Captains Courageous

such as “Save a Cat from a Burning Building” ones. A hero is someone that is brave, intelligent, and honest; they put others before themselves. To be a hero, one must be brave, intelligent, and honest. Heroes are required to be mentally strong and courageous, in other words, brave. Heroes help themselves and the people around…

Macbeth from William Shakespeare’s book “Macbeth” is a tragic hero as he is a well-respected man who displays courageous service for his country and king at a really high degree. Macbeth becomes a victim of the misleading prophecies given to him by the witches which ultimately leads to him being double-mined and finally falling under Lady Macbeth's influence and plan, and his…

choose students randomly without proper knowledge whether these students were ready or motivated for the task. I foresaw a situation when students will lose interests in doing this because there was no structure to keep the momentum alive. As the captain of my class, I started quiz competition within my class by dividing the class into two different groups. This creative idea infused energy into the class, and my colleagues were always looking for the competition. Due to the fact that this idea…

The first Industrial Revolution occurred during the early 1800s, in England. It revolutionized the making of products and its use. It was a leap from handwork to industrial factories. Then in the United States, during 1870-1914 the, “Second Industrial Revolution” took place. 1 This second revolution also brought many advancements in America and is, in fact responsible for the modern America we live in today. The South is noted to have been industrialized first with inventions like the cotton…

As told by President Harry Truman, “In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” Leadership has always played pivotal role in every achievement one has ever accomplished. We in every stage of our lives, come across many people who lead the way and set a path for others to take and accomplish. I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of…

The first president of the United States, George Washington, sought a foreign policy of isolationism and neutrality, meaning that the U.S. would stay out of affairs regarding other nations. This policy was adopted to protect the security of the nation, though it changed over time as the policy of isolationism became nearly impossible to maintain. However, when John F. Kennedy became president, he rekindled ideas of isolationism for reasons different from Washington: Because “America itself was a…

Intro- 9/11 was a terrible day in American history. On this day, terrorists hijacked four planes, departing from the East coast. Two of these airplanes .America Hate-Around the time of 9/11, there was a lot of American hate. In 1998 Osama bin Laden made a fatwa which is a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority. In it he talks about the responsibility of all Muslim people, “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies—civilians and military—is an individual duty…

The task of ranking presidents has traditionally been one fraught with peril; the historian must be assumed to have disengaged all personal political preferences, all deeply held personal beliefs, in order to evaluate those men who so often stood at the forefront of history and who have, to a large degree, shaped the world in which we live. Given that such historians are necessarily human, and thus prone to the very human tendencies of bias and opinion, such perfect lists are indeed almost…

ship in which Edmund had worked in. In the later part of the story, it would be mentioned that M. Morrel has a son named Maximillian Morrel, a son-in-law named Emmanuel Herbault and a daughter name Julie Herbault. Fernand Mondego is a strong and courageous young man that envies the love Mercedes has for Edmund. He and Danglars frames Edmund and puts him into prison in which at those period, Fenrnand and Danglars were positioned to a high rank in the society. Fernand had his last name changed to…

expedition but was unsuccessful three times. Jefferson was desperate to make his plan successful and set out to find two strong and courageous men to conqueror the expedition. Jefferson’s first pick was Meriwether Lewis. Lewis was a well-known explorer and soldier from Virginia. He served in the state militia and then later joined the military and received the rank as Captain. In 1801, Jefferson asked Lewis to be his own secretary. Lewis requested the assistance of William Clark, who served…