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    Film Director and Producer‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ in her film‚ Blackfish‚ exploits SeaWorld and the many incidents involving the killer whales and trainers. Cowperthwaite’s purpose is to inform the audience how the whales are treated horribly and persuade the audience to boycott SeaWorld. She adopts a dramatic‚ gloomy tone in order to convey her audience the idea that SeaWorld is an inhumane place to keep killer whales. Cowperthwaite begins her film by incorporating real life tragedies that

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    In the book In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick ‚ the men face the decision between starvation or cannibalism‚ are forced to resort to murder and cannibalism‚ all while the irony of this decision looms over their heads. Consequently‚ the events that lead to this horrific action are as tragic as horrendous as the act of cannibalism itself. On a seemingly regular whaling expedition‚ they are attacked by a sperm whale. The Essex is sunk‚ and they are forced to sail help on the remaining

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    In the beginning‚ before man was created‚ animals of the highest status ruled over the many regions of Earth. For the water region it was Killer Whales‚ for the sky region it was Eagles‚ and for the land region it was the Wolves. Before man‚ wolves didn’t stay in separate packs; they were one. Out of this‚ there was a kind and brave leader who went by the name of Luna. She ruled justly over her people‚ but being a just and powerful leader has its own costs. One day while out on a hunt‚ Luna and

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    In the Heart of the Sea

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    Nicole Hart HIST 2300- Christopher Trobridge Writing Assignment One October 16‚ 2010 “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from

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    The Andromeda Myth

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    The constellation i choose is Andromeda because i think that it’s myth it’s very intersting.Andromeda is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.. Located north of the celeatial equator. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Nothern Hemisphere‚ along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination‚ Andromeda is visible only north of 40°

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    Don T Call Me Ishmael

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    Don’t call me Ishmael 1. James scobie might be described as the king of the comeback in his conversations with barry Bagsley. James shows the power of language in these retorts as a number of his comebacks have implied meaning rather than being explict and he is able to twist Barry’s meanings anf turn them into insults. Identify in the text at least 2 examples of scobie’s comebacks. How is scobie able to turn their meaning around to insult? What is the implied meang of each? Quote 1 – Page 91

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    Year 8 Test: Don’t Call Me Ishmael Questions 1-11 Question 1: In your own words explain the symptoms of Ishmael Leseur’s Syndrome and its causes. What do we learn about Ishmael’s sister Prue in this chapter? Who does Ishmael blame for his syndrome? Question 2: What does Ishmael feel about the story of how he got his name? What image does Ishmael use to describe his father and his keenness to tell the story of Ishmael’s naming to unsuspecting ‘victims’? Why do you think he uses this comparison

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    In 1851 Herman Melville wrote “Moby Dick”. “Moby Dick” was a book about captain Ahab. Captain Ahab was a guy who gave everything to hunt a whale. Melville the author of the great american novel “Moby Dick” was heavily influenced by two writers Nathaniel Hawthorne writer of “The Minister’s Black Veil” and Edgar Allen Poe writer of “The Raven”. The story of the Essex is mostly about captain Pollard‚ Chase‚ Nickerson. And their crew hunting whales. But in the end most of the crew die trying to kill

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    In the Heart of the Sea Jason Barker In the novel “In the heart of the Sea” Nathaniel Philbrick introduces the reader to Nantucket Island located in the east coast. He establishes the importance of the whaling industry in relation to the island. Philbrick does an incredible job of telling the story of 20 regular men doing their jobs whaling. They set sail on a renewed ship called the Essex. The Essex took a beating from a storm before it finally met its match an angered sperm whale. The whale rammed

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    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. From Nantucket in 1819‚ the Essex set sail on a whale hunt that was supposed to take two to three years out in the Pacific ocean.Once at sea the whale hunters had a bad feeling of the squall that slowly approached them‚ but the

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