Moby-Dick

When most moms have their first child, they want the best for them. What the definition of “best” means to these parents can differ. “Best” could be the happiest that they can be on their own accord, or it can mean that they lead a life with values going back generations. Tiger moms want their child to be better than all of their peers, they want to make sure that no matter what the child will not end up to be a failure. If the child is a failure, that could mean that the parent is also a…

“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents gave me. “-Judy Blume. As you grow into an adult your parents teach you how to make choices on your own so you can learn right from wrong and how to survive in the adult world on your own for the first time. Some people believe books should be banned because of inappropriate language or actions taking place in the book that the parent is not comfortable with their child reading. There will come a time in a…

The Victor of Antietam is one of seventy-two segments that Herman Melville published in his first poem publication Battle Pieces. The volume represents Melville’s inaugural attempt to move away from singularly prose artistry to focus instead on poetry. In Battle Pieces, Melville investigated his ability to engage with shorter works, assert himself as a political voice, and connect with sentiments of the public. Battle Pieces aims specifically at tackling Americanism during the Civil War. The…

inadequacy and indignity that Nurse Ratched instills on the patients. He is strong, sexual, and confident, unafraid to test the boundaries, and combating the sterile and mechanical environment of the ward. The whales on his boxer shorts relate to Moby Dick, in which whales are said to symbolize the power of nature - McMurphy’s untamed nature clashes with the repressed institution. McMurphy further rebels against Nurse Ratched when “he stopped in front of her window and said in his slowest,…

Logo Project Research Task By Cooper Hollis 7SC Q1. Show Examples of five famous logos, describe why they are successful and what they represent. The Coca Cola logo is one of the most famous logos in the world. It is famous and successful because of its advertising and consumption of the drink world wide. The logo represents the name of the brand in a calligraphy like font in the colour of a bright red. The colour red can evoke an increase in a person's hunger or appetite. Calligraphy may be…

The act of preserving is essential because it keeps the identity of a work. In Michael Cunningham’s article “Found in Translation” he puts into perspective what a writer should understand when trying to recreate an author’s work. For example, in Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the first line is “Call me Ishmael”. Even though it is a relatively simple sentence, Cunningham explains how there are several components that need to be preserved when recreating it. The statement has a great sense of…

It seems like yesterday that I would sit in front of the screen watching the motorcycles race around the track at insane speeds. The way the motorcycles rounded the corners and ripped apart the straightaways awakened a raging fire deep in the pit of my stomach that would seem only intensify with as I grew older. Every since I was a young boy I was fascinated with motorcycles. I would love to see them as they would pass by mom’s car on the freeway, or whenever we would go to the store in our…

being asked to read a book about reincarnation. The mother read the assigned book, Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and concluded that it was “secular humanism”. She contacted the school and initially was content with their offer to have her son read Moby Dick instead; but then decided autonomously that the entire student body “required protection from Faulkner’s dangerous novel”. The beginning five…

Introduction When you think of having a cup of coffee on the go in Southern California, you usually think of Starbucks, the iconic coffee roaster, which has over 17,018 stores worldwide. If you live in Northern California, however, there is another well-known coffee roaster that appears to rival Starbucks in its popularity, Peet's Coffee and Tea. Like Starbucks, who began its legacy in Seattle, Washington as a small independent coffee bar, Peet's Coffee and Tea also started as an individually…

Just like the classics, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, many modern day novels have timeless qualities and a universal message. In the novel Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Jacob Jankowski loses his parents due to a car crash in 1931 during the week of his final veterinary exams at Cornell College. In despair at the fact of the loss of his parents and not having a penny to his name, Jacob ends up walking to some train tracks miles from his home. As a train…