Whaling

The Moriori Genocide “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” (Elie Wiesel) What this quote is trying to show is that people should not forget the terrible times when the Jews lived in those horribles concentration camps. Although the concentration camps were terrible, that has happened in other parts of the world, in a similar manner as the Jews. The Moriori tribe was in a terrible situation of being almost killed by enemies and some other people living around the same place.…

One of my personal heroes who displays naturalist intelligence is Steve Irwin (1962-2006). As a kid, I grew up watching Steve’s television series, “The Crocodile Hunter”, a wildlife documentary show which followed Steve as he went out into the wild in various countries around the world to interact with animals. His show went on to become the highest ever rated on the Animal Planet channel. Steve was a strong supporter of environmentalism and the conservation of endangered species. One of his…

Herman Melville had gone to Nantucket and during his trip discussed the horrors of the whaling ships disaster with none other than Mr. Pollard himself. Herman Melville of course fictionalized the captain in the story, who is the famous Captain Ahab, and his vow for vengeance towards Moby Dick. As we know the Essex Captain, who is Captain George…

THE GREAT BLUE is a screenplay inspired by the Moby Dick fable. However, the script offers the audience a new twist: it’s Moby Dick in space. It’s an intriguing concept. The movie ALIEN took “Jaws” and created a successful film in space, thus giving this script merit. The script is driven by themes about second chances, fate, and destiny. The script features the characters from the famous tale. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. While there are some very exciting moments in this script,…

Kyle Kufrin Mr. Nicola Honors CP10 September 27, 2015 Relating My Piece of Literature to Foster Written about the daily lives of those inside a 1960s psychiatric ward, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest paints a picture in the reader’s head of the ongoing escape patients pursue from their reality inside their ward. Author Ken Kesey uses symbolism to portray psychiatric patient Randle McMurphy’s escape from misery. Religious imagery, coupled…

-Flat land hugged the coastal areas, while further inland the land became mountainous. -Farming was difficult due to rocky soil. -Colonists from this region soon took advantage of waterpower to run their sawmills and grain mills. -Plentiful forests throughout this region allowed for readily accessible timber to supply the growing shipbuilding industry in these colonies. -Land and climate were perfect for crop production. -Crops such as wheat, oats, rye, and barley grown in this region led to…

Inuit, Native American nomads of the frozen north Inuit are a people that live in the frozen artic and sub artic lands of north America, like Canada and Alaska they even live in other parts of the world like Siberia and Greenland. They are one of the hundreds of tribes that live in North America today. Between the United States and Canada there are over a thousand tribes that call these lands home. Throughout history the Native American all across the continent of North America developed and…

Endurance by Alfred Lansing is an intense, attention-grabbing story based on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to be the first person to ever cross the continent of Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton was an Irish Explorer who specialized to explorations to the Artic region. His first exploration to the Artic region was under the command of Robert Scott from 1901-1903. Six years later, he was knighted for commanding the successful British Antarctica Expedition that began in 1907 and ended in 1909. On…

Leif Erikson Leif Erikson was born in Iceland late in the 10th century, grew up in Greenland and he’s a famous explorer. He is the first European to land on the Americas. He led a crew of 35 men on a journey to America at around the year 1000. Historically important due to the fact that it was he who got to the Americas first, he discovered it. Bartolomeu Dias Bartolomeu Dias, a portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 opening the way for a sea route from…

In Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, a captain and his crew endeavor on a perilous journey to kill the legendary white whale. Melville, often through the perspective of a first-time whaler named Ishmael, chronicles Captain Ahab’s desperate venture to exhort his revenge on the great Moby Dick. During the Pequod’s quest to avenge Ahab's leg, Ishmael vividly documents life aboard, while analyzing the significance of both morality and immorality in this world. Ultimately, Melville utilizes powerful…