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    idle as a painted ship/ Upon a painted ocean” (117-118). The wind dies and the ship becomes motionless causing the crew to reevaluate their acceptance of the pointless murder. The bird aids the ship’s journey; however, the Mariner disposes of it and misfortune overtakes the crew, preventing any advance. Furthermore, the execution of the albatross creates a living Hell for the crew in the days preceding Death’s arrival. The men sit in the ship and slowly begin to waste away as the relentless…

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    Captain Ahab's Revenge

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    Ahab seeks on Moby Dick not only consumes himself, but puts his crew in danger due to his reckless behavior while chasing the giant sperm whale. Readers again see Starbuck disagree with Captain Ahab’s decision to pursue Moby Dick, saying “if it fairly comes in the way of the business we follow; but I came here to hunt whales, not my commander’s vengeance” (Melville 139). Starbuck claims the hunt for Moby Dick is only costing the crew money and putting them into a situation of danger trying to…

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    Odysseus Leadership Essay

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    sailing, he decided to sail by a large creature and lose only a few men, compared to sailing by a whirlpool and possibly losing everyone and his ship. Odysseus also gets his crew to blind a large one-eyed monster and hide under his animals to free him and his crew. Odysseus was a strong leader and did everything he could to help his crew because of his decisions to sacrifice some men rather than possibly lose them all and to escape from a monster by hiding under his livestock. Odysseus had…

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    about the pistol and round robin he takes immediate action. Captain Jaggery killed the stowaway, Cranick, and abused Zachariah for extra punishment to the crew, but no real reason. This proves this book has a theme of don’t judge a book by its cover because Charlotte trusts the captain and tells him everything. This is because she thought the crew were liars and sketchy, so told on them to the captain. She also thought the captain was high class enough to be responsible. So she was judging the…

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    Ancient Mariner” a poem that describes a mariner and his crew struggling to sail through ice and other weather conditions, when they encounter an albatross which they take as a sign from god which they let lead them through the horrible conditions. But their fortune ends when the greedy mariner takes advantage of the albatross and shoots it down for him to have to himself. The crew has mixed thoughts of the killing of the albatross but the crew dies over time and they place a curse on the…

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    Ladder Of Inference Essay

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    unprofessional. One hour encroachment into the sports time made the sports crew abandon the sports show. The political show should have elapsed in its duration and should not have spilled into the sports time. The host of the political show was also part of the conflict. Assumptions. Proper notice could have been given to the sports crew a day before the day there will be a program overlap. Couldn 't a clear notice be sent to the sports crew when the political show was ongoing, because there…

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    Lately, my crew and I have had a very crazy journey. We have done a lot of traveling lately and it has been very frustrating because my crew has not been listening to my commands of what I tell them to do. My crew and I started out our journey my sailing all the way from the land of the Cyclops to the land of Aeolus. I got the chance to meet Aeolus and he is the God of the Wind. I was also very fortunate to receive a tremendously nice gift from the God Aeolus. This gift made me very happy…

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    Sirens sing, and having Circe turn his crew into pigs all prohibit him from coming home, but could it have been avoided? In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is haughty. Primarily, Odysseus is seen as egotistical by how he wants his victories known. In book nine it states, “Cyclops--if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so--say Odysseus,raider of cities,he gouges out your eye,Laertes’…

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    Dubloon Devil. He was just a little pirate who was passionate about being the greatest, richest and fastest pirate just like his father, Captain Squigglybeard. Captain Squigglybeard was the greatest pirate in all the seven seas. He gave a name for his crew, The Buccaneers of the Lost Shores so they can be proud of him. Everything was all going so well for The Buccaneers of the Lost Shores. Until one of Captain Squigglybeard’s worst enemy Jack One-Eyed Murphy suddenly arrives at what The…

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    sea still beckoned him. The salty air cut against his battle-worn skin, his red beard and unkempt hair waving in the wind. Down on the beach his crew waited, this would be the day they would become true conquers and find this “Greenland”. As Eric walked up the Stony Shore he thought of his task, convincing their leader, Asger, to allow him and his crew the honor of conquering Greenland. He reached the steps of the Trelleborg and began his ascent, he should have been nervous, but a vikings…

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