Flight

The novel Flight by Sherman Alexie is quite an interesting story. It tells the tale of Zits, an Irish-Indian foster kid, and how he gains an identity for himself strangely enough by looking at life through another’s eyes and literally walking in someone else’s shoes. The development of the main character is definitely believable because in the beginning of the story he does have good qualities they are just buried under anger, sarcasm, numbness, and self loathing. The happy end to the book is…

My day began as any usual day would. Wake up, eat breakfast, brush teeth, and make myself presentable and go to school. But today was special. I had a flight lesson, not just any flight lesson but my first solo flight. After months of training and practicing, the day was finally here. My stomach churned with nervousness as the day trudged on. Horrible thoughts circled through my head. “What if the engine fails?” “What if I get a fuel leak?” “What if the wing disconnects from the plane and I go…

I wonder: if I didn't turn in my assignment on time does that make me a bad student? No it does not. A single action about one homework assignment does not define me as a bad student. In the novel Flight, by Sherman Alexie, he uses the characters Zits, Jimmy, and Zits’ father to convey the message that actions do not define people. Alexie uses Zits to convey the message that actions don't define people. When Zits is put in jail for pushing his foster mom and later shoots up a bank, Alexie is…

Tragedy struck on November 28, as LAMIA Flight 2933 crashed just five miles away from its destination in Medellin, Colombia. Six people involved in the accident survived, unfortunately, the remaining 71 had died. Among the passengers were members of the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer squad, who were on their way to play in the Copa Sudamericana cup finals. The soccer club was having the best season it has had since its establishment in 1973 and it would have been the team's first appearance in the…

is where there is an argument to see whether we should continue to support manned space flights. There has been a lot of debate between the use of manned mission and unmanned missions within the scientific community. The argument for a completely unmanned space Manned missions to space is that it would be cost effective to the space programs budget. Supporters for the continuation…

United Airlines Flight 232 is a devastating event and is considered an engineering disaster for two main reasons. The failure of a fan disk in the engine which caused the plane to crash, and the high number of human fatalities due to the crash of the airplane on the runway. The United Airlines Flight 232 took off from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, and was scheduled to land in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a layover in Chicago, Illinois. It was a passenger flight with 285…

Nothing can take away the selfless acts of heroism that occurred on Flight 93. Ever since the horrific day of 9/11, three movies have been made about one plane: Flight 93; however, one seems to have “stolen the spotlight” as far as controversy goes. This movie is known as “United 93”. This movie actually surprised me the first time I saw it. I was expecting a large dose of sentimentality, leading up to a musically heightened battle scene. But what I got was truly far better than my expectations…

potential for improvement. The crash of Empire Flight 8284 was a minor aircraft accident that resulted in injuries and substantial damage to the aircraft and airport runway. The accident provided a learning experience for the NTSB. The NTSB had nine recommendations and notated four contributing factors to the investigation report. Poor decision making and a failure to monitor standard operating procedures is what ultimately lead to the crash of Empire Flight 8284. While poor decision making…

Flight “Call me Zits,” (Alexie 1). Zits is a teenage boy facing many problems in his life. Zits says his own name does not matter because all he is seen as is his zits. Zits does not have many morals to begin with, but throughout the story he develops his own morals. We meet Zits in a new foster home in which he hates, and pushes the mother and runs off. Two critical approaches that can be seen in Flight by Sherman Alexie, are biographical and moral. One way to approach Flight is…

“The Flight from Conversation” by Sherry Turkle; A Rhetorical Analysis Sherry Turkle, a M.I.T professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society as well as being the author of “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.” Turkle recently wrote an Op-ed piece entitled The Flight from Conversation that talked about peoples’ inner dependency on technology. By using several examples ranging from a business man so engulfed in his Blackberry that he doesn’t…