get home on time and all of his men die living him alone to suffer by himself. In conclusion Odysseus usually blames his crew for his mistakes. Also Odysseus can be a good leader sometimes but he lets his ego get in the way most of the time. Odysseus needs to think about the consequences of his actions, not only the effects on him the effect on his crew his crew, who he seems to overlook most of the…
1. “The Temple” provides strong visuals and descriptions to help the reader understand the personalities and motives behind the protagonists, Alberg-Ehernstein. It is clear that the situations these men are put under create depressing, drastic, and unnerving circumstances. What was the one thing that keeps Alberg-Ehernstein going? His “German will”, curiosity, and gut feeling that he had to move forward in scouting Atlantis. 2. The story is narrated as a “found manuscript” that tells the tales…
The negro revolts are usually aborted promptly by the crew; the crew having advanced weapons, such as rifles and pistols. A common practice for the blacks to revolt is to harm themselves, accordingly damaging the ship’s “cargo”. Many slit their wrists and throats, while some went on hunger strikes. Hence, the crew must force feed them, putting hot coal near their lips, or even pouring scalding lead directly on the slaves’ bodies at…
tricky for entrepreneurs and leaders. Shackleton made sure to be a commanding presence, all while putting himself in the line of fire at times. Teams will always be tested, but sacrifice and genuine care from leaders speaks volumes. In doing so, his crew would go anywhere with him without question, even if he went without a devised plan or goal. His physical condition and reputation were weakness than could have derailed the entire voyage from the start. Scott had put a blemish on Shackleton’s…
He began gaining more crew and vessels and had a real fleet going for him. Other famous pirates were actually under his leadership at one point before being their own great pirates. Every had 5 ships that were able to attack most other ships that were overly defensed. It is…
booming because whaling replaced sandalwood. Which meant a lot of money, but also meant that the sea pirates kept trying to damage our precious oils. The only bad things about this year is that some of our sailor accidentally spread disease to our crew members. The oil prices was…
What is leadership? The definition used in the english dictionary is the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group. When having the quality of leadership, you are capable of anything you set your mind to. There are so many good examples of people who have the trait of leadership. People often like to look up to leaders because they usually know what they are doing, and if they do not, they act like it so the group does not lose hope in the leader and project they…
Odysseus and his men boarded their old ship with a mermaid on the front. Odysseus was a young man, 6’4” tall and made of pure muscle. He was wearing a white toga. The enchantress Circe had given Odysseus many warnings about his journey. Odysseus yelled, “gather around men! As we are sailing, we will be passing sirens do not listen. If you listen every emotion in you will fight to get there, if you jump you will drown and die! as we are short on ear plugs we might lose one or two of you, and…
mission, each of the five crew members got in contact with their family members on Earth. Until this moment, we finally have a deeper understanding the lives of the five crew members, as well as their relatives and friends. “‘Hey, Melissa…,’ said Robert. ‘Am I getting through? Can you see me?’ … ‘Wow! Good find!’ ‘I know right!?’ (Weir, 245). As we started to have a closer approach to the lives of these five crew members, we came to the realization that they are not just crew mates of Mark…
In Star Trek Tears of the Singers Guy Maslin is the main character. Guy Maslin is a very well known musician that is forced to help the Federation find out how aliens called the singers are accidently causing a rip in spacetime that could destroy them. Maslin starts out as very egotistical and wants no part in the mission but then falls in love with Lieutenant Uhura. After they arrive on the planet where the singers live Maslin starts to care about the aliens and realize that the fate of the…