Whaling

whale. The color white is usually connected to innocence and purity; however, in “Moby-Dick”, the quintessentially white sperm whale defies the qualities attached to its color as Ahab sees it as the archetypal evil. In a novel overwhelmingly about whaling, Melville frequently explores colors and their meanings and use them to paint a picture of characters and sceneries in the readers’ minds. Yet, he goes to the far extremes of the color spectrum to describe anything. Most of his characterization…

Early Years of Freedom The state of New York, which had begun to negotiate the abolition of slavery in 1799, emancipated all slaves on July 4, 1827. The shift did not come soon enough for Truth. After John Dumont reneged on a promise to emancipate Truth in late 1826, she escaped to freedom with her infant daughter, Sophia. Her other daughter and son stayed behind. Shortly after her escape, Truth learned that her son Peter, then 5 years old, had been illegally sold to a man in Alabama. She took…

Hula Kahiko emerged as a way to praise the Akua and Hawaiian kings. It utilizes intricate hand and body motions to convey specific ideas and is almost always accompanied by mele. The chants used very few chromatic notes and were usually sung by poets. The mele were passed down through generations to preserve the history of the kings and Akua. The kings could share their entire family history with the other islands through these performances. The most common belief among Hawaiians as to how…

While reading about the Northwest Coast we learned a lot about how the Natives lived different life styles than other Natives. We got to dive into Benedict’s view of how she says the Kwakiutl Natives. We also got to dive into Goodman and Swan view on the Makah Natives. In class we talked about how some rituals had to be done underground because a lot of observes didn’t like their traditions. Later on they were allowed back in their society. We mostly learned about the similarity and difference…

During the ages, there was always an individual that embraced the characteristics of a hero. They were compassionate, chivalrous, honest, caring, and inspiring just like the hero in the past. For example; Achilles, Gilgamesh, and Roland. There was a different type of hero called a Romantic Hero. Which was a larger-than-life figure with extraordinary expectations and goals. The title of this excerpt is “ Nationalism and the Hero.” The intended audience was, of course, me and the people who enjoy…

get trapped and advised him to postpone his mission until the following year. Shackleton decided to hole up in South Georgia for several weeks, watching for any change in the ice. A month later, with conditions unchanged, the Endurance departed the whaling outpost for Antarctica” (Koehn, 2010, p.9). He knowingly left port with weather conditions worse than he had seen in previous expeditions. Finally, Shackleton’s choice of crew was not well thought out. One…

Also, Cole was trying to show Peter he isn’t out to hurt him anymore. Infact, Cole’s intention was never to hurt Peter. He wasn't planning out what he is going to do to Peter. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing. Secondly, when peter started whaling on Cole, Cole didn't fight back. In all reality, Cole refused to fight back. He said he wasn't going to hit Peter again because that would contradict everything Cole has worked so hard to change about himself. Lastly, Cole slept in a tent so…

strong navy, and he argued that a strong navy would need island custody to serve as our new naval bases. The time had come for Americans to buck up and seek the welfare of our country. American ships had been active in the Pacific. The New England whaling fleets monitored the ocean in search of their prey. The trade in China had been eating at Yankee merchants since 1784. Japan at the time however, had effectively closed its doors to all outside forces and restricted all foreign…

Boyle; launching the car right next to the familiar one. The driver was not who the varmints thought he was. Boyle described him as a, “car freak pumping his girlfriend (131).” In reaction to the boys startling him, the car freak snapped and began whaling on them. In the midst of all three of them getting pulverized by one guy, Boyle gets a weapon. He strikes the car freak with a gruesome blow to the ear, and head. The injured man’s body began to answer the agonizing blow; he wet his pants, and…

The high pitch screech I let out echoed through the mountains like a scream in a horror movie. I was trying to get away. The snake was to close. I was paralyzed with fear my arms whaling myself up against the truck. My heart about to pound out of my chest, my stomach clenched up, and the fear was crippling my mind to think clear. I was petrified, 3ft diamond back rattler curled up at my feet. Rattling its tale with fury to intimidate…