Herman Melville

In Billy Budd, a novella written by Herman Melville, the main character is portrayed as a Christ-like figure. Christ is brought into this story through the personality, actions, and persecution of Billy Budd, a sailor who was impressed into service on a British naval ship the Bellipotent. Christ, as God, is the epitome of human perfection and flawlessness. Similarly, Billy Budd is described as a man of "unpretentious good looks" (Melville 8) and innocence. Like Christ, Billy Budd gives "no…

Melville compares the sharks and Stubb as they begin to do the same things without being aware of it by the way they feast on the whale in a similar ways. There is an obvious passion in Stubb’s heart for hunting and killing whales which becomes apparent by the way he indulges on their first kill of the day. Stubb is passionately eager to indulge in his kill that he can not wait and begins to feast in the middle of the night along with the sharks. The text describe the level of enjoyment Stubb…

Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville are all authors of the 19th Century that demonstrate their interest about man’s quest for knowledge. Each of these authors has written and exposed man’s quest for knowledge through their darkest desires. Proving that searching for knowledge can lead one to their own downfall or failure in their quest. They believed that human actions could be self-destructive. As a result of this, they have conceived the world that is of their own device…

Melville portrays Billy as a Christ-figure because he was innocence, young, handsome sailor who has only recently entered into the naval forces. When he go back to the British Isles on board the ship Rights-of-Man, he is impressed into duty by the H.M.S. Bellipotent, a warship was looking for extra sailors. Billy is the only member of Rights-of-Man selected to change ranks by the representative of the Bellipotent, Lieutenant Ratcliffe. Without complaint, Billy accepts his reassignment, much to…

For our final and movie presentation I chose to watch the movie Remember the Titans. Many people may not know this, but the movie is a based on a true story. The true story is based on the 1971 Virginia state football champions from T.C. Williams High School. This was one of my favorite movies growing up, but I never watch it from the history side of it. Remember the Titans is a movie that is based around two schools being shut down and all those students being forced into a new school with both…

The film Remember the Titans is a film written by Gregory Allen Howard, directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film was set in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The film is about a high school football team. However, it's much more than that. Remember the Titans is about the struggle to succeed, not just as a football team, but also succeed in making and keeping a friendship, despite the circumstances. The team struggled for many reasons the main one being race, but also…

After discussing both the social cognitive theory and the cultivation theory in class, the opportunity was presented to choose a film that represented either the portrayal of social groups or violence in the media. For this assignment, I will be disucussing one of my all time favorites, Remember the Titans, and the repesentation of social groups in this film. The film takes place during the era of segregation and racial discrimination in our country. The men and women at TC Williams High…

Imagine going to school everyday and being judged and discriminated against because of the color of your skin and your cultural differences. This is what occurs in the inspiring film Remember The Titans. This uplifting movie was directed by Boaz Yakin, and stars Denzel Washington; the key actor of the film. The Film’s setting takes place in 1971, in Alexandria, Virginia; when an all African American school and all White school combine to form a new school called T.C. Williams. The main social…

When NFL Long Snapper Jon Dorenbos got traded to the Saints, he had to undergo a physical. This physical results showed that Dorenbos had to have emergency heart surgery after experiencing an aortic aneurysm. Jon had gained popularity after competing on America’s Got Talent and coming in third place. Dorenbos is put on the non-football injury list, which may result in him returning to the Philadelphia Eagles if the trade is canceled. Jon Dorenbos was the Long Snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles…

Both commanded respect, and both achieved it, yet in very different way, the reason for the differences could be contributed to the lives they have lead, or it could be their nature, either way, both were great men and lead a great team. Coach Herman Boone’s leadership style is the authoritarian style. Coach Boone lead with an iron fist, he believed that anything other would be lying to the team and setting them up for failure and doing so would be his failure of which he could not, would not…