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    'the Perfect Storm' Essay

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    How does the Director create tension in the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”? In the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”‚ the director‚ Wolfgang Petersen‚ creates a large amount of tension to try to make the film more exciting and realistic. It is important for this film to be quite realistic because it is based on a true story. This is how tension is created in this dramatic‚ exciting scene using Cinematography and Mise-en-Scene. One of the many tense moments in this scene is when we see a tilt

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    Comparison The Perfect Storm and The Wreck of the Hesperus seem very similar because they sound so much alike because they are both about ocean storms and are tragedies. The way they are written‚ the two captains attitudes‚ the theme and the time period are very different in each story. The story‚ The Perfect Storm‚ it was about a crew ship that sets out at sea and loses contact with their communication team. They had several rescue teams come look for them while on the water‚

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    Irony in “The Storm” The use of Irony in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”‚ is used through the plot of this story in several situations. Calixta four-year-old child‚ Bibi‚ was calm and kept his composer through the storm‚ he laid his little hand on his father’s knee and was not afraid compared to an adult‚ Calixta‚ who is about to lose all control due to her inner fear. The author also hides the immoral behavior of her characters behind the fear of the storm or lack of. In this story Chopin tries to

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    Meg pulled her fluffy black blanket close to her‚ so she can actually feel some warmth during the dismal storms of winds and at high speeds of rain and air. Ordinarily‚ the storms that weren’t usually this harsh‚ typically she would doze off right though the night. However in this storm‚ her mind continued to ruminate about her stress at school. The wind was loud as those sport announcers‚ she watches on tv sometimes‚ they shouted when somebody on the Red Sox hit a homerun. The rushing droplets of

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    StormBy Kate Chopin The storm begins and Calixta’s family is separated. In a classical novel beginning‚ danger lurks from that old titan‚ Mother Nature herself. The man of the house‚ Bobinot‚ is away from home and can’t protect his wife. Readers are given the impression that a woman is alone and possibly in danger back at the ranch. Calixta’s old lover arrives at her house just in time to be trapped there by the storm. It would be one thing if Calixta had to wait out the storm alone in the big house

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    ‘Storm Catchers’ Essay

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    The novel ‘Storm Catchers’ is about a kidnapping of the youngest daughter of the Parnell family ‘Ella’. The term tension means intense emotion either good or bad e.g. when opening a gift it creates tension which is exciting. This is appropriate to the novel‚ because it’s about kidnapping which creates tension and it’s effective throughout the novel. Atmosphere is the mood of your surroundings e.g. when you enter a dark room it creates a scary atmosphere. This essay will consider of how tension and

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    becoming a better catcher and the drills and tools you can use to achieve your goals of being a better catcher. Catching isn’t for everyone. It’s like volunteer work; you have to work hard and it isn’t very rewarding. A majority of the time volunteer work is unpaid and in the MLB catchers are the lowest paid position players. But when people step back and see what volunteer workers do they are impressed by what the workers are willing to do for such little reward. The same goes for catchers‚ people are

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    Severe Weather Storms: Hurricanes and Tornadoes A hurricane is an extremely violent tropical cyclone. The origin of the term Hurricane originates from a Mayan Storm god by the name of Hurakan. He was a Central American idol who believably caused the storms. Years later‚ the hypothesis of someone creating angry storms has been corrected. It is known that these storms are an act of nature by God’s laws at work. The term hurricane just stuck with the weather condition. Another source states

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    Isaacs’ Storm The book Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson discusses the meteorologist Isaac Cline and his role in predicting the Galveston Hurricane of 1900‚ the deadliest hurricane in history. This was a time period where people believed that their technology had overcome the forces of nature. In their view‚ Galveston‚ Texas‚ a thriving city on the quiet waters of the gulf could not possibly be devastated by any storm. Meteorology as a science was still controversial; some people thought that the weather

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    The Spokane ice storm occurred on November 19th‚ 1996 in Spokane Washington. Many people‚ I’m sure if they live near Spokane have experienced this. This storm was the worst storm in 60 years. The ice storm caused many damages to the city‚ like fallen trees‚ frozen power lines costing a lot of money. All these damages totaled $22 million in 1996 money‚ now costing $33 million dollars in 2013 money. It started when freezing rain started to drizzle with fog and cover all the roads‚ trees and power

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