Essays on Sailor

John Dowland - Go, Crystal Tears from Book of Songs, Book 1 for solo voice and lute

1) In the beginning, it was strange and even a little bit uncomfortable to listen to it because it is so different from the music that I usually listen to. I never listen to such old music, so it took a few moments for me to open up my heart and mind to the music. I knew that the sound was beautiful, but because it was so unusual compared to what I usually listen to, it did not immediately attract my attention. When this initial shock wore off, I let myself sink into the song even more deeply. I ...

At the brink of war, America, which has distinguished herself as a world leader and a responsible country knew that she would be at the center stage of the showdown. The war eventually came with anxiety and patriotism contemporaneously looming across the country. The media shifted interest in the war. Countless patriotic books and artistic artifacts were born during and after the time of war, but nothing has done much for the history of war than the picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at times square after the war. The image quickly found its way to magazine front pages and ...

The situation on the HSM Bounty presents an excellent opportunity for studying organizational behavior, administration, and organizational decline. In particular, the film Mutiny on the bounty deals with issues such as attitudes towards leadership, toxic leadership, communication, ethics, and organizational culture. In the film, the HMS Bounty was commissioned by the English government on a mission to collect and transport breadfruit plants from Tahiti to the West Indies. William Bligh served as captain, the first time he was holding that position on a ship. Fletcher Christian, a man from a distinguished and wealthy family, serves as his second-in-command. Before ...

I was born in 1830, in a small village called Londontowne, which sits on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay about a few miles from Annapolis. I was the third of my parents five children. My parents, who had immigrated from northern Europe in the 1820s, did the best that they could for us but my early life could be best described a s humble. My father worker as a fisherman for one of the many boating companies that fished the bay for crabs and oysters. His dream was always to one day have enough money to have his ...

Introduction

Moby Dick is considered the great American novel. There are many reasons Moby Dick has earned this award, from the accolades of English critics in Melville’s day to the positive commentary by Literary critics and theorists today. Melville was a master of sentence style, and wrote many complex and highly structured sentences in the novel. Likewise, he filled his text with allusions and references to the greatest works of literature, including the Bible, Paradise Lost, King Lear, and the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. While all of these elements contribute to the greatness of Moby Dick they are ...

Introduction

The pollution in the highly urbanized areas allows the phenomenon called ‘greenhouse effect’ wherein the heat from the Sun is trapped on the land causing tremendous amounts of heat and leads to numerous issues such as the rise of temperature, drought, the melting of icebergs, and high evaporation of water. Unfortunately, the cities contribute to this effect, the use products containing CFC’s and the pollution of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the destruction of the ozone layers. With the destruction of the atmospheric barrier, the excessive radiation from the sun cannot be prevented. In ...

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” written by William Taylor Coleridge is one of the most distinctive and inimitable poems, quite unusual because of its language, topical amphibology, depicted unseen creatures that live in the world, and powerful nature beautiful and scaring at the same time. Having little in common with the other works of that time, Coleridge stresses that the natural world has its breathtaking and absorbing power over the human beings. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" tells the story of supernatural events that occurred with a sailor during prolonged swimming. He talks about it a little bit ...

Comparative Studies: Cultural Context

Culture is simply the people’s way of living. The Cultural context in a movie, play or reading materials can be analyzed in terms of time at which the people lived; the place; setting; environment; social organization; social divide; family culture; gender roles; economic, religious and political status (Mcdonough 2005). In most cases authors of novels, books or articles and the directors of movies and plays apply more than one of the cultural contexts to bring out several intended themes. Integration of these aspects permits them to develop a close contact with the readers since this set platform for ...

For a long time, Heart of Darkness was praised as one of the greatest English literary works. The novel by Joseph Conrad is about a journalist who sailed to Africa up to the Congo River; and who later becomes a station manager. The novel gives the accounts on how the sailor was made the indigenous Africans to worship him. In his book, he referred to the Africans as savages. In 1977, Chanua Achebe discredited the book terming it as a racist piece of literature (Pozar 6). From the moment the book was first released in 1899, they have been ...

Some themes of "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" and typology of the character of Homer's poem "The Odyssey” are similar to some extent. Further, in the paper, such similarities will be discussed. The form of storytelling of “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor” recalls the story of Odysseus. Both stories start in a similar way. In “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”, the poor meets Sinbad the Sailor in his house, after which the latter tells stories of his travels and adventures for seven nights in a row. Odysseus meets in the same way King ...

