The article “Into The Dark Water” by Lauren Tarshis is about what happened to the Titanic. Lauren Tarshis used quotes to show what Jack Thayer a 17 year old boy on the ship. Lauren Tarshis put what Jack was thinking about. It shows what it's really like to be through this situation.…
Throughout On Such a Full Sea, Chang-Rae Lee presents a futuristic American society which has settled itself into three different hierarchical levels. In the strictly structured routine which involves B-mors providing food and supply in return for security from the elite Charter class, the act of disrupting the system or even questioning it is very unlikely. As Lee’s character Fan breaks away from her daily life in the fish tanks of B-mor in search of the one she loves, she has unknowingly inspired the people back home and everyone she meets along the way with the notorious story of the girl who defied the government’s rigid conduct, ultimately leaving a path to follow. On Such a Full Sea does not argue the question as to “whether [or not] we are ‘individuals’”, but, instead, “whether being an ‘individual’ makes a difference” (Lee). Through the character ‘Fan’, Lee expresses that one can make a difference in…
A Voyage Long and Strange written by Tony Horwitz is a novel in which he shares he thoughts and discoveries as he retraces the steps of some of the first people to ever set foot in North America. He retraces the steps of Christopher Columbus, Eirik the Red, John Smith, and many explorers in between.…
In The Heart Of The Sea, a book written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published on May 8, 2000, revolves around the tragedy of a whaleship named Essex, in the year 1820. Aboard the Essex African Americans were treated equal to the white once they set foot on the vessel.…
Bibliography: Horwitz, Tony. "Tony Horwitz." About: Bio. Tony Horwitz, 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2012. <http://www.tonyhorwitz.com/tony/>.…
In the book Into the killing seas there were two boys that were on the USS Indianapolis as it was sinking was a very exciting book. The book made sense in the it was explained. All the info was true to a point. But over all it was a great book.…
In Rebecca Kanner’s Sinners and the Sea and Yasmina Reza’s The God of Carnage the human capacity to commit violence is emphasized. Kanner portrays violence during the time of Noah time before and during the flood. The sinners of the town of Sorum, as well as some members of Noah’s family, commit acts of violence toward one another. Reza portrays violence with the same intensity as Kanner, but with a limited cast of characters. The difference between the two portrayals of violence is that Kanner uses evil as a transformative force, while Reza depicts evil as an end. Kanner is hopeful that evil restores the good, while Reza believes that evil does not bring positive outcomes.…
Psychoanalytical Literary Analysis of Chris Butterworth’s Story “Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea” When parents send their children to school, they expect the school to condition their kids to fit societal expectations. Most parents would be disappointed if their children failed to learn different social skills like cooperation, collaboration, and sharing while at school because elementary school is a prime atmosphere for children to develop their understanding of the world. An influential part of a child’s development of real-world skills comes from children’s books because books offer unique perspectives while also enriching children’s vocabulary and literary skills, enhancing their comprehension, and streamlining their communication skills. Children’s books are one of the first places…
Niki Caro’s film The Whale Rider, conveys the importance of rebelling in order to progress through depicting the stage of finding the boon of success in the Heroine’s Journey. After Koro’s young, male students fail to retrieve Koro’s rei puta to determine who would become the next chief, Paikea secretly retrieves his rei puta. In this scene, Caro alternates between shots of Paikea diving into the ocean and shots of the rei puta lying on the ocean floor with seaweed surrounding it. Through the portrayal of Paikea diving into the ocean to retrieve the rei puta, Caro demonstrates Paikea “diving” into her culture and finding ways to carry on old traditions whilst breaking the old traditions which are no longer applicable to her day and age. The…
When reading the novel from a psychoanalytic perspective, the sea plays an important role in the 'awakening' of Edna Pontellier. There is a strong relationship between Edna and the sea from the beginning of the novel to the end. The sea represents Edna's desire to find her own freedom and identity.…
Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, can be construed as an allusion to the Bible and the struggles of Jesus based on Santiago’s experiences.…
In The Seafarer the character is on his ship hopelessly lost at sea. He suffers from loneliness, sadness and pain from being lost at sea. In the poem he says “How the sea took me, swept me back And forth in sorrow and fear and…
Two different men, in Anglo-Saxon time, traveling, wandering the earth. One, hoping he was with family, wishing death would come to him and the other, enjoying the feeling of being alone, free from society. In the poems, The Wanderer and The Seafarer, both men begin without Christianity and as the poem comes to a close, they both find God and learn why it is important to be loyal.…
Throughout the film The Whale Rider, the director Niki Caro uses film techniques to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment. In the film, we are introduced to the character of Pai, who sets out to break Maori tradition and become the next leader of her tribe, while bringing her family and the community closer together, much to the displeasure of her grandfather Koro. Koro is an important figure as he is used by the director throughout the film to convey the theme of expectation and disappointment to the audience, using film techniques such as dialogue, camera shots, sound effects, and symbols.…
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” Robert Henri statement not only applies to himself but it also explains many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in the sailor’s life. Although sailing a life at sea is very interfering to a normal life, the Seafarer still loves the life he lives and also finds himself on a much deeper spiritual level than any ocean depth he has ever came across.…