Captains Courageous

or tantrum. She started out in the book not needing to be courageous,but when captain Narita made her go to Japanese school she needed to be very courageous. The first day of school it was hard therefore when the second day came along she did not want to go she said “I felt like announcing “I am not going to that horrible place again this morning.” But I knew if I didn't go to school, my family would be in trouble with Captain Narita and the police”(Choi 78) This shows that she did…

Surrounded by the freezing tundra of the treacherous Antarctic, many courageous and adventuresome explorers have risked their lives for answers about the boundless mysteries hidden within the arctic sea. The rigid and harsh climate of this uncharted land makes survival an almost impossible task. However, the few exceptions, such as the renowned Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a courageous explorer aboard the old and unsuited ship, the Karluk, lead to fame and success. Stefanssons quest to find a lost…

Superheros and the mythological characters in stories inspire us to be our better selves in several ways. Superheros help us to help others, be courageous and that their is always something we can do to help and we are not powerless and we can make a change. In the stories ¨Into the Maze of Doom¨ and ¨What's With These Guys¨ they taught me Superheros help us to help others and save lives. One way I found was on pg.14 of ¨Into the Maze of Doom¨ that specifically stated ¨You can't change my…

Montag’s Captain (Captain Beatty), was the man that made Montag comfortable with the occupation Guy thrives in. As the story progresses, Beatty becomes an enemy of Montag and now Montag must kill him to advance in the story. So in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury writes “Shrieking blaze, a jumping. sprawling gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of fire liquid on him”(119). Some might say that Montag is not actually courageous,…

identifying that being a team player who shares the work and credit is the best quality to have. This is because a leader relies on the group as much as the group relies on the leader, a team involves everyone, including the captain, and the team puts in just as much work as the captain does. If there is no team, there is no leader. If there is a team, but with no leader, the team is too divergent and decisions would be less likely to be agreed upon. Without the headman, no one could make the…

Australian football is played across the whole of Australia and China are also giving it a go. In 1857, Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian Football, returned to Australia after schooling in England where he was football captain of Rugby School and a brilliant cricketer. The new game was devised by Wills, his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, W.J. Hammersley and J.B. Thompson. The Melbourne Football Club was formed on August 7, 1858 – the year of the code's first recorded match between Scotch…

hermit. The only way to get from one island to the other is to employ the ferryboat captain. The girl and the boy are madly in love. The boy was going to go on a long trip, so the girl desperately wanted to see him before he shipped off. In order to do so, she must go on the ferryboat; however, she has no money, so the captain asks for a night with her in exchange. She accepts the offer of the ferryboat captain. After she reached to the boy’s island, the boy asked her how you got over here…

As we watched the television series, “Band of Brothers” a variety of traits were shown throughout military leadership. Though not all of the traits were considered good, many of them came to form multiple great leaders. Speaking of which, Captain Richard Winters There are a numerous amount of ways to be specified as a bad military leader. For instance, not following directions, not being able to take action when needed, lack of listening to commands, not following a plan, dismissing ideas that…

atalanta because they show similar morals and values as captain america and the black widow. In greek mythology theseus was a hero and looked up to because not only because he was strong and courageous but he was also intelligent and wise. Atalanta was seen as a hero in greek mythology because despite her being a female she was still an incredible athlete and when it came to hunting and athletic achievement she was equal to the men. Captain america is seen as a modern day hero for his not only…

The main reason Tim O’Brien wrote this book was to show how war is not for everyone. Not everyone is accustomed to war. He proves this by his stories of how lonely he was and how the other soldiers were polar opposite from him, how courageous the other soldiers were and how he wasn’t, and how he was compassionate for the old men and native people but the other soldiers weren 't as…