final moments...
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3,498 wordsMoby Dick Outline I. Herman Melville lived a long and interesting life that would affect not only his literary works of art, but also our society today. Many of his most notable novels would draw from his days at sea, and from his experiences as a result of those voyages. A. Herman Melville s life was an intriguing one, with many interesting aspects. He was born in 1819 to Allan and Maria Melville in New York, NY and would have a total of seven other siblings. Of these siblings there were four g...
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1,693 wordsThere is a symbolic element in every great literary work, which makes the authors message more tangible and real to his readers. In Herman Melville's Moby Dick, one such element is the idea of the counterpane, or tapestry, of humanity, that is woven throughout the story as a symbol of the worlds multiculturalism. Melville develops this symbolism on at least three levels, proving that the world is indeed a counterpane of diverse cultures, races, and environments, in which we, while supremely uniq...
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Years Of His Life Place In Society
1,536 wordsSymbolism dominates literature. Without it, the author is handcuffed and is left without a highly effective tool to convey his or her message. By using symbolism, an author can still maintain an objective appearance by letting the literary device do its work in expressing views, relaying opinions or simply stating the facts. We encounter a great deal of symbolism in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The book itself is a clear representation of the American society, its values, goals and inhabitants, ...
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Space Exploration Space Race
1,360 wordsSpace exploration is a big part of American history and has been shrouded with controversy for years and years. Space exploration is defined as the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and their moons through the use of artificial satellites, space probes, and spacecraft with human crews (Whitehouse). From the space race with Russia to unmanned lunar probes, space exploration inspires and enlightens every person that comes in contact with it. One example of an ins...
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