Crew

The O Brother, Where Art Thou and the Odyssey are very similar, but on the other hand the poem and the film are relatively different in their settings and time periods. The odyssey is set in ancient Greece. Odysseus has Soldiers for a crew. The whole crew dies in the Odyssey. The odyssey constant of god's and goddesses in it and his enemies are gods, goddesses, and suitors. O Brother where Art Thou is set in the 1930's. No one dies in O Brother Where Art Thou. Odyssey the King of Ithaka,…

The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle is on pages 85-87 where Charlotte made another judgment but this time it was life taking. On the pages 85-87 Charlotte discovered that the crew was planning on rebelling against the captain and taking over the ship Charlotte seeing that the captain was very her level and the crew was below her she made the decision to tell the captain…

exhibits several excellent exemplars that collectively relate with the symbolism within the plot. The story takes place in 1820, and revolves around the crew aboard the New England whaling ship, the Essex. On a mission to find and obtain whale-oil, ironically, the vessel was assaulted by a whale of extremely large proportions. Stranded out at sea, the crew must find a way to stay alive until their rescue. Within this…

2008). Many years earlier, the space shuttle Challenger experienced the same outcome (Bolman & Deal, 2008). Unlike the space shuttle Columbia, the space shuttle Challenger was ascending into space with a high school teacher as part of the shuttle’s crew (Bolman & Deal, 2008). After a short lift off, there was an enormous explosion witnessed by many and all on board died (Bolman & Deal, 2008). Although…

Imagine flying thousands of feet in the air, performing open heart surgery on a patient, without the proper tools, and under a lot of pressure. Working under the pressure of successfully treating a patient is something that naval flight surgeons must face almost daily. A flight surgeon primarily practices preventive medicine. Their job consists of a balance between the practice of medicine, the profession of aviation, and the study of hyperbaric medicine. A surgeon requires several skill, some…

The famous pirate Charles Vane was known to be one of the cruelest and selfish captain and crewmate in all of history. He would torture the majority of his prisoner after looting, and sometimes crew members just for a laugh. Charles was born an English seaman on an unknown date in 1680 in England. Another thing he also never shared was his early life. Although, his piracy began in 1716 and he mainly explored the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Sometime between 1701 and 1714, he…

Francis Drake’s voyage was set back a month due to problems that occurred to two of the five ships that were to be apart of the expedition. Nature took a lot from both crew including boats, food, and even men along the way of this voyage. One very unfortunate event that happened during Magellan’s time of circumnavigation his entire crew getting stuck in the middle of the Philippine war only leaving eighteen men alive to complete the voyage. Also on his voyage Magellan was shot and killed by the…

which he uses to outsmart his enemies. While Odysseus and his crew are sailing home to Ithaca they encounter a series of difficult events, where Odysseus saves his crew by using his intellectual abilities. “Here, cyclops, try this…

through his journey. In one instance, Odysseus and his crew are rowing their ship in between two sea creatures, Charybdis and Scylla. Scylla is a multi-headed creature with a taste for flesh, Charybdis however is a gigantic whirlpool that will destroy any ship that crosses its path. Odysseus and his crew stay closer to Scylla to avoid losing as many men. Their plan works, but at the cost of some of their men. Discouraged and hopeless, Odysseus’s crew feels like giving up, but Odysseus does not…

Flag Down, the final span of the war ship Shenandoah’s life is brought into play and the efforts of the crew to keep it alive are put to the test. When the Confederacy began slipping and falling prey to the Union’s overwhelming power, a Confederate States Navy Lieutenant Commander strives to claim this warship as his own, along with Captain William Conway Whittle. With these men and what little crew they have, they plan to turn the war between the divided nation around, and take back the…