Sophie Millard Quotes

These scared, unprepared men also faced death due to the ocean that served as several of the men’s graves. The conditions these sailors met in water were awful , due to the high

In Marcus Rediker’s Villains of All Nations, pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny are represented as being vulnerable, emotional, extraordinary women. Both being born illegitimate children, Rediker poses an understanding, empathetic treatment of these women, despite their representation of ‘liberty’ emanating from the brutality of piracy. The constant referral to Read and Bonny as female pirates indiscreetly implies that Rediker interprets their participation in piracy as delicate, which is unjust. Females and delicateness were a dominant association in the 18th century. Rather than referring to the two women simply as pirates, Rediker uses the phrase female pirates to imply that their participation on ship was neither masculine nor violent.

I see this quote as a way of implying to be more positive about a situation rather than be negative about it. Jeannette, in this part of the memoir, feels embarrassed due to the fact that her and her family is sleeping in a car that is falling apart. People are staring at them, and laughing which is not a great feeling at all. Her mom, on the other hand, has a totally different perspective on their situation. She would wave at these people like nothing was wrong; she was unfazed.

Chapter 17: This allusion is a reference to the words turbulent seas which is to being at sea, but it really means any type of chaos or argument. There is also a simile used to compare rape case to a church sermon. Chapter 18: This case is just like the Scottsboro Case where African Americans were accused in Alabama of raping white American women. This case may have been on a train but this case is accusing African Americans just like this rape case.

Jill Scott: The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours     Have you ever wished to have the power to change what you had no control over? In the novel Jill Scott, The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours, Jill Scott, a young lady who must first face obstacles in order to get the life goals that she desire. Jill who at one point fell in love with nothing but words, gave her all to someone who never once thought about her. Things that Jill wished to never happen comes to life, and takes her through a stage of heartbreak and despair. Jill begins to get her life together after she move past all the things that has brought her down since the beginning.

Annemarie was a young Danish girl who took the high response to protect her family and friend from Germany soldiers (Nazi). Annemarie was a brave girl who likes to help people around her, such as, families and friends. She was pretty kind to people, and also try her best to be a good sister and friend. She has a best friend who was a schoolmate and neighbor as a Jewish girl known as “Ellen Rosen”. Also, Annemarie had saved Ellen to hide Star of David necklace by a night that German soldiers came to Johansen’s house to find Rosen’s family.

Well known play write and author Friedrich Durrenmatt , in his play, The Visit, portays the theme of power and control. Durrenmatt’s purpose is to focus in on justice and