Captains Courageous

In the Book of Mormon we read about 2,000 exemplary young men who were exceedingly valiant, courageous, and strong. They were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him. These faithful young men had been taught by their mothers that if they would not doubt, God would deliver them. I would suspect that the mothers of Captain Moroni, Mosiah, Mormon, and other great leaders also had mothers who taught them that if they…

Individually we are one drop, but together we are an ocean. This is a saying that the Marines actually lived by. They grew to become a family that no man could tear apart. In this book, With the Old Breed, it gives the definition of hard work and teamwork. There has never been more courage and bravery shown than the actions of the Marines during such a time of need. “I enlisted in the Marine Corps on 3 December 1942 at Marion...But prompted by a deep feeling of uneasiness that the war might end…

a tragedy. The disasters that occur in Macbeth are contrasted with previous glory, befall a conspicuous person, are striking in nature, and are unexpected. The play begins with a captain in the army praising “brave Macbeth” (Shakespeare 1.2.18) for his victorious performance on the battlefield. Macbeth was so courageous and successful during the battle, King Duncan declares that “noble Macbeth hath won (the title of Thane of Cawdor)” (1.2.95), upgrading from his previous title of Thane of Glamis…

disfigure ourselves, dressing to resemble Indians as much as possible, smearing our faces with grease and lamp black or soot, and should not have known each other except by our voices ”(qtd. in “The Boston Tea Party”). The leaders of each group asked the Captains of the Dartmouth, Beaver, and Elanor to open the hatches to the cargo decks. Then they hauled up all the cargos onto the main deck and for the next three hours dumped over 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor (“The Boston Tea Party”).…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given the task of creating a thrilling film, attracting a modern audience, and based on an authentic story? That is the task that Disney filmmakers took on when producing Treasure Planet from the previously written Treasure Island. From the captivating storyline of Stevenson’s novel, Treasure Island, to the animated plot of Disney’s film, Treasure Planet, many intriguing comparisons can be made between the characters, themes, and settings.…

Despite what many people may believe, the Underground Railroad was not a railroad, nor was it actually underground. It obtained its name from the process in which it ensued. It used railway terms and was done with many disguises, as well as gave the people involved names like “conductors”. The time of slavery is a time that can now be considered a time of darkness in American history, and it completely abolished the reputation of the white man to African men. The Underground Railroad was a…

Armando Navarro’s path to social service, as told by him, began with serving in the US Army for 8 years beginning in 1960. Navarro aspired to become an officer in the military and by 1967 when he was to be promoted to Captain, he quit after becoming aware of the contradictions of our foreign policy and his disapproval with the war on Vietnam. Navarro enrolled in college and continued his education until 1974 when he earned his Political Science doctorate degree at University…

The dictionary defines a rogue as “a dishonest or unprincipled man,” (dictionary) and a hero as “a person noted for courageous acts of nobility or character.” (dictionary) The name Jean Lafitte is associated with both of these epithets and stirs a mixture of emotions and reactions in many people. Some describe Lafitte as “The Terror of The Gulf,” while others construe him as “The Hero of New Orleans.” To most, he was known as one of the last pirates of the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout his life,…

In America, the term hero is almost always misused. Extraordinary people that do amazing things for the good of others deserve to be called heroes. Chesley Sullenberger is one of those people that deserve to be viewed as a hero. Chesley Sullenberger, also known as “sully” was just another ordinary person before he became known as a hero around the world. It was one unexpected moment of impact that changed his life forever. Throughout his life he has done more heroic deeds than anyone could ever…

Diana Trujillo Professor Jackson History 11 23 Nov 2015 Frederick Douglass: The Enlightenment to Personal Freedom Frederick Douglass, also known as the extraordinary civil activist was born into slavery on a Maryland Eastern Shore planation estimated around the year of 1818. His given name at birth, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, which seemed to foretell, the unusual life of a son whose mother was a slave and father a white man. Perhaps his mother gave him such a prominent name in…