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risk taking appealing to emerging leaders. An example is when she fights her way through the storm to search for Watney. As a leader, she assumes the responsibility and takes risk without jeopardizing the safety of her crew members: “It’s not a debate, Beck. I’m not risking another crew member” (Scott & et. al, 2015). This shows concern and consideration for the welfare of her team even though it means endangering her safety. Towards the end of the movie she undertakes another risky mission…

25-year-old Decatur knew exactly what to do. He and his crew disguised themselves as Maltese sailors, having only swords and pikes as their selected weapons. Ironically, the ship was never recovered. Decatur and his crew managed to overtake the entire Tripolitan pirate crew without any casualties on their behalf. Decatur soon realized that the U.S.S. Philadelphia was too immense to take back to America and that the rest of the escaping crew would return to recapture the vessel. Therefore, he…

Clash in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” contains some elements of the Romantic period. The poem deals with ideas about nature, supernatural world, and man’s inner self. On the other hand, R.C. Waterson says that Coleridge’s poem belongs to “no age, but to all the men of all ages” (147). In general, most critics do agree with R.C. Waterson since the poem deals mainly with man and his conflicts. The whole poem is about a seaman and his human experiences at sea.…

Joseph Conrad’s novella, “Heart of Darkness” (Originally published by Blackwood’s Magazine, 1902) and Francis Ford Coppola’s film, “Apocalypse Now” (Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and distributed by United Artists, 1979) both told through a journey down a river to find a man named Kurtz and along the way, the men that are apart of these journeys discover the darkness of the human condition. In both, “Heart of Darkness” and “Apocalypse Now,” have river journeys that delve deeper into darkness…

construction in order to know the hazards associated with lightweight construction, truss roof etc. Equally important is communication. If the IC instructed them to go into the building, the crew exact location and conditions should have been communicated, by “maintaining frequent two-way communications and the interior crews informed of changing conditions and to always have a rapid intervention team in place at all working fires” (Ford, 2012,…

had gone near Charybdis, all of them would have most likely drowned. Since they were forced to go towards Scylla, it was almost certain that six men would be snagged by the monster, but this would be better than everyone in the crew dying. Odysseus chose not to tell his crew of this risk though. He did this for the welfare of everyone. If he had told them, they all would have gone and hid under the deck, leaving the ship to be sucked in by the whirlpool. Odysseus did what he had to do as the…

their adventure. When Ben Gunn arrives on the island three years before Jim, he suggests to his crew that him and the “[b]oys…land and find… Flint’s treasure” (Stevenson 152). After living on the island for so many years Ben is now almost crazy and has been living in a cave all alone. His initial desire to find the treasure ends up with his captain and crew members leaving him behind on the island. His crew eventually gets fed up when their quest to find the treasure leaves them empty handed…

he is an epic hero. Odysseus is an epic hero because he helps protect his crew and is loyal to everyone. Odysseus is an epic hero because he has the quality of Hubris, excessive pride. Odysseus displays excessive hubris throughout the entire story. He cares a lot about his ego and will do anything to demonstrate how “amazing” he is. When they went to Cyclopes, they saw giant Cyclops’s. Odysseus wanted to present to his crew that he is tough and strong so he decided to fight the Cyclops, which is…

Captain Hook came by surprise so Peter Pan wasn't ready to fight him. Because of that Captain Hook made a deal with Peter that if he won he will arrest Peter Pan and kick him out of Never Land, but if Peter won he will arrest or kill Hook and his crew. They both agreed on this deal. But this fight was only Peter and Hook fighting with…

dangerous dust storm that threatens the lives of the crew members on Mars. During the dust storm the lighting becomes very dark and sets the scene of Mark getting struck by debri. The intensity of scene is heightened by the confrontation of the dust storm billowing with power (participle phrase). Sound effects of high velocity winds ripping through the atmosphere blinds the crew members and they search for Mark using the lights of their suits. As the crew members return to the Ares III(adverb…