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Face To Face Long Time
1,392 words
An interesting short story is Letters from The
Samantha by Mark Help. This story tells the
fascinating tale, in the form of never sent
letters, of an ape brought aboard an iron-hulled
sailing ship in 1909 by Samson Low, the ships
captain. Although the author makes a point to tell
the reader, through Samson Low, that the animal
does not symbolize anything or mean anything, in
fact, He stands for nothing (280), several
arguments can be made to contradict this. One
could argue that the ape symboliz...
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Escape Of Leggatt Secret Sharer Captain
638 words
This book has two main characters the Captain, who
is the central main character, and Leggatt, the
secret sharer, whom is the competitor, along with
minor characters such as the first and second
shipmates. The captain narrates the story, but he
is telling the story years after it actually took
place. It seems as if the character knows little
about the other characters thoughts, he just tells
us what he knows from his experience with them.
The captain also has a certain amount of
responsibility, ...
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Saving Private Ryan Leadership Qualities
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The character Captain John Miller in the movie
"Saving Private Ryan" played by Tom Hanks
represents the ideal soldier in a time of great
despair. He shows courage and bravery throughout
every scene. His troops will not disagree with him
because of the respect he has for his authority;
thus they have the utmost respect for him. Captain
Miller shows many attributes of being the right
person for the job in the search for Private Ryan.
This mission has his men in complete turmoil and
he handles ever...
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Andrew Carnegie Captain Of Industry
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A captain of industry is defined as a business
leader that benefits the nation in a positive way.
This includes increasing the availability of
goods, creating more and new jobs, and donating
money to benefit the well being of the people.
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland
in 1835. His father, Will, was a failing weaver.
Leaving Scotland poor, his mother wanted to return
in a carriage as a wealthy well-respected woman of
importance. This drove Andrew to become successful
by amassin...
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Captain Vere Billy Budd
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Billy Budd is a classical tragedy novel. In this
novel, one theme might be the corruption of
innocence by society, but another might be the
consummate peacemaker who brings about unity of
man through martyrdom. The narrator never actually
says his name, but tells how Billy was accused of
mutiny and kills Captain Claggart. In turn Billy
is hung and killed for alleged mutiny. Billy is
first take from his original ship and put on
Claggart's, who at first likes Billy. The action
starts rising the mo...
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Robert Louis Stevenson Style Of Writing
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by Robert Louis Stevenson There is an old crippled
man knocking at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn. His name
is Captain Billy Bones. He lives in fear of a
one-legged man, because Billy Bones has a map in
his suitcase that the one-legged man wants. But,
Billy Bones doesnt know that the one-legged man,
Captain Flint died. One day a blind beggar named
Blind Pew comes to see Billy Bones at the Inn and
gives him the Black Spot, a mark of immediate
death between pirate crews. Billy Bones gives Jim
Hawkins, th...
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Abraham Lincoln Fiction Poetry
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Poems for the Eye Are Not Merely for the Sake of
Eye What is poetry? Pressed for an answer, Robert
Frost made a classic reply: "Poetry is the kind of
thing poets write. " In all likelihood, Frost was
not trying merely to evade the question but to
chide his questioner into thinking for himself. A
trouble with definitions is that they may stop
thought. The nature of poetry eludes simple
definitions. Definitions will be of little help at
first, if we are to know poetry and respond to it.
We have to...
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One Can Assume Rite Of Passage
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The Secret Sharer written by Joseph Conrad,
centers around a character of a sea captain. Its
title and opening paragraphs forecast a story of
mystery, isolation, duality, darkness and silence.
The novel proves true these predictions reveling
thematic and image patterns directly proportional
to them. The opening of the novel further reveals
dialectics in the novel. The clash between the
private and the public world or man versus
society, in other words is the primary dialectic.
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Dickinson Poem Extended Metaphor
848 words
America experienced profound changes during the
mid 1800 s. New technologies and ideas helped the
nation grow, while the Civil War ripped the nation
apart. During this tumultuous period, two great
American writers captured their ideas in poetry.
Their poems give us insight into the time period,
as well as universal insight about life. Although
polar opposites in personality, Emily Dickinson
and Walt Whitman created similar poetry.
Dickinson's Hope is a Thing with Feathers and
Whitman's O Captain...
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The Five People You Meet In Heaven
732 words
The three people that shaped Eddies life were
Captain, Marguerite, and Tala. They all had a
lesson of their own to teach Eddie. The Captain
taught Eddie that no one should get left behind.
Marguerite taught Eddie that love is eternal, and
Talas lesson was that there was a purpose in
Eddies life. Marguerite, Captain, and Tala all
made Eddie realize that there was a purpose in his
life; he just never figured it out on his own.
Captain showed Eddie that the sacrifices he made
in his life were meani...
