Sargasso Sea

A race of which has just begun and you have already traveled to 5 major cities in just a few short weeks. Would you already be overwhelmed? Korea, Tokyo, Venice, Austria and Paris, all explored by Amy and Dan Cahill in their ongoing hunt for the 39 Clues. Now traveling to Cairo egypt the Cahills are in hunt for the next clue after finding a clue of a pyramid shape and the word Sakhet. Amy, being the research geek, figured out that Sakhet was the Egyptian goddess with the head of a lion as her…

In this slow going, interesting, and action pact book we see a very aged man following his dreams. Many people made fun of Santiago which drove him to go back out to sea. While many of the fisherman find him weak and a lair,we will find him a strong,humble but also in suffering. Santiago was an elderly Cuban fisherman who has had a streak of bad luck for eighty four days. He is very persistent in wanting to catch the “big fish” that will feed him and put money in his pocket. In other words he…

January February and March of 1944 the Indianapolis was at Palau, Yap, Ulithi, and Woleai. On June 19th - 20th of 1940 for the Indianapolis LED task force 58 against Japanese Fleet of nine aircraft carriers This was called the battle of the Philippine Sea. During, this battle Japan had lost 400 airplanes before even coming engaged summed up this battle as the great Marianas turkey shoot. On July…

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was a very accomplished author in the 20th century. His writing had various themes and allusions. His characters in The Old Man and the Sea allude to Christ and His disciples(Baker 155). Hemingway’s portrayal of the old man in the book reflects the life and death of Jesus Christ. Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, to Clarence and Grace Hemingway. He was born and grew up in Chicago. Hemingway did not develop his desire for writing until he was in high…

NARRATOR: Long ago, off the West Coast of the Paradox Sea in a fantasy world known as Yumegawa, there lies a small island called Kibo Island. Kibo Island looks like a giant starfish rising above the surface of the sea from a distance. NARRATOR: During a long and weary summer, several powerful pirate captains met on Kibo Island to agree to never attack each other. NARRATOR:…

fight.” - George R.R. Martin. This quote perfectly captures the essence of what a hero should be, success or failure. Which describes Santiago, who is an old man who lives in a hovel near the sea. He is thin with many wrinkles and brown blotches from the sun. He lives off the fish he catches out in the sea. He represents a hero because he teaches Manolin, a boy he fishes with, how to fish and the old ways of navigation. Santiago also tells real baseball statistics he reads off newspapers and…

The big two hearted river shares similarities with the heart of the sourdough and not by just having the word heart in its name. The story is about a guy, Nick, who goes on a lone adventure into the wild to face nature but also to escape into its beauty. The poem similarly speaks of natures beauty in smaller hints while focuses on the hardships and darker side to nature. Nick experiences the dark side of nature as well when he sees the impact nature can have with fire as even the grasshoppers…

Hi, Prof. Brooks I read the short story The Light of the World (Hemingway, 1972), and I talked about it also in the discussion forum. I chose it because I read that Hemingway described this as a story that "nobody else ever liked" (Hemingway, 1998, "Preface to The First Forty-nine", para. 5 ). So, I have read this just to prove that Hemingway was wrong. Of course, I failed. The story is about two young boys who are in transit in an un-named town. It begins with them entering in a bar to eat and…

Stephen Amell, who is a famous actor who was known for playing the character Oliver Queen, in the T.V series, “Arrow”, one said, “To live I had to make myself more than what I was, to forge myself into a weapon. I am returning not the boy who was shipwrecked, but the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city.” Oliver Queen and his father Robert Queen decided to take boat trip out on the Atlantic. There him and his father were having a great time, Oliver decided…

It was a particularly windy night in Riften, sending a cool chill running down the thief's spine. He had been sitting on top of a barrel, tearing bits of bread off of the loaf with his teeth and watching the lone merchant ship bob in the wind pushed waters. As he often did, he had been wondering what held him to the small hold, other than the guild. Delvin was no longer an escape for him, but a source of anxiety. His parents had been killed years before. No matter where the ill minded man would…