Cape Cod

Legacy: I, Sage Finkle, would first like to thank my family, thank you for encouraging me and supporting me over the years. To my parents, thank you for working so hard, for guiding me, and raising me to be the best I can be. No words can express how much I love you! To Dee, I can't believe we've come this far. It feels like yesterday we were riding scooters and playing Mario Cart. You will always be the one who knows me best. Thank you for growing up with me and laughing with me until I can't…

seemed desperate, those aboard had turned to God and kept on, believing that he alone would save them and give them the strength to push on and finish the voyage. And after a long and rough experience, by “God’s good will” they had landed safely at Cape…

and now, on the Sabbath day where they believe in praying throughout the whole day, people are going to be playing sports and other games with one another. The Puritans became so furious that in 1620, Puritan separatists founded Plymouth Colony on Cape Cod Bay in North America. Even with the previously present religious turmoil in England, he stirred up even more bickering between religious groups. King James I was very intrigued by religion and scholarship, which was his great strength. He…

At around 6 o’clock that day, Queequeg and Ishmael notice that there are sailors that are beginning to board the Pequod. They figure that the Pequod is leaving sooner or later. While making their way towards the ship, the two run into Elijah. Elijah asks if there were four or five men that boarded the ship, Ishmael replies with a yes and explains that it was hard to tell because of how dim it was outside. The two board the ship taking notice that it seems empty. The two wonder where Captain Ahab…

It was the night of December 16, 1773, 342 chests of tea that belonged to the East India Company were thrown into Boston harbor by American Patriots. Americans were throwin this tea into the harbor because we were going to lose money. Britain was selling this tea for a low price so they can make more money for themselves. Ships carrying the tea were refused permission to dock in New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. By these men doing this it showed the British what all the colonist thought…

Americans told them stories about silver and copper mine in the country. Hudson crew suddenly became suspicious of the Native Americans and made them flee their homes. As they continued to sail, the came across many places, like Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod, and Chesapeake Bay. Henry and his crew continued to sail west until they came across the Jersey coast. They turned their ship north and began heading towards the coast. Hudson and his crew then discovered a river. Even though he was not the…

J.D. Salinger, in his novel The Catcher in the Rye, symbolizes Allie’s left-handed fielder’s baseball mitt as Holden’s love for his deceased brother as well as Allie’s authentic uniqueness. J.D. Salinger displays how Allie’s death has had an impact on Holden’s life, Holden feels the loss of his brother’s death when he reminisces about Allie being on the baseball field with his baseball mitt and how Allie wrote poems on his baseball mitt. That memory makes Holden feels depress because that memory…

arrived in the New World in September of the year 1620. They fled England because they were being severely persecuted for their religion, and they wanted to be free to practice as they pleased. After 70 or so tedious days at sea, they arrived in Cape Cod, a little bit north of their original target, which was a small town in Virginia. Despite the rocky start, the Pilgrims were very successful in making a life for themselves. The Pilgrims were able to thrive in the new world because of their…

Prior to 1950, many beach resorts drew in vacationers by advertising high levels of ozone in the area. It was commonly believed that ozone (O3), a dense, pungent form of gaseous oxygen, could improve health (White, 1957). These times of ignorance are thankfully over. Now that science and technology have advanced, dangerous misconceptions such as this have been debunked. The health and environmental risks of pollution practices have gained attention and an effort is being made to improve the…

Aldabra tortoise on the islands of Mauritius. The islands lost their own large tortoises, and the fruiting plants that formerly had their seeds moved around by these reptiles have been on the decline, and now the Aldabra tortoise upholds this job. In Cape Cod, Massachusetts, researchers have found that the European Green crab is reversing a decades long trend of damage that the Purple Marsh Crab has inflicted on salt marshes thus defeating the soil erosion issue and,ultimately, resulting in the…