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Abraham Lincoln Dark Haired
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The year 1866 is an important time in nautical
history. It is the year that the world was first
terrified by an amazing ocean going monster, the
Nautilus. During that year several ships had met
with this "thing, " a long slender object far
greater in size than any creature known to man.
After numerous sightings and the pass of many
months the "monster" began attacking any vessel
that drew near. This alarmed all the world's
nations and the United States decided that they
would send out the Abraha...
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West Indies West Indian
872 words
Carl Hooper: Should He Be In The West Indies Team
And If So Should He Captain It? A debated topic
among the West Indian cricket community right now
is whether or not Carl The Prodigal Son Hooper
should be in the West Indies team for the upcoming
series against South Africa. More importantly,
some seem to think that he should not only be
recalled but that he should be also made captain.
Hooper s return to international cricket, if he is
successful in his campaign is going to be met with
a mixture...
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Lost Their Lives Fitzgerald
1,773 words
Dock 1 DEATH OF A KING Since commercial shipping
began on the five Great Lakes, there have Been six
thousand shipwrecks. Half have never been found.
There are three storms The sailors still talk
about: The great storm of 1913 claimed 250 lives
and 12 ships. The storm of 1940 claimed 100 lives
and two ships. The storm of 1975 claimed only one
ship and 29 lives. The wreck of 1975 remains the
most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck
tales heard around the Great Lakes. The legend of
the Ed...
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Lake Erie Court Martial
1,274 words
Insubordination Article 91: Insubordinate conduct
toward Warrant Officer, Noncommisioned Officer, or
Petty Officer. Any warrant officer or enlisted
member who-strikes or assaults a warrant officer,
noncommissioned officer, or petty officer, while
that officer is in execution of his office
willfully disobeys the lawful order of a warrant
officer, noncommissioned officer, or a petty
officer; or treats with contempt or is
disrespectful in language or deportment toward a
warrant officer, noncommissi...
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Ahab Moby Dick
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English Moby Dick Andrew Woollard English 367. 02
WI 2000 Moby Dick Character Analysis: Ahab Moby
Dick can be viewed as a tragedy. Webster? s
Dictionary defines tragedy as a? dramatic
composition, dealing with a serious or somber
theme, typically that of a great person destined
through flaw of character or conflict with some
overpowering force, fate or circumstance to
downfall or destruction. ? This describes Moby
Dick very well, as we discover as the story
unfolds. Ahab, one of the key characte...
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Moral Judgements Moby Dick
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Richard B. Sewall claims that Melville's vision in
Moby-Dick is a cruel reminder of the original
terror, in which all moral judgements are
accompanied by tensions, paradoxes, and
ambiguities. In response to this statement, I
agree that all moral judgements are fraught with
tensions, paradoxes and ambiguities. Much of
Ishmael's experiences while on land and at sea
deal with making moral judgements; the act of
forming an opinion by discerning what is right and
wrong. Melville uses Ishmael to prove...
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United Airlines Personal Communication
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Profile of A United Airlines Captain:
Unfortunately, the publics perception of the
airline pilot is that of a glorified bus driver.
The public has a vulgar lack of respect for the
demanding responsibilities of the airline pilot.
This lack of respect is due to an overall lack of
knowledge of aviation on the part of the public.
The following text is an example of the skills
required of an airline pilot in an average day at
the office. Thunder, lightning, and heavy rain
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Captain Lies Fallen Cold Captain Lies Fallen Dead
328 words
O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman O Captain!
my Captain! our fearful trip is done. The ship has
weather every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all
exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring; But O heart! Heart! Heart!
O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my
captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my
Captain! rise up and hear the bell; Rise up-for
you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills,
For ...
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Life Experiences First Night
1,861 words
Poems Poems Confessions in Rhyme Poems By: Ifayemi
Willson L. A. # 201 October 27, 199 Colors
Charlotte mixing in with the sailors, is like a
drop of gold paint in a bucket of gray paint.
Under all the pressure she must feel faint. No
other drops of gold paint to accompany her. Only a
fraud. Gold on the outside, but hateful clear on
the inside. A fraud, trying to be a good captain,
but less than the sailors. Since the golden drop
of paint is all alone, it blends in with the gray.
This relates to...
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Life Forms Solar System
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Star date: 41176. 8 Captains log. This is my
(Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U. S. S.
Enterprise #NCC- 17 O 1 D) account of the events
leading up to and beyond the Federation and
Romulan war (2380 - 2385 AD). Star date: 32851. 2:
The Enterprise received a distressed call from a
fleeing scout ship. SOS I am under attack! !
request asylum Federation Space! ! ... The ship
was pushing the limits of its engines as it
hurtled out of the neutral zone the volume of
space that serves as a no-ones-land se...
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