Until 19th century the attitude towards gender was clear: there was a strict limit of occupations available to women as well as there was an established idea of what a good woman should be like. The prejudices of many centuries influenced this sharp definition between men’s and women’s role. Women were considered inferior to men in a number of aspects, which is why they were made mostly to undertake household duties, and were refrained from education or training in any professional sphere. However, with economic and technical progress in early 19th century women became more independent. Several ...

Christopher Columbus was quite sure that it was possible to sail to East Asia and India by heading to the west from Europe. His convictions were based not on obscure and legendary news of the discovery of Finland by the Normans, but on the considerations of Columbus' genius. The warm voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to the western shore of Europe evidenced of the existence of a great land in the west. Vincent, the Portuguese skipper, caught a piece of wood in the sea near the Azores (Eckhart 88-89). which depicted figures carved on it. The carving was ...

I would like to become a successful photographer in the later life because I am interested in portraying different lives of people doing various things. If I am to become a photographer, I want to portray the current traditions and culture of the 21st century so that the future generation will know what kind of life people from this era lived. I will also use my camera to illustrate the cancer of the society; the corruption, the suffering, and many more illnesses of the society to help the government know which and where they should focus first. For instance, ...

Introduction

Before the discovery of Atget’s photography, photographs were not known as a form of documentary. Eugene Atget, who was an only child and an orphan from the age of five, started photography as a profession when he was forty years old. This is after he had been a sailor and an actor. Atget’s work was not recognised until later by an American called Man Ray who introduced his work to the world thus making it popular and famous. Eugene Atget is known as the founder of modern photography and street photography. This is because his focus was on the pre-French ...

Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of ...

In F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, particularly the period of the film in which Orlok terrorizes the crew of the ship he is smuggling himself upon, the character of Count Orlok (Max Schreck) is seen to have a supernatural effect on people. By looking at this scene from both descriptive, evaluative and interpretive lenses, the editing and shot composition of the film showcases the film’s desire to show Orlok as a supernatural and hypnotic figure. There is then a cut to a wide shot of captain walking up the stairs, then cut to the other hold, where there is a sick man in a ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Book: The count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas and was first published in the year 1844. The plot of the story was expanded by Dumas in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. Along with the ‘Three Musketeers’, this novel is one of the most anthologized works of Dumas, and as critics opine the novel has become a permanent fixture of Western literature. Dumas was a French novelist and dramatist, and during his lifetime he produced a number of literary outputs like dramas, novels, memoirs, travelogues and historical studies. Mostly self-educated, Dumas actively ...

12 Years a Slave Jamestown, Virginia discovered success with the cultivation and export of tobacco to England in 1619. The profit was so high, two imports were arranged: 20 black men for labor and 90 women from England for brides. This is the beginning of slavery in America (Innercity.org 2014). The brutality of slavery was depicted in art, photographs, literature, and journalism. While many slave owners treated their slaves well, history remembers beatings, rape, murder, and splitting families apart. The debate at the time was whether Africans were animals, human, or a blending of the two. The argument was decided ...

Max McDowell in his speech What is Nature vs. Nurture? explains that this scientific debate is aimed to find out whether it is genes or environment that makes the person who he/she is. Nature argument is that all the qualities of the person have evolved and depend on genes where these qualities are stored and encoded. On the other hand, one becomes human because of the information he/she receives from the external world (e.g. feelings, words, support, emotional relationship). Thus, nurture argument in this debate refers to experience, knowledge and challenges baby has to face in order to become ...

There has been historical contradiction on the role Columbus played in the dominance of Europe of the world. Even though textbooks have different accounts of events, the role played by Columbus was a fundamental one. He was the first explorer and sailor to discover America, and the possibilities it presented. Through the discovery, the process of conquering began. Columbus was crucial to forming history, even though it is hardly recognized in many of the history books after 1482. He was not the first sailor to discover Americas, but he was the last upon whom paths were opened from a world ...

Robinsonade literature is literature in the tradition of marooned sailors. It gets its name from the literary work, which sparked the tradition, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. This essay establishes criteria for evaluating whether or not a piece of literature belongs in the Rubinsonade genre. It looks at an accounted of a shipwrecked Japanese sailor. The account, Nankai Kibun translates from Japanese to Sothern Ocean. It is an account of a Japanese sailor who was the only one of his crew to survive and one-day return to Japan. While the Japanese sailor's account is interesting, there are several reasons why it should ...

