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    Prologue: Letters of Robert Walton 1. Robert’s long-range goal seems to be discovering new land. Walton is searching by sea to find and be the founder of land that is uninhabited by humans. 2. Robert’s childhood was full of regrets. Walton disagreed with his father because his father did not want him to persue the seafaring life. Before Walton’s father died he gave Robert’s uncle his last dying wish to forbid him from joining any type of voyage or life at sea. 3. Walton’s first “career

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    The desire to make history to discover what remains undiscovered‚ or to know what remains unknown is an everlasting human goal. Although many have failed to realize this dream‚ a very few have been passionately successful in its pursuit. The immortality power that these select few have‚ of course‚ only provided to encourage those who come after. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary reflection upon this intensely human desire here illustrated by the title character’s quest for

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    Robert Walton the explorer and captain of a ship that is head to the North Pole In a sequence of letters‚ communicate with his sister Margaret Saville back in England about the progress of his treacherous mission that he is taken. Robert tells his sister about the desire in him to discover something so great. Also how he felt as if he was isolated from the other shipmate who makes him feel lonely because he has no one to confident in also no one to share his ambitious with. The mission of Robert

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    by Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. Robert Walton is a captain aboard a ship on a very destructive voyage towards the North Pole. He then on explains to Margaret the undiscovered territory he stumbles upon‚ as well as uncover a passage in the northern parts of the pacific and that he is Russia. “This is the most favourable period for travelling in Russia. . . The cold is not excessive‚ if you are wrapped in fur- . . .” (Walton 1) In the second and the third letter‚ Robert Walton then

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    What does hi mean

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    HI or Hi may refer to: Hello‚ a greeting in the English language Hi and Lois‚ a comic strip Hi (kana)‚ Japanese character Hi (magazine)‚ teen lifestyle publication Hi Records‚ in music‚ a Memphis soul and rockabilly label Hi River‚ Ili River Hi territory‚ Yining City Hi‚ mobile phone brand of Dutch company KPN Hindi‚ an Indo-Aryan language (see list of ISO 639-1 codes) Hydrogen Index‚ the ratio hydrogen/carbon used in Van Krevelen diagrams by petroleum geologists for the assessment of kerogen

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    Analysis of "Peril of Hope" The poem "Peril of Hope‚" by Robert Frost is about having hope. The poem speaks about no matter how things are one minute they can always change. Hope‚ however‚ is constantly there and will always be there to help get through the tough times until things get better. Imagery is used throughout this poem to help describe the extent of the boundaries of hope. Hope has endless boundaries in this poem it goes from one extreme to the next. In the first stanza

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    not only in real life but in fiction as well. In Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein is the idealized person Robert Walton wants to become. Friendship and companionship are very important to both Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. Victor finds companionship and friendship from his childhood friend‚ Henry Clerval. On more then one occasion‚ Victor expresses his gratitude for having a friend like Clerval. "Clerval! Beloved

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    Hope is more than a blessing than a curse. As a matter of fact‚ it is more than just a blessing. Hope gives people so many positive things in life‚ like something to look forward to‚ or something to cheer them up‚ or even a reason to be alive in this world. These are just a few of the many things that hope does‚ and has done for people throughout history. I believe that hope mostly serves as something to give someone something to look forward to in life. I believe this because of the many encounters

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    want to achieve or accomplish? Everybody has goals they want to accomplish whether they are short or long term goals. For me‚ goals are very important because they can shape us or make us successful people. My goals are to graduate high school‚ work as a registered nurse‚ and lastly travel around the world. These are just a few of my major goals I want to accomplish. When I accomplish these goals I know I will become a successful person. The first goal I want to achieve or accomplish is to graduate

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    The Voyage The Voyage‚ by Katherine Mansfield is a short story set in the early 1900s‚ about a young girl called Fenella who is being taken from her home in Wellington to live with her Grandparents in Picton‚ after the death of her mother. She along with her grandmother travels across the Cook Strait on the Picton Boat to her new home. Mansfield uses the literary techniques of symbolism‚ setting and dialogue to convey the idea of the transition from childhood into adulthood. Mansfield uses

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