Chapter 18: Israel expresses his feeling about what the fleet was named, and asks Paul for it to be changed to something better, because the fleet name reminds him of imprisonment, which reminds Israel where he have been the last few times when he was captured by authorities. When thinking that he could not find a replacement of the name, he yelled out “Poor Richard”, and Paul agreed with it and stated that “In honor of him saying that ‘God helps them that help themselves,’ as Poor Richard says.” (Melville, 131) A while after, it was renamed Bon Homme Richard. They traveled near the Cheviot Hills, which is between England and Scotland. When arriving in Scotland, Israel was put in the Pisa of the Richard to watch out for any man that comes into …show more content…
The Ariel use to be a British Fleet, as it still hails the British flag on it. Two weeks after sailing on the Ariel, they engaged with another British fleet. As they were engaged with each other, John Paul waves the America flag to them, showing that the Ariel is an American fleet. The unknown British fleet now knowing that one of the British fleets was captured, they tried to get away by pretending to surrender and told the Americans that half of their shipmen died, and the Americans were happy about it. Israel thought that this was a chance to capture another fleet and decides to jump on the British fleet, not knowing he has been tricked, and the British fleet sailed away from the Ariel. As he jumped on the British fleet, he finds out this was a hoax, and is angry that he is working for the British Navy again. However, to keep his real identity hidden from the British, he decides to pretend to be one of them, under the alias, Peter Perkins. Nobody on the fleet knew who he was and they told Israel to get off the maintop, because they felt that he wasn’t one of them. Then, the crew asks the lieutenant to come over and help figure out who Israel is. The lieutenant starts questioning Israel on his real identity. The lieutenant asks Israel what is the name of the British ship that he is on. Then the lieutenant asks Israel what was his name (the lieutenant’s), the captain name, and the people who are in Mess 12 is. Then the lieutenant asks where the ship had stopped, in which Israel had answered, Boston, New York, and Falmouth. Israel’s cleverness has made the lieutenant to believe that he has been on the fleet this whole time. The lieutenant gave up and asks the master-at-arms to send Israel to the forecastle once again, and introduced Israel to the Mess, and which Israel felt more welcome to the British fleet. As he felt better, he
The majestic ranges of western North America – the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada, the cascades, and the Coast Ranges – arose more recently.
Symbolism is a literary device in which words, phrases or actions allude to something more than their literal meanings. In the short story “A Jury of Her Peers”, a major example of symbolism is the quilt. The quilt is perhaps the biggest example because it can be tied to many other examples of symbolism within the story, and can also be interpreted in different ways.
By the second torpedo, all the men on The USS Indianapolis were wide awake. Things were starting to go wrong on the USS “Indy.” Flames were venting and all the power h...
The goal of these two refugees is to be picked up by the United States Coast Guard and be brought back to American soil. On the fifth day, the see another ship, but it’s not that of the Coast Guard. Commodore paddles ferociously, so as to not be seen by what he perceives to be a Cuban vessel. To loose weight and travel faster, he instructs his partner to toss over his bag of books.
After King Richard became king, his first act as king was to build a successful crusader army. When he accomplished this act, he began his voyage to the Holy Land with his allies, the Germans and the French. Along the way, King Richard and his allies captured many cities, while he also made and conquered enemies. During these victories, Saladin and his Muslim armies had captured the one thing King Richard was fighting for, which was Jerusalem. Finally, King Richard and his allies arrived in the
Each of these men had been separated into groups of survivors, each taking command of their fellow survivors. All three exhibited similar characteristics: mental toughness, the ability to remain calm under dire circumstances aided their shipmates in survival; loyalty, these men showed an ardent devotion to their fellow man; humility, under these immense pressures even the hardest of men showed weakness, their ability to lean on their comrade in their debility showed not only their humanity but the humble nature in which humans conduct themselves at the core. When their shipmates started drinking salt water, each of them tried to stop deadly acts and when they couldn’t they were forced to watch the other Sailors hallucinate and kill themselves in outlandish fashion. Some Sailors saw the Indy sailing along just under the surface of the water, so they swam down along her phantom passage ways, drowning themselves. One Sailor quit life by swimming down into a school of circling of sharks. As Sailors were getting ripped apart from the growing swarms of sharks, our protagonists demonstrated a mental fortitude that we cannot imagine but can only hope to possess if we were put into the
Susan Glaspells “A Jury of Her Peers is a short story that reveals the gender conflict and women’s struggle in a male-dominated society. With writers like Glaspell, we learn that flat characters are not irrelevant, but help to highlight and develop the qualities of the major characters. Lewis Hale, a neighboring farmer, Henry Peters, the Sheriff, and George Henderson, the county attorney are the flat characters in this story. Glaspells uses the male characters to reveal the subjugation of women that was a characteristic of the society at the time. The author shows the readers the similarities in the attitude of all the male characters through their actions, speeches and thoughts.
The play that I went and saw was Midsummer Night’s Dream at the University Theatre. This play was set in a proscenium venue because the audience was in front of the stage facing the actors. The playwright of this play is William Shakespeare and it was directed by Kirsten Brandt. This play centered around a bunch of lovers who get trapped in an absurd love triangle that is caused by the use of a love potion.
Captain Viktor Tupolev, a former student of Ramius and commander of the Soviet Alfa-class attack submarine V. K. Konovalov, has been trailing what he initially believes is an Ohio-class vessel. Based on acoustical signature information, Tupolev and his political officer realize that it is Red October, and proceed to pursue and engage it. The two U.S. submarines escorting Red October are unable to fire due to rules of engagement, and a torpedo from the Alfa damages Red October. After a tense standoff, Red October rams Konovalov and sinks it. The Americans escort Red October safely into the eight-ten dry dock in Norfolk, Virginia, where Ramius and his crew are taken to a CIA safe house to begin their Americanization, and Jack Ryan returns to London.
Richard III were derived from John Morton, Richard’s bitterest en enemy. Sir Thomas’s account was
“The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. (Jackson, pg. 112)” How is it so that a story with such a happy and optimistic beginning ends so horrifically? “The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson, begins with a calm, but almost eerie normalcy where the townsfolk gather for their annual lottery; the children are at play, and the adults scattered in their groups, talking and laughing joyfully. But at the sight of the daunting black box and the beginning of the lottery, the crowd settles rather quickly. The heads of families draw white slips of paper, one of which contains a black dot. The head that draws the dotted slip paper must draw again, but with only him and his family drawing to determine the member that will be stoned to death. It is at this moment that the audience realizes the horror of the story; Tess Hutchinson, the unlucky lottery winner, is stoned to death by her community, her family, and even her son as they follow an
Each narrator encounters an actual physical trial. The new captain in The Shadow Line finds, when at sea and with a crew afflicted by tropical fevers, that the "mad" fo...
ship to become shipwrecked on his very own island. He uses this as an advantage
Could winning the lottery really be breathe taking? In the story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, breathe taking would be a perfect description of the final events. On June 27th in a small town village, warm from the summer’s sun. There were men, women, boys, and girls who were heading to the town center for this year’s Lottery. During the introduction many characters were introduced however, two characters in particular stood out the most throughout the story, and there names are Mr. Summers and Mrs. Hutchinson.
play. The play rely’s heavily on contrast to enforce this metaphorical comparison. Helena is tall