Background of the Author

William Golding was born and raised in Cornwall, United Kingdom (UK) in 1911. Having gained education at Marlborough Grammar School and Brasenose College in Oxford, Golding initially received training from his parents for him to become a scientist, yet he focused on English literature instead. Apart from being a writer, Golding also became a musician, sailor, lecturer and schoolmaster, and actor. Golding first published his written works in 1935 – a volume of poems he wrote with the influence of the education he received in Oxford. Bishop Wordsworth’s School gave Golding the opportunity to become a lecturer, although the Second World War cut his ...

In the twenty-first century, Global Warming has become one of the most talked about issues in the media. While most of the Western world has generally accepted the premise that man’s chemical emissions in the atmosphere can and are affected the world’s climate patterns, in the United States the issue has become so politicized, with many Republicans challenging the science behind the theory. Global Warming is also an archaic term for the issue despite is continued widespread usage. Since some places may get warmer, others cooler, the more accurate term to call the phenomenon is Climate Change. ...

In the twenty-first century, Global Warming has become one of the most talked about issues in the media. While most of the Western world has generally accepted the premise that man’s chemical emissions in the atmosphere can and are affected the world’s climate patterns, in the United States the issue has become so politicized, with many Republicans challenging the science behind the theory. Global Warming is also an archaic term for the issue despite is continued widespread usage. Since some places may get warmer, others cooler, the more accurate term to call the phenomenon is Climate Change. ...

In the twenty-first century, Global Warming has become one of the most talked about issues in the media. While most of the Western world has generally accepted the premise that man’s chemical emissions in the atmosphere can and are affected the world’s climate patterns, in the United States the issue has become so politicized, with many Republicans challenging the science behind the theory. Global Warming is also an archaic term for the issue despite is continued widespread usage. Since some places may get warmer, others cooler, the more accurate term to call the phenomenon is Climate Change. ...

Introduction.

Born in Genoa in 1451 between August and October, Christopher Columbus started going to the sea at a teenage stage. He travelled extensively making Portugal his area. He tried to gain royal patronage to no avail for Indies enterprise. During his time in the sea, he made other 2 voyages to the new territories and in the long run he was defeated and humiliated along the way. He was indeed great navigator, but failed in matters regarding administration and management. The study below shows his history in two historian’s perspectives.

A summary of the history of Columbus by Howard Zinn in “A People’s History of the United States”

In the treatment of individuals who are referred to ...

Mentoring and leadership are crucial factors considered when one decides to join the navy. For instance the junior navy recruits will be taken through a mentorship program in order to know what is expected of them during their mission and develop them as a whole. Mentoring skills are also considered as part of leadership both are part and parcel of a sailor’s life. The generals and commanders ensure that every recruit undergoes this process fully and that they understand what is expected of them. This paper therefore seeks to discuss leadership and mentoring in today’s navy. The leadership and mentoring ...

Summary of Detective Fiction

Summary of Detective Fiction

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is an interesting tale in which a guy named Dupin outwits the police in solving the murder of two women. The story is quite captivating and I was particularly inspired by the systematic manner in which Dupin connects the small leads in the case. When Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter Mademoiselle Camille are found dead, the neighbors give conflicting tale of events, but one thing is clear: two distinct voices were heard from the apartment. The fact that the apartment is inaccessible from the outside makes the murder appear mysterious. ...

‘Institutional Affiliation’

Candide / Voltaire Candide, penned by Voltaire, is one of the most significant literary works of the past few decades, not so much for its witty and humorous plot, as much for the way in which the author narrates the social and political issues of the eighteenth century, in a philosophical perspective. It is an excellent satiric novel that questioned many of the popular beliefs of its time and created much debate and criticism wherever it was published. The novel was so scandalous, that it was banned both by the church and secular authorities. In fact it was classified ...

(Course No.) (City & State) A node contained determined distances from itself to other three nodes s1, s2 and s3. The other nodes are defined as S1 = (ax, ay). S2= (bx, by). S3= (Cx, Cy). The distances from node N to each of the three nodes is r1 and r2. The Trilateration problem is to find the coordinates of the unknown node N= (nx, ny) from the given information.

A complicating factor is that the unknown node coordinates are moving and the measurements contain measurement features.

The intersection of surfaces in a sphere can be found by formulating equations of the three spheres and then solving for the unknowns in the x, y and z planes. ...

Intellectual disability

The American Association of Intellectual and development disabilities defines intellectual disability or mental retardation as that form of disability that is characterized by significant limitations of both functional and intellectual behavior that is generally expressed in the social, adaptive and conceptual skills. It’s generally known to originate before the child reaches the age of 18 years.

