“The blue, small creatures keep swimming around the green seaweed like a whirlpool making a loud WHOOSH noise” said James Cameron. James was at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean when he saw some very mysterious creatures swimming around the seaweed. He didn’t even know what to say for he never had saw anything like this. He said, “I guess I’ll just take a couple pictures and return to the top”. James Cameron sails a explorer boat called the S.S. Cameron. He invests all his free time into this ship and what he is doing on it. He loves the water and everything in it. James is 45 years of age and still gets out for this hard job of fishing and exploring. The man hasn’t grayed a bit and is very strong and muscular. People seemed to find him very awkward but still very brave at the same time. He’s always had trouble with getting into any kind of relationship.
“Hey how was fishing this morning?” said Joe Gibson one of James’ friends. “Not much just saw a little something funny” said James. James had just gotten back from his fishing and was meeting up with his friend Joe Gibson at a bar by the ocean. Joe was and average guy who was a college friend of James. Joe was also 45 years old but he really showed that his metabolism had slowed. He is starting to gray and bald, looks a little “big-bellied’ and seems to get drunk way to much. “I was just about to leave because you didn’t show up. Good thing I caught you, I Had some questions about the ocean.” said Joe. All night they talked and talked about different fishes and sea animals that James had caught and seen. “I saw something very strange today in the water today” said James. “There were fish swimming around the seaweed making some kind of portal like a whirlpool. Tomorrow I am goin...
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...er to have grown up with. I can’t believe it is actually true!” Tyler exclaims. “I remember being an orphan as a little kid. Mom and dad must have either gotten rid of us or died!” James replies. “ I guess so! So brother tell about your life.” asks James. James tells Tyler about how he loves to explore water and sils an explorer boat called the S.S. James Cameron and how he lost a good friend to a drunk driving accident recently. “Your life seems to be very exotic!” Tyler replies. “Tell me about your life!”. Tyler tell Jame many things. Apparently Tyler likes to explore to but instead of the ocean he explores the forest. He tells him about all his wonderful adventures and how he chose to live in one of them in the African Safari. He also has a wife and is hoping to have kids soon. “That’s amazing!” James says. Right at that moment Tyler’s wife walks through the door.
In this memoir, James gives the reader a view into his and his mother's past, and how truly similar they were. Throughout his life, he showed the reader that there were monumental events that impacted his life forever, even if he
uncovers the truth about the fish, and how it and its environment was abused by the old
The film Sharkwater is a documentary directed and produced by Rob Stewart. Rob is an underwater photographer and a biologist that has a fascination with sharks, and their behavioral aspects. His way of studying these creatures he is able to learn about life and how to survive on this earth. This film showed the characteristics of reflexive documentary, this is because of the attention drawn into the sharks, their behaviors, and how we are affecting them. A statement that really stuck the documentary is people are taught their whole entire lives that sharks are dangerous but when you finally see it underwater your whole life can change in a flash. Rob made a very valid point as well, which is believed to be his thesis statement.
The ocean is mysterious to mankind. The unfathomable vastness of the ocean intrigues humanity into exploring it. In life, the immense possibilities that lie in the future compel us to reach for the stars. In the poem “The Story” by Karen Connelly, an individual willingly swims into deep waters even though they are fearful of what may exist in the waters. The swimmer later finds out that their fears were foolish, which illustrates the human tendency to venture into the unknown. The theme conveyed in this poem is that life is like a rough, uncertain, uncontrollable ocean that we must find get through with experience.
In the short story “ The Open Boat,” by Stephen Crane, Crane does an outstanding job creating descriptive images throughout the entire story. With saying this, Crane uses symbolism along with strong imagery to provide the reader with a fun and exciting story about four guys who 's fight was against nature and themselves. Starting early in the book, Crane creates a story line that has four men in a great amount of trouble in the open waters of the ocean. Going into great detail about natures fierce and powerful body of water, Crane makes it obvious that nature has no empathy for the human race. In this story, Crane shows the continuous fight that the four men have to endure in able to beat natures strongest body of water. It 's not just nature the men have to worry about though, its the ability to work together in order to win this fight against nature. Ultimately, Crane is able to use this story, along with its vast imagery and symbolism to compare the struggle between the human race and all of natures uncertainties.
