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Shipping Out and Into the Heart of Darkness I was relieved when I found out in Tom Scocca’s interview with David Foster Wallace that Harper’s magazine had the writer cut in half what was a 110-page article. I enjoyed reading the magazine’s published version, but was also more than ready for the cruise and the article to end when it did. I think I was possibly feeling a little of what Wallace was feeling, which is a credit to his descriptive and precise prose. “Shipping Out: On the (nearly…

While at first glance, David Foster Wallace’s “Shipping Out” describes the miserable tale of the author on a cruise ship for a week, however, it is actually a commentary on the underlying insidious nature of cruise ships and vacation services. During this period, the author is treated to a multitude of luxuries, including thorough cleaning services, high-class dining, and constant recreational activities provided by the cruise. However, the author grows increasingly unsettled as he realizes the…

determines the fate of our future. One’s painful past is often an impediment on their physical and mental state for the rest of one’s life, ultimately resulting in a loss of any future potential and sense of self-worth. In Annie Proulx’s novel, The Shipping News, the main character, Quoyle, experiences an abusive past of which he believes he’s at fault for. As Quoyle’s journey through adulthood is expressed in this novel, Proulx demonstrates the pain of the past lingers on one’s present…

Sometimes defenses fail which cause anxiety, but anxiety also helps reveal specific core issues. Tyson states, “core issues are those deeply rooted, psychological problems that are the source of our self-destructive behavior” (Tyson 16). In the novel The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx, both Quoyle and Wavey’s past relationships cause them to suffer from the core issues of fear of abandonment, fear of intimacy, and fear of betrayal. Proulx describes Quoyle as a, “great damp of a loaf” (Proulx…

The most significant scene in Chapters 29-34 of The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, is when Quoyle visits the house on Quoyle’s point to pick up some things and immediately after goes to see his cousin Nolan; this scene develops theme in a symbolic, lyrical way as Quoyle faces up to how much his past has been affecting him, as well as his need to stop dwelling on the past. The scene is found on pages 263-265 of the novel. The scene develops the themes of change and moving forward, highlighting…

In September of 1969, I was five years old, and I started to attend kindergarten. This was the first school year for the newly organized Mid-Valley School District. The new proper name of our school was the Olyphant Elementary School, but we commonly referred to it as the Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant. My classroom was in the part of the building that used to be the Olyphant Central School; the part that was dedicated in 1910. This was the same school building in which my…

2.3.1 Damages in Contract Law 2.3.1.1 Definition of damages Damages are monetary compensation for the damage, loss or injury that a party has suffered through a breach of contract. Damages for breach of contract are available as of right upon the proof of breach. 2.3.1.2 Damages under the Contracts Act 1950 Section 74 of the Contract Act limits a plaintiff’s claim for damages caused by a breach of contract. While Section 74(1) provides for damages occasioned in…

When one considers historical development from 1607-1865 in what eventually would become the United States of America, one can consider that a shipping company was being developed. England equates to the owner of the shipping company. Colonial officials parallel the captains of the ships in the company. The resources that the captains provide and sell will represent the economy. This model will take on the eastern seaboard. This theoretical model will provide a precise correlation on how…

3.4. Competitiveness and “YES” for higher Taxes In return for the industry's commitment to Greece, and countless individual and often private contributions made by Greek ship-owners to the country's economic life and social fabric, shipping has never asked for anything except stability and maintaining the system that has allowed it to be internationally competitive. Since the agenda of the country’s creditors – the European central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary…

strategic alliance is the most important development in liner shipping industry. It points out that the shipping alliance is formed to solve surplus fleet capacity and it is worked. But it also expresses that alliance strategy cannot always be the solution since the market keeps changing. It is exclusive to the author as it not only describes the pros and cons of shipping alliance but also leaves few potential directions to further study of shipping alliance, which is valuable for the research.…