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    wants. Mond believes that the people should not make their own decisions in life because that precedes them to fail. In Mond’s world there is no failure. In his iceberg speech he verbally admits to rebelling against all his beliefs and laws. The irony represented by Mustapha Mond to society is verbally shown throughout his “iceberg speech” by using his authority to excuse himself from breaking the laws that he set forth. The laws established by Mond in the World State are very strict yet…

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    they way they have over the last decade, the human race will be responsible for its own mass extinction, in his article “The Sixth Extinction: It Happened To Him. It’s Happening To Us.” Likewise, the article “Global Warming Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg,” by James R. Lee discusses how global warming could bring about major conflict that could lead to the end of life on Earth as it is known today. Humans need to get there heads out of the sand when it comes to climate change according to Kristen…

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    devices to accomplish the transcendence of the message to the public. Ernest Hemingway is an author who immensely succeeds in transcending our perspective of the symbols and context clues into something beyond the words we read on the page. The “iceberg theory”, mastered by Ernest Hemingway, gives way to the idea that less is more, and that we, as an author, only need to give enough information for the reader to understand the situation, rather than spelling it out for them. The definition of…

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    Lots of research needs to be carried out within different domains like oceanography, satellite mapping, material science, environmental science, towing technology etc. in order to successfully test the proposals. The organization 'Iceberg Transportation International' (ITI) formed by the Saudi prince in 1971 served as the base organization funding its research activities in which Georges Mougin was the technical director (“Ice Dream - Dassault Systèmes,” 2015). It was proposed to…

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    lack of foresight to convey that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin. Hardy uses the Titanic and Iceberg as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to Each stanza within the poem is comprised of three lines. Within each of those stanzas, the line length increases, thus creating the image of an iceberg. This parallels the message of the poem, which is that the crash between the iceberg and the Titanic was inevitable. Similar to how the…

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    Convergence of the Twain. I choose this poem because the writing of the poem instantly hit me. The imagery, metaphors, personification, and etc. gave the poem “life” for me. This poem is about the Titanic, a ship that was sunk when it struck an iceberg, and how the iceberg was formulated for the inevitable meeting between the ship and itself. Throughout the poem, the Titanic is personified. Thomas Hardy uses women pronouns like “she” and “her” to describe the ship. These descriptions provides…

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    could go right through the iceberg because the ship was unsinkable supposedly. At the time Captain Smith could of ignored him and slowed down the ship so they had less of a chance they would hit an iceberg. If Captain Smith would’ve ignored Bruce Ismay captain smith would of slowing down the ship and it would be safer. However Captain Smith was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he ignored seven iceberg warnings. Captain Smith ignored all the iceberg warnings he got from the…

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    Artist in Greenland Dominating the landscape is a large, shimmering iceberg, which towers over a field of snow and contrasts with a vibrant blue sky. Clustered in the foreground is a painter and his team of sled dogs, who stare at the viewer from their position on the snow and give a sense of life to the otherwise desolate, but beautiful, landscape. Painted in oils by American artist Rockwell Kent in 1935 (with the addition of several figures in 1960), Artist in Greenland is a vibrant modernist…

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    to document irrefutable evidence of global warming and the documentary focuses on his and his group of colleagues' quest to do so. Chasing Ice uses various clips of their journey along with a multi-year time lapse documenting the immense change of icebergs and glaciers in several locations, such as Greenland and Alaska. Chasing Ice aims to convince the audience that…

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    The word "iceberg" is most likely a Dutch term "ijsberg," which translates to ice mountain; only one-eighth of the mass can be seen above the surface of the water ("Iceberg Facts"). Iceberg also refers to a theory/style of writing in which the vast majority of the story is not read in black in white but inferred and hidden throughout the writing. Ernest Hemingway was famous for the style, and it can be seen throughout, “Now I Lay Me” a short story about a religious man during The Great War who…

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