believes holds the last installment of the global journey‚ our hero has yet more battles ahead of him. In fact‚ the king of Ithaca wandered the Mediterranean and its coastal lands for 10 years before finally arriving home. As waves crash against the raft‚ “he was seen sailing the ocean”(284). The sea near the land of the Phaeacians is only one region Odysseus has been driven to. All these occurs as a number of loyal citizens and a hopeful family await his return‚ a period when others dependence on
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I’ve chosen Ana Menéndez’s story “In Cuba I Was a German Shephard” because‚ since I’m a Latino‚ I thought I could relate to the story. The story is about four Latino men (two Cubans -– Máximo and Raúl -- and two Dominicans – Carlos and Antonio) that gather together every morning to play Dominos in a park in Miami. The story often goes back in time telling the reader about the background of some of the men – especially Máximo - and how they lived their lives in their countries before coming to America
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on making sacrifices‚ as he thinks you get rewarded he has hope to go home after it being 20 years. He is also very venerable and he cries and dreams about the day he gets to see his family again. But when Calypso says he can go he makes himself a raft and sets sail. 2. What does the gods do for him? Well as Odysseus makes sacrifices as many times as he can‚ he can only hope something good happens as the gods say if you’re good and sacrifice you will get rewarded but Odysseus is losing hope
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through the plains until he reached the seashore. The calm blue sea‚ massive and yet helpless beneath the morning sun which flooded it with golden light‚ fascinated the young man. And unable to resist the beauty of the dancing wavelets‚ he made a rattan raft and rowed seaward. On and on he rowed until he came to the edge of the world. There‚ in a place where the sea and the sky meet‚ Aponi-tolau saw a towering rock‚ home of Tau-mari-u‚ lord of the sea. It was guarded by nine beautiful daughters of the
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lifeboat to construct an external raft to separate himself from Richard Parker‚ “And I had no proof that hanging at the end of an oar provided real safety from Richard Parker. He might easily reach and grab me. I had to find something else. My mind worked fast. I built a raft. The oars if you remember floated‚ and I had life jackets and a sturdy lifebuoy.” (Martel‚ 164) Evidently‚ Pi portrayed resourcefulness by using parts of the lifeboat to build another raft. Furthermore‚ being resourceful does
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and how wrong they are. Their bonds as friends strengthen and it changes Huck’s views on what he thinks is right and wrong. One example of building trust was when Huck thought that turning Jim in would be the right thing to do‚ so he went out on the raft to go find someone. But‚ when Huck encountered a man who asked him if he saw a black man (Jim) in the forest‚ he didn’t feel like it was right anymore. He realized he could put Jim in even more danger‚ not to mention he doesn’t want to lose his friend
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The rush of diving into a rapid on a little raft made me feel alive. Looking into a hole that seemed over six feet deep would send my stomach into a whirl. The anxiety and excitement would penetrate my body‚ leaving me frozen. I would hear the chants of my raft leader “Paddle‚ paddle‚ paddle!” and sink back into reality. The rapids are more difficult to navigate rather than calm‚ lake-water‚ river. I
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Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is an example of a puritan woman giving credit to God for what seems like a small stroke of luck. It reads‚ "They quickly fell to cutting dry trees‚ to make rafts to carry them over the river: and soon my turn came to go over. By the advantage of some brush which they had laid upon the raft to sit upon‚ I did not wet my foot (which many of themselves at the other end were mid-leg deep) which cannot but be acknowledged as a favor of God to my weakened body‚ it being a very
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gave him experience. Huck did not want to see a murder take place: To save a life‚ Huck imprisons the thieves in the steamboat until they are detained by the authorities (Link 435). Huck helped the men‚ even though they were thieves‚ by letting their raft go and trapping them on the wreckage‚ saved the man the other thieves were going to murder‚ showing Huck’s morals. Huck is a moral individual who helps those in need. Huck Gains his life experience in that manner. Finally‚ Huck gains more wisdom of
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Poem On Life Of Pi By: Aadil Younis I’m about to tell a story‚ from a couple of years back‚ You think that you know but you only know half‚ I told you all‚ i was stuck on a raft‚ but what you don’t know‚ is within myself i was trapped‚ I made up lies and stories to protect me‚ I prayed to God maybe he would resurect me‚ But in those days God took away his blessings‚ over every little thing i noticed i was stressing‚ I was leaving behind my life‚ all the time i would think‚ untill
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