Battle of Long Island

plans on assassinating young Prince Telemachus, eliminating the only heir to the throne. Little did the suitors know, Odysseus was very much still alive. A beautiful nymph by the name Calypso, possessed by love for Odysseus has imprisoned him on her Island, Ogygia. He hopes and prays to one day return to his wife and son, but at last he has no crew or ship to aid him in his escape. While the gods and goddesses of the great Mount Olympus debate on Odysseus's fate, the goddess, Athena, Odysseus…

Location: Cuba is an island in the northern hemisphere that is 90 miles south of Key West, Florida. It lies between the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba is also the largest island in the Caribbean Sea and the 17th largest island in the world. It is 760 miles long and 55 miles wide. Some of its neighboring islands are Haiti, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. The coordinates of Cuba are 21.5218oN, 77.79812oW. Boundaries/Physical…

the world’s population called the Shahanshah of Persia their King. But, against the odds, they won, and unleashed a chain of events leading to an insignificant city state into becoming the hegemon, or first city, of all of Greece. There were more battles to be fought, and the young democracy…

the late 1960 's, segregation had just been outlawed in the United States after a strenuous, nearly 15 year long civil rights movement. Still, despite this great achievement, racism and white supremacy still existed in the South. These tensions are seen throughout Pat Conroy 's memoir The Water is Wide, in which he shares his experience as a teacher on the extremely isolated Yamacraw Island. Here, a majority of his preteen students were severely undereducated African Americans, many of whom didn…

The action scenes keep viewers interested and on the edge of their seats. First, Blakeney is injured during the ship’s first battle, causing him to have his arm amputated. He fights on, and shows his bravery throughout this scene. Then, during the final battle the British and French gave it their all. The British disguises themselves…

great warrior’s sacrifices have proven. In a universe where our own beings are fragile and transitory, the only way to achieve immortal fame is to have one’s great deeds sung and talked about after death. If a soldier's memory is fondly brought up long after their death one achieves the closest a mortal could get to immortality. To the average citizen, immortality is a distant and elusive concept, reserved for the gods, and antithetical to human existence. As kleos was valued so highly in Greek…

the Odyssey, an epic Greek poem by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Odysseus chooses mortality over immortality which allows him to become famous again and journey home to his family, after being shipwrecked and trapped for years on Kalypso’s island. Within the text, a number of Greek terms provide symbolism and give the reader a greater understanding to how Odysseus travels home. Two significantly interconnected Greek words that provide a deeper understanding of the text and Odysseus’s…

his grandfather, but in actuality it is about a boy discovering the stories his grandpa told him. In the novel a boy named Jacob has a grandpa that tells him stories from his childhood, but Jacob does not know if they are true. Jacob sets out to the island to find what his grandpa had told him about. He discovers a girl that used to be in love with his grandfather and catches her interest. Golan a right attacks them and Jacob has to protect the children. The place Jacob comes to find has some…

and 15,000 POW’s. These astonishing amount of people were just from the first few battles in Tennessee alone. Granted these numbers were prisoners captured while taking forts, but still the invasion had just begun…

was the sound of the birds chirping and the rustle of leaves. “Is everyone ok?” Roger asked “All fine and dandy after that battle,” said George, “ but we got some casualties over here, care to help?” “On our way,” answered Roger. The six men they lost brought sorrow to Roger and his men. Roger, especially, felt angry at himself for letting his men die in battle. However, they still had a mission to accomplish. They checked the surroundings for any more enemies, then they planted C4s…