random sailor in Times Square. After‚ imagine someone had snapped a picture of your kiss with the stranger and your picture being shared around the world. Finally‚ imagine people trying to find you and becoming known as “The Woman in the Photo.” This is the story of Greta Friedman‚ a woman who lived in Frederick‚ known famously as the woman in the Kissing Sailor Photograph. Greta Friedman‚ was taking a break from her job as a dental assistant‚ when she was randomly kissed by a joyful sailor‚ George
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Major Works Data Sheet Billy Budd 1. Title: Billy Budd 2. Author: Herman Melville 3. Date of Publication: 1924 (posthumously) 4. Historical Information: As divulged to the reader‚ Billy Budd takes place in 1797 in the midst of the French Revolution. Throughout the mid- 1790s‚ Britain enacted new quota requirements to enlist 45‚000 men in the Royal Navy‚ which was filled by means of volunteers‚ the Quota Acts‚ and most popularly‚ the impressing of men from merchant ships‚ as Melville
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Billy Budd. Captain Vere is the head of the Bellipotent and is the overseer of all activity that occurs on the ship. Vere is known for his intelligence‚ truth‚ virtue‚ and dedication to his duty. Vere never hesitates to put the betterment of the ship before the betterment of the individual‚ even if he does care for the individual greatly. The morals that Vere holds dear to himself will cause him great deals of stress and conflict when he is confronted with a situation regarding Billy Budd. It is
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Have you ever been so angry you can’t even speak? Everyone agrees that Billy Budd killed Claggart‚ but some believe Billy should be charged with murder and others believe he should not be charged with murder. Billy Budd should not be charged with murder for three reasons: Billy couldn’t take up for himself‚ he didn’t mean to kill Claggart‚ and the crew would regret killing Billy. The first reason Billy Budd should not have been charged with murder is because he couldn’t take up for himself. Claggart
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She meets Captain Andrew Jaggery and has tea with him‚ which becomes a regular occurrence in her daily routine. She connects with the sailors‚ and on an errand for Mr. Ewing‚ another Sailor. In Ewing’s chest in the forecastle‚ she discovers a gun and a round robin‚ a sign of mutiny. She sleeps with this knowledge‚ then goes to inform the captain about the mutiny. In his rage he removes one of his muskets from
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- As N3 Telecommunications Leading Petty Officer‚ she lead five Sailors in the completion of 546 performance‚ safety and quality assessments‚ contributing to 100 percent compliance with the $5.3M Base Operating Support Contract. Her efforts directly resulted in 99.7 percent availability of 3‚295 voice and data circuits‚ including 85 mission critical circuits supporting Naval Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia and 11 tenant commands operating in Central Command and Indian Ocean region. - As command
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Herman Melville wrote the novel “Billy Budd” during the 19th century. Melville had several experiences at sea taking part in whaling voyages and also joined a crew while trying to get back home. On this voyage home‚ he and the rest of the ship’s crew were accused of mutiny and thrown in jail for several months. Some of Melville’s personal experiences as a sailor described in the background makes his story more interesting to the reader. In the novel “Billy Budd”‚ Melville’s usage of foreshadowing
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perfectly when Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous picture of the sailor kissing the nurse in Time Square. The Kissing Sailor photo shows the excitement toward the end of the war and reminds americans why they should get out of war. The identity of the two people in the photo remained unknown for a very long time. The photo was printed on TIME magazine in 1945 and the mystery of the people wasn’t solved until 2012 when a book was written. The Sailor in the photo was revealed to be George mendonsa. “I had
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Mythic Heroes: 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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The final three chapters of Billy Budd‚ Sailor by Herman Melville provides three different versions of the plot that possessed a various degree of honesty. Yet it does not determine its influence on society and its history‚ for it is dependent on how loud it is. For instance‚ the report on Billy Budd written by the British press is the loudest and most influential. However‚ the press used it as an opportunity to further the political narrative of the Great Mutiny. From its writing style‚ the report
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