It may seem like the story “Raymond’s Run and “Everything will be okay” are different stories. They’re not! One story is about running and one is about a cat. Actually, they both share the same theme. The common theme is “ The importance of individualism and being yourself.” In “Raymond’s Run” the author shows us how squeaky isolates herself from others, and the outside world. She individualizes herself from other people, but she learns to open up a little bit. In the beginning of the…
was then we saw the cruise ship we were about to board after months of waiting. The Carnival Triumph looked massive as it was visible from miles away. The thirteen deck ship is a eight hundred nighty-three foot long. We could not wait to explore all of its wonders. Arriving to the port there so was much commotion. People were scrambling to make sure they do not leave any luggage behind. Mothers were trying to keep their children from running away in curiosity of the ship, and others speeding…
The rescue of Captain Phillips was one of the most dangerous and scariest rescue missions of all time. Capitan Phillips was a ship Capitan on the MV Maersk Alabama which was a cargo ship that carried 17,000 tons of cargo that was heading towards Mombasa, Kenya to supply the people of Kenya with aid (2014, travelthruhistory.com). Capitan Phillips was born in Massachusetts and graduated from college, at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Capitan Phillips (2013, R. Phillips) had over 15 crew…
glory, disaster and sacrifice. It was popularly called as the "Unsinkable ship" with the tagline "Not even God can sink this ship". Unfortunately, this gigantic ship was engulfed by the ocean on her maiden voyage killing 1,517 people. With the movie Titanic, made in 1997, James Cameroon was extolled for his great depiction of the facts. Later investigations contradicted Cameroon in many aspects. What happened to this Unsinkable ship? Let us move to the true bottom. The three sisters White Star…
took place roughly four days out, at about 11:30 p.m. on April 14. Titanic was equipped with a Marconi wireless, and there had been sporadic reports of ice from other ships, but she was sailing on…
A long time ago, there were big sailing ships on the river. One night in a storm, a big ship sank. All the lanterns on board were lit as the ship went down. Now, they say that on stormy nights you can still hear the flame of the lanterns being extinguished as they clashed with the water, at exactly 11 O’ clock. There have also been sightings of ghostly figures roaming on the nearest shores or shadowy figures laying on pieces of debris afloat in the enormous body of water. Reports of this…
out at God's beautiful creation, and seeing different animals. The cruise ship that had led us to an island did not amaze me as much seeing the unique animals in the deep ocean. The ocean gave off a fresh aroma. Everything around me was so beautiful it did not even feel real. People were loading into a big white cruise ship called, ¨Nunatak¨ from the wooden dock by the emerald green shore. In the distance behind the ship there is a range of mountains layered with white as far as I could see.…
“No one said a word. There was nothing to say and nothing we could do.”(Wilson, pp.34) The following are the series of events that happened in the sinking of the Titanic. At approximately 11:40p.m. An iceberg is sighted dead ahead, but Titanic is sailing at almost 21 knots and cannot be turned quickly enough to part to…
coming she let go of the rail of the sinking ship. And well hit the part of the things and well she was the floor crawling across the ground. That has she heard that noise with them that is coming and she was ducking around the corner tried to hiding from what she heard that is she had started to slide and well she was not sure she wants to be rescued by a number of freaks. That are they might find out what she had done. How did she get on cruise ship well she was not rich. But other she made a…
The Quicksilver Cruise Group is one of the well-known, most awarded and best Australia's tour operator company operating on the Great Barrier Reef. This company was founded in 1979 with only a catamaran and introduced the Low Isles cruises. Few years later, they developed Australia's first Outer Barrier Reef cruise which is the best position to fully enjoy the beauty of this natural phenomenon. Moreover, operating with the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the quicksilver group is…