Rogue Wave Theodore Taylor

Have you ever had to put aside your fears and anxiety to face an obstacle? For example in “Rogue Wave,” when his sister is stuck underwater because of an extremely large wave, Sullivan is willing to show determination and sacrifice drowning himself in order to save his sister. Sometimes, there are situations where people have to face their fears even though they’re uncomfortable doing so and aren’t used to it. However, this is easier said than done. In the text “Rogue Wave” by Theodore Taylor, two siblings are trapped in their boat by an 800 foot wave and Melissa (or “Scoot”) is trapped on the lower part of the deck and her brother Sullivan is having difficulty contacting and saving her. This then leaves Scoot no choice but to use whatever

For example, in paragraph 8 it states how “Bessie Coleman refused to accept the limitations others tried to place on her. she learned about flying and set a new set of goals. She wanted to be a pilot.” In paragraph 19 it also states Bessie Coleman wanted to do an “airshow” in Florida but “When she reached an altitude of about five thousand feet,her plane flipped over and she plunged to her death.” After this incident, most pilots did not want to teach women to avoid the risk of them dying and avoid the risk of being responsible. In paragraph 20, it says “Women are often penalized by publicity for their mishaps. The result is that such emphasis sometimes directly affects (a woman's) chances for a flying job...I had one manufacturer tell me he couldn't risk hiring female pilots because of the way accidents, even minor ones, became headlines in newspapers.” These pieces of evidence showed that female aviators were often unfairly judged because of tiny mistakes that were made by aviators that just so happened to be