The Open Boat

“Here we are,” I thought to myself as my parents and I pulled up to a big oak tree in our old, puke colored Subaru. The massive tree overlooked the Boston Harbor and the enormous cruise boats on it. Under the oak stood an assortment of kids and instructors from all over the world. No a one of them knowing what they were about to get their self into. My mom, dad, and I wandered around, until one of the instructors approached us. “Hello and welcome to Thompson Island Outward Bound!” In a…

Men endure three types of pain: back, tooth, and heart. The narrator in this poem by Chaucer seems to be making a plea to God. Troilus, the narrator, is the subject in question. Is he heartbroken? The first stanza suggests he is, but also, he is unable to go against these feelings. His love is so deep that he must endure these feelings. He can’t help himself from giving in to the pain. Troilus loves Criseyde so much that he is willing to knowingly put himself through pain in order to feel her…

in bed I can’t sleep, the thought of storms and strong winds frightens me. A moment later I hear rain pounding on a roof, which was soothing to my ears. All of sudden I wake up to the sound of something pounding on my door. The door started to swing open with water coming towards me. “Mom, HELPPPP!” “Ariana, where are you?!” Water is pooling into my room like a waterfall, but I manage to fight it and get out the window. It is the start of June, so it is still a little chilly for Louisiana at…

thought she was very stubborn not to just shut up and go back to work. They got in a huge fight and dad left. We packed up our things and headed out to the station to get on a boat. We didnt make it a block until he pulled up beside us in the car and said if we were gonna move, he was gonna come with us. So here we sit at the the boat dock on broken wood chairs, ready to board. We still had another 5 hours, and there was allready a line a mile long. We dont have much; the most expensive thing we…

The boat was so small for 12 people. I take a breath and get close to them the owner told me to buy the life vest for my children; I told him that I don’t have money to buy it. “I gave you everything I have I don’t have more money for it” “well just get on the boat don’t wary nothing will happen, that is OK if don’t have money for it it’s not important.” He told me, after 6 hours in…

Demolition Teams (UTDs), and the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons. These five daring groups are now put together into one, even more extreme group. And that is the Navy SEALs. The Naval Demolition team was formed with two officers and 17 enrolled men. They commanded by Lieutenant Mark Starkweather and Lieutenant James Darroch. They were all experienced Navy divers from Hawaii. Their course included: demolitions, commando tactics, cable cutting, and rubber boat training. Their mission during…

As too where the book goes more in depth in plot and character development. Although we get good plot narration and character development more towards the rising action of the 3 main characters on the boat we really don't get it anywhere else. Even tho they leave a lot of stuff out it is a still a good adaptation in my opinion and would make the movie more technical and time consuming if they had followed the book, which would not be ideal I think they…

Imagine the world you live in being changed in less than a second; what would you do? The novel Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, captures the emotional and physical effects of the survivors of the Hiroshima bombings. On August 6th, 1945, more than 100,000 Japanese died due to a bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima by American soldiers. In the novel, we follow six characters whose lives change drastically. Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of the survivors, portrays his sense of honor and duty and…

However, the boat used was still shared in payments by all four members while when only Allen was exploring, this could lead to a shared contribution of the profits. Keeping in mind, the only way the treasure was found was through the means of the boat, and if Paul, Henry and Sam debate that their financial contribution (the boat) was essential to the discovery then I believe the judge will appoint Sam, Henry and Paul with a share of the profits due to their contribution in the boat and for…

“No, no, no, no.” I repeated. I had refused to sleepover my cousin’s house without my parents, especially for a whole week. “It’s just for a few days, then Dad and I will join you the last day to celebrate the Fourth of July. Plus, you love your cousins.” My mom pressed. “No it’s not the same! And it’s not for a few days. It’s for an entire week. There’s only so much of them I can handle.” I said angrily. I was not going to do this. There was no way. Yet, here I was a few weeks later sitting in…