within swimming range. There are sharp, jagged rocks deep within the vast ocean surrounding Rainsford, therefore, swimming anywhere has a high risk of injury. “Ship Trap Island” got it’s name from stories of boats hitting the large rocks and sinking, so no sailor wants to go to the island. On the boat before he falls off, Rainsford listens intently as his friend Whitney tells him “‘Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don’t know why’”(1). Since no one comes to the island, there is no…
“Show Boat was the show that allowed drama to come back to Broadway as it had a completely integrated score and book that was all based on dramatic themes.” (The History). If Show Boat did not achieve the success, then operettas could have hindered and been set back. Another one of my top examples is Victor Herbert’s work. He was one of the first…
Exhaustion is sensed as the two seamen are physically arched, using every ounce of strength they possess. The man in the back is pulling in the net whose weight is sensed by the numerous fish being pulled into the ship. Some net is already in the boat with fish…
Nature is indifferent as well as uncaring. In the short story “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, we embark on the journey of four men, whose ship has crashed and are now adrift. They fight for survival throughout the whole story, trying to withstand nature. At the beginning of the story, they believe that nature will actually care for them, or at least an unnatural force will come and save them. They even begin to question the existence of God. In the end, they understand that nature does not…
immediately grabbed my attention when Ishiguro brought Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth to this boat not long before Ruth’s “completion”. This beached boat is symbolizing mortality and a journey threw life. Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth are realizing their time is becoming short and must go see this boat the other donors have been speaking of. Even with Ruth being very weak they search threw the woods to find it. “Then we gazed at the beached boat. I could now see how its paint was cracking, and how the timber…
The experience of reading Crane’s The Open Boat, isn’t distinctly adrenaline pumping nor is it overwhelmingly emotional. The reader, as well as the men in the boat, do end in a starkly different scenario than when they began their journey, but the movement is often hard to pin point. In fact, the narrative is contrasted so that there are gaps, physical and literary as well as tonally. Shawn Michelle Smith investigates a similar scenario in her analysis of Muybridge’s photo framing. In a series…
How Rodgers and Hammerstein Changed Broadway When you think of New York City, there is always one thing that automatically comes to mind, Broadway. You walk in Times Square and see all the captivating bright lights and loud noises. You see everybody handing out pamphlets to come see their, shows while there dressed in costume. You can’t help but wonder what their show is about. Whether you like plays and musicals, I’m sure at one point in your life you will see one or hear a song from one. The…
Imagine having to leave everything you’ve ever known behind. Having to walk away from the life you’ve worked so desperately hard to create for yourself. Well that is just what happened to the characters from Salt to the Sea. Thousands of innocent people forced to flee their homes to avoid death from war. These characters left everything behind and didn’t look back. And along their way they had a few bumps in the road, but they managed to do something inspiring. These people, who had nothing more…
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One of the projects that they have done is the U-2 Program. During World War II, Area 51, or Groom Lake was used for artillery and bombing practice. They stopped using Groom Lake for testing until 1955 when it was selected by Lockheed for testing the U-2 spy plane. It was selected because it was private due to the mountains and the Nevada Test Site, and it offered a great airstrip. In 1955, they built…