Hardman, Drew and Egan, in their book, ‘Human Exceptionality: School, Community and Family’ adopt the above definition, with an assertion that the extend of the disability or rather the severity of the condition is influenced by the individuals participation and their interactions ...

Multiculturalism Perspectives

Multiculturalism is demographic information explaining the co-existence of individuals coming from varied races, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds in a single organization or society. It is an ideological desire to celebrate diversity by providing certain policies and norms to manage diversity or by detailing a system which helps racial and ethnic communities to leverage encouragement to attain their desires. In most European nations, multiculturalism has led to serious debates and has drawn particular skepticism about its failure (Banting & Kymlicka , 45). The story Eveline by James Joyce and the poem People by Yevgeny Yevtushenko are powerful literary pieces which deal with ...

The Narrative of the Life was written entirely by Frederick Douglass himself who was a former slave. The novel describes his life as a slave, the horrors of slavery, and his struggle for freedom. He created the abolitionist movement in his effort to free his fellow African-American from slavery. Billy Bud, Sailor is a novel written by Herman Melville. The novel describes the life of a young, handsome and innocent sailor who was executed for accidentally killing his officer. His death was lovingly remembered and became a living symbol for all sailors. Both novels represent cruelty, injustice and violation on human rights. Billy ...

Duality and free will

Religions have long taught about the relationship between the body and soul. The Hinduism religion that is observed in a substantial part of Asia teaches that the soul and the body are two independent things. It is for this reason that they teach their followers about the immortality of the soul and the mortal nature of the human body. The religions, especially the ancient Asian religions teach that the soul of an individual will wander in space after the death of the body until it finds another human body. They further explain that the soul in a baby that has just ...

James Holmes has been indicted of opening fire in a teemed theater at a midnight showing of the Batman movie on July 20th, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. The rage of the attack, setting and sheer magnitude was more than any other in the country’s history. This encounter shocked even a nation largely habituated to random flare-ups of violence. After the shooting spree, 12 people were confirmed dead and more than fifty hospitalized with diverse scales of injuries. The victims of the shooting incident who were successfully identified included Jon Blunk, Sgt. Jesse Childress of the Air Force ...

The life of Pi is a story about a young boy named Piscine Molitor Patel who experiences immeasurable hardships while at sea. Patel is a zoo keeper’s son born in Pondicherry, India. When growing up Piscine was always teased about his name that he decided to shorten it so that he was known as Pi, just like π, the Mathematical symbol. At age sixteen, Pi survives on a life boat while at sea for 227 days after a shipwreck that makes him lose all his family members. The story therefore centers on Pi’s attempts at survival and explores the dehumanizing situation the young ...

Herman Melville’s Billy budd, sailor is masterpiece in terms of its content and organization. Melville's work has made him one of the most remarkable romantic authors in the nineteenth century whose work has been used as a bench mark for many upcoming writers. His short story Billy budd, sailor, Melville creates a romantic phenomenon whereby the characters involved are the exact opposite of each other. The character Billy is a representation of the good attribute of human behavior. On the contrary, Claggart represents the evil side of the human race. Melville paints Billy as being an innocent character that lacks enough ...

Thesis Statement:

First and fourth letters written by Christopher Columbus and the differences between both the letters Introduction: Christopher Columbus is one of the most popular figures of the history. He was a great sailor, explorer, and colonizer who is remembered for his contributions in the respected area. This enthusiastic Italian sailor was very keen to travel and exploring, his quest was shaped when he got the approval from his masters, Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. During his voyages, Columbus wrote some letters regarding his experiences at different stages of his voyages. The first letter was addressed to Luis de ...

On reading Herman Melville’s novella Billy Budd it becomes obvious that the story’s implications reach greatly beyond that of a simple tale of a mutiny and hanging at sea. The story is provocatively double layered, heavy in its symbolism and meaning, in which the author’s interest rests, among other things, on a clash of conscience and law, on a never ending war between the individual and the society, the vulnerability of innocence and the final question of whether the readers are to condemn captain Vere for his decision or to respect him. This idea is closely intertwined with the question ...

INTRODUCTION

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best prominent writers whose work are continually appreciated by all generations in time immemorial, with often obsessive and gothic themes in Edgar Allan Poe’s work, they have had a hug e significant influence in the literature of America. In this paper I have selected some of his works and explained the impressive features of each in relation to their plots and design. This explains a clear reason for one to love his literature works. I have chosen carefully the works that illuminate Poe’s prolific and short carrier among them prefaces, reviews and ...