A summary of the narrative “Lost in the Waves” is about a father who is maed Walt and his twelve year old autistic son named Christopher. Walt and his son, Christopher visited Ponce island in Florida. After they ate they went to the beach and then went into the waters of the atlantic ocean. When they got in the tide took them out about fifty feet in matter of seconds and they didn't think anything suspicious was going on. But, then all of sudden they were two hundred feet away from the shoreline. This is when Walt knew they were in trouble and twenty minutes later they were a mile out. As night falls, with no rescue crew coming, the dad comes to a devastating realization. That he will have to push Christopher off farther away from him. If they
Little Billy was terrified because his father had said Billy was going to learn to swim by the method of sink-or-swim. His father was going to throw Billy into the deep end, and Billy was going to damn well swim. It was like an execution. Billy was numb as his father carried him from the shower room to the pool. His eyes were closed. When he opened his eyes, he was on the bottom of the pool and there was beautiful music playing everywhere. He lost consciousness, but the music went on. He dimly sensed that someone was rescuing him. Billy resented that. (43-4)
Christopher Benfey’s work The Great Wave is a narrative driven by a collection of accounts, stories and curious coincidences tying together The Gilded Age of New England in particular with interactions and connections to the Japan of old and new. In the context of The Great Wave, Benfey's own personal journey to Japan at the age of sixteen should be understood. Embarking on this voyage to learn traditional writing, language and Judo, his story can also be seen as a not only a historical continuation, but also a personal precursor to the vignettes he discovers and presents to the reader.
For the weekend Camille and Zaxby are taking a trip to Wavestown for a science class they have. Camille and Zaxby and so excited that they get to observe the Electro Magnetic Spectrum. The first thing they notice is a rainbow, Zaxby said “that must be visible light”, Camille agreed. They want to go and look at local stores, Camille points out that since we aren’t feeling we can go to Dr. Bob’s health store that takes x-rays of patients that need it. They think some gammma waves are going off, because clearly the Doctor’s tools need to be cleaned.
...trength completely fails and he lets go and starts to drown and sink. to not save him but to continue to paddle and get to safety. I hold back tears with fire and brimstone and I start to paddle as if the devil were behind us even though I am feeling drained as well. After about another hour or so it seems we start closing in and my father feels sand brush his feet. We both let out a huge sigh of relief as my father finally touches the bottom. still being about a quarter mile from the shore we do sort of a “Island hop” with the sand patches and we make our way back from where we came. Once we get back we decide thats enough beach for the day and go home. Feeling victorious and defeated at the same time I still hold a scar within me. and within that scar there is a small dark hole within me that is afraid of the ocean. And to this day I fear I will forever be afraid.
After many interviews with Bethany’s family and reviewing her autobiography, the film began to come together for Sean. The setting is Kauai, Hawaii, where the film replays what happened to Hamilton that day. It was early one Halloween morning when Bethany went for a morning surf. As she glided against the water, a tiger shark appeared and attacked her, tearing her arm out of its socket. That day she unfortunately lost over half the blood in her body, but she did not allow this misfortune to stop her. Indeed her steps towards recovery were phenomenal. One may suggest that Bethany truly has salt water flowing through her veins. How else can one explain the passion that ignites her to surf? Even the detachment of her arm could not separate her from the waves. Throughout the film, she demonstrated how we should never give up on our dreams.
The Wave is a short novel about the effects of conformity and social coercion. It describes an experiment done by a history class teacher, Ben Ross, to answer questions raised by his students after watching a documentary on World War II. The experiment is eerily close to the event it was based on, the persecution of Jews in World War II. Consequently, the experiment was ended. The author, Todd Strasser, suggests that conformity to a group causes ignorance of the effect of an action. Human behaviour is depicted throughout the book through loyalty, social coercion, and loss of identity and proper awareness through conformity.
Catalina de Erauso experienced many different traumatic and surprising events throughout her life. She completely changed her identity from being a woman to a man after she made the decision to have a more adventurous life than the average seventeenth century woman. Catalina went from a life devoted to god, growing up in the Convent of the Dominican of Nuns, to becoming a lieutenant of the Spanish military. Her ability to transform and disguise herself into a man and live unnoticed for more than two decades suggests that gender is fabricated and not a true trait, masculinity can be created through deception.
