In the Heart of the Sea 1. Nantucket was a Quaker community, these groups of people reconcile their beliefs in non-violence with their occupation in the incredibly violent world of whaling by they had hoped to support themselves not a fishermen but a farmers and shepherds on this grassy, pond-speckled crescent without wolves. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lore’s will. 2. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.
Billy Bones’s passing was no surprise for the habitual drunkard. The elderly sea captain died a silent but unforgettable death at the Admiral Benbow inn with young Jim Hawkins by his side. After surviving a life threatening stroke Bones hung at the brink of life with everyday being a struggle as well as the fear of death. The day he gets cursed by the infamous black spot he drops to the floor leaving behind his sea-chest and the memories of his pirate hood. Little is known about Billy Bones’s past, but it is certain that he lead an abnormal life filled with action and betrayal.
He finds it challenging to have lost his father as the motif of “the boat” is used to emphasize the loss of his father. He feels that “no boat rides restlessly in the waters” generating an idea that you won’t be happy throughout your whole life because he has lost his happiness since the day he lost his dad. His memories of his father are remembered as “gigantic” and “being elevated”. But to him they are “only shadows and echoes” of his past. The “earliest recollection” of the father is filled with imagery such as “stubble of his cheek” and “ sound …boots galumphing along”.
Through the life of a fisherman there are off days where the fish just are not biting, but in other cases there are days where you finally hook the big one. Throughout the novella, the old maN, Santiago was having an “off day”. He spend close to 3 months and couldn't hook a single fish, but in this time he never gave up. Santiago, the Marlin, and Manolin prove that throughout the novella, there is religious allegory present. Santiago, throughout the story, is a big reason why the reader is able to understand that there is a religious allegory present in the story.
Soon after he died at the age of eighty-three leaving children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren and they have all heard and remember his midnight ride. He did not leave any wives because they both had died years ago which made all depressed in his olden days. Also he had eight with one and eight with the other but with the first one only 5 survived and the second only six survived. Even though many that fought are not alive now, their memories still live on. The colonies soon became America and what it is today because of all the historical events in the past due to Paul Revere and many others and all the wars and battles we won throughout the years, good thing we got rid of those British
“While being lifted onto an LST, he was almost dropped into the sea, having only been caught by the foot. After laying in the hold with hundreds of other wounded, he finally got a spot on the USS Samaritan.”(Standring Pg.5) Happily, the flag went up on Suribachi, just before Lucas was shipped off to Honolulu. Lucas went under the knife twenty two times before the doctors were finished. “Surprisingly, there are about 200 pieces of scrap iron still in him, some the size of .22-caliber bullets, which to this day, constantly set off airport metal detectors.”(Carpenter Pg.1) After close to seven months, Lucas was in good enough shape to be separated and put up for the Medal of Honor. At the time, the young man did not even know what it was, claimed “I went there to do one thing, and that was to
Later at the reef. Jon says "you could lose yourself in that, swallowed up and gone forever, a speck vanishing in the blue without a sound or ripple". Clearly this is something Jon is afraid of. he don't want to end up in the emptiness, becoming nothing that's why he keeps pushes himself to keep going on the diving school. At reef Jon nearly drowns again, but doesn't because Berto helped him.
After leaving Troy, Odysseus has many ships, and his men are loyal and respectful to him. As his journey progresses men start to fall away and by the end of his story all of his men have been killed and he is the only man that returns home from the long trip. Everett and his men were written differently than in Homers version. Having Pete, and Delmar O’ Donell as all of Everett’s crew, it is much different than the men Od. has in his group.
Larisa Albers Glenn-2 English 10H 26 November 2012 Old Man and the Sea Annotations 11/15 Pages read: 9-26 Plot points: * In Cuba * Boy is friends with the old man * Old man hasn’t caught fish in 84 days Characters Introduced: Old Man: * Salao (worst form of unlucky) * Sick * Blue eyes * Close friends with boy * Name is Santiago Boy: * Fished with old man for 40 days * Cares for old man * Loves old man * Name is Manolin Martin: * Owner of the Terrace Similes: “They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.” Other thoughts: The quote “When I was your age…” made me wonder how old the old man was. New vocab: Bodega- Spanish word for warehouse or winery Allusions: The name “Santiago” is a biblical allusion to Saint James who was also a fisherman-apostle in the New Testament. 11/15 Pages read: 27-44 Plot points: * Santiago sets out to sea * Santiago reminisces about turtle boating * Santiago catches an albacore and decides to use it as bait * Santiago sets his baits at exact fathoms * Santiago constantly thinks about Manolin and wishes Manolin was with him * Santiago hooks the giant marlin and it starts pulling him out to sea Characters Introduced: None Similes: “The clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them.” Other thoughts: It made me nervous and anxious when Santiago was pulled by the marlin so far that he could no longer see land. 11/16 Pages read: 45-54 Plot points: * The marlin tugs Santiago’s boat northwest * Santiago has to constantly convince himself that the position that he is in while attempting to hold the line is comfortable, as he is holding it for several hours * Santiago still wishes Manolin were with him * The fish can kill Santiago at any time if the fish decides to dive or jump * Santiago reminisces about a time when
Be liked” (Miller 20.21). Willy claims how he has all these friends in Boston, how he can park his car on any street, but needless to say no one attends his funeral. His outlook of the American Dream is the reason his sons never succeeded. Willy never preached hard work, seemingly okay with his son failing math. In the text Willy asks if he Bernard didn’t give him the answers, basically condoning for his son to cheat (Miller 92).