The characters also are involved in the belief of the anti-transcendental philosophy. The story shows how each character acts with nature and each other. Many of the whalers must protect the boat and each other as they trek through the wild tides and horrible weather conditions. They try their hardest to fight these conditions, but sadly the narrator is the only survivor. These men exemplify the philosophy by fighting the animals; especially the whales ...
My vomit clouded the ocean surface with a purple-brown color before fading below the depths. On the other side of the vessel, I re-equipped my mask and plunged into the water to be greeted by my aunt – she was to be my snorkeling partner as she had much experience in the depths of Hawaii. When I submerged my head it was almost as if I had entered a new world. This unseen dimension housed a coral reef that vibrantly shone with a mixture of bright reds and deep blues. The reef almost seemed to pulsate as thousands of fish darted in and out of their subterranean homes. The water was thick with salt and teemed with plankton. We often resurfaced to point out fish to each other. I remember my aunt telling me of the environmental dangers of touching the still-living coral. “If you pierce its skin it will likely become infected and die, and all of the fish who live in it will die too,” she expertly explained. From then on I kept my distance to at least 5-6
“The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.” – Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild
Imagine a scene in which a small, wooden boat is peacefully floating on the ocean. Now, imagine that the scene is panning out to reveal the boat is merely a tiny speck, the ocean reaching out endlessly around it. Suddenly, the peaceful quality of the boat has been replaced by a feeling of consuming meaninglessness. Stephen Crane, a naturalist writer and reporter in nineteenth century America, often used nature to prompt readers into questioning their purpose and place in the universe. In “The Open Boat,” complex symbolism allows Crane’s characters to reflect humanity's shared experience regarding existence and self-worth.
Novels are valuable because they share important insights like how Curiosity could lead to consequences, how people are not as they seem, and how a big part of trust is gone, when lies are used. The novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon is a great example. This book shows how curiosity could lead to consequences, how people are not always as they seem to be, and how a big part of trust is gone, when lies are used. The novel is about a boy named Christopher Boone, who has minor disabilities but very intelligent. He goes on a quest to find out who kills one of the dogs in the neighborhood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is valuable because it shows important insights.
In 1975, Steven Spielberg, made a huge impact on the audience by pursuing reality in a new aspect never before seen. One of the taglines for Jaws, “Do you like fish? Well, he likes you too…” terrified viewers and forced them to shake in their boots. This classic film has everything a movie needs to lure you in; fantastic plot, visuals and necessary music for the appropriate scenes. However, Spielberg used a great deal of energy focusing on the shark being killed, while instead he could have narrowed in on more confrontations with the shark interacting with the innocent people to gain audience’s interest.
...held him in the sea that swirled him out and safely over the boat to water in which he could touch. The surviving men were thankful to have survived, but learned that they really had no control over their lives. One of the most important lessons the correspondent took from the experience was, “… that “in the ignorance of the grave-edge” every man is in the same boat, which is not much more substantial than the ten-foot open dinghy on a rough sea” (Buitenhuis, web). Having survived the experience the cook, the correspondent, and the captain each believed that they could be interpreters for the sea. Crane gave each man a voice in “The Open Boat” that is uniquely theirs, but at the same time shared a common bond and struggle with nature for survival. It is up to each man (mankind) to find our own place in the universe and be open to the lessons that life can teach us.
In the beginning, the four men in the boat view nature as evil and unjust. Crane portrays this through the men’s reactions to the waves and the seagulls. They describe the waves as "most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall" (245). Later in their journey, the correspondent notices "the tall black waves that [sweep] forward in a most sinister silence, save for an occasional subdued growl of a crest" (254). Each of these examples show that the men in the boat feel that nature is out to get him. The waves are seen as a living enemy force. The men also view the seagulls as threatening. They hover around the boat and when they finally fly away, the men feel relieved. In a critique of "The Open Boat", Donald Gibson explains that "as observers we know the sea is in fact not hostile, that the sea gulls are not actually gruesome and ominous. But the men in the boat have this to lea...
Indeed, Jim had a great love for the sea. He respected it and its powers. Although it took a tragic event to learn the seas authoritative powers , Jim still admired it. The sea was Jim’s motivation and his passion.
The painting, Watson and the Shark and the novel, The Old Man and the Sea, are two examples of how human interaction is depicted with the sea. These two works have a similar theme and setting. They both describe life at sea off the coast of Havana, Cuba. They both portray relationships between humans and animals. The natural world portrayed in Watson and the Shark is a far better prediction of how humans view the world today than the novel, The Old Man and the Sea.