Over the course of Japanese history, arguably, no artist is more famous for their works than Katsushika Hokusai. During his 88 years of life, he produced over 30,000 pieces of artwork, and heavily influenced Western styles of art. His most famous piece was created around 1831, a Japanese styled piece titled, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. This piece has stood as a defining piece of artwork in the Japanese culture for over 180 years, analyzed by students and authors for the interpretations filling the paper. The relationship between Hokusai’s painting has directly affected the Western point of view of Japanese style. The English author, Herbert Read’s novel interprets the painting distinctly differently from a Japanese point, American poet,
Deep inner thoughts that no one wants to tap into. The speaker is accepting the idea of death in the ocean through his unconscious, but his conscious mind is trying to push back and begin the “measured rise” (Hayden 4) back to the surface.
In the movie The Finest Hours (2016), a group of four men from the Coast Guard try to hunt down a ship that had split in half because of the strong waves caused by a massive winter storm. During the attempted rescue, the Coast Guard crew faced some difficulties. The large waves almost caused them to get stranded too. The waves knocked off their compass. Determined to get the job done, the crew decided to continue their rescue mission. Without a compass it was nearly impossible to find the ship and impossible for anyone to find them if they ship wreck because of the storm. With all the odds against them, the crew managed to find the wrecked ship and save all but one survivor. The crew managed to return home, in the
The Wave by Morton Rhue is a fictional story based on an incident that occurred in a Gordon High School. A history teacher, Ross conducts an experiment to explain the cruel behavior of the German Nazis during to Holocaust. He’s starts an organisation called The Wave in his class, which then spreads rapidly through the school. Rhue uses characterization and character journey to develop the progression of the wave. Robert Billings, who loves the idea of The Wave, conforms to it strait away; David Collins also liked the idea of The Wave and is interested in making his high school football team join, and Laurie Saunders, who does not join The Wave and has serious effects due to not conforming. The language techniques used through The Wave are foreshadowing and characterisation.
The Tempest is a 5 act and 9 Scene play composed by William Shakespeare in 1610. This play fits alongside Pericles, Cymbeline and The Winters Tale. It is a late tragic-comedy and the story draws heavily on the tradition of romances. Shakespeare wrote more romances towards the end of his life and The Tempest is said to have been his last play written alone.
Americans believe that after ‘N Sync, boy bands were dead and then brought back by One Direction. Although One Direction is a British group, American has accepted them as the return of boy bands. That can be proven wrong by looking over at South Korea. While ‘N Sync lasted seven years a Korean boy band, Shinhwa, has been together for sixteen years and is still ongoing, meaning that One Direction was not the return of boy bands, but have just been added to the list. Kpop has been alive for very long and has found its way into peoples’ hearts. The fame that follows Kpop has introduced people into the Korean culture and has influence other parts of the world. Although KPop is a very important factor in the spread of Korean culture many people do not know what Kpop is, therefore the question would be what is Kpop and who are the biggest Kpop stars?
My toes burrowed into the damp sand and I was relieved to realize that the water was warmer than I had expected. As I stood there and breathed in, deeply, the moist salty air, allowing my heart to fill with the vigor of the ocean and releasing the thoughts of the boy from my past with each exhale, a ball hit my feet and a man ran to get it as his friend yelled “you’re welcome!.” Were they trying to get my attention? I thought as I simply walked away avoiding eye contact with the man who collected the ball. I wandered along the water’s border allowing the water to cooly kiss my feet. the water hit my feet. I smiled as I looked at all of the young surfers attempting to catch the two foot waves. I amused myself by pondering what their future would look like and if I was witnessing the start of a surfing legend. I envied their potential, the years they would have to master their art to acquire their dreams, whatever they may be.
Rolling waves gently brushed upon the sand and nipped softly at my toes. I gazed out into the oblivion of blue hue that lay before me. I stared hopefully at sun-filled sky, but I couldn’t help but wonder how I was going to get through the day. Honestly, I never thought in a million years that my daughter and I would be homeless. Oh, how I yearned for our house in the suburbs. A pain wrenched at my heart when I was once reminded again of my beloved husband, Peter. I missed him so much and couldn’t help but ask God why he was taken from us. Living underneath Pier 14 was no life for Emily and me. I had to get us out of here and back on our feet. My stomach moaned angrily. I needed to somehow find food for us, but how? Suddenly, something slimy brushed up against my leg and pierced my thoughts. I jumped back and brushed the residue of sand of my legs. What was that? As my eyes skimmed the water in front of me, I noticed something spinning in the foam of the waves. Curiosity got the best of me and I went over to take a closer look. The object danced in the waves and eventually was coughed out onto the beach. “Emily!” I called to my eight-year-old daughter who was, at that time, infatuated with a seashell that she found earlier that day. “Come here and see this! Mommy found something.” Although I had no idea what that something was and I definitely didn’t know it would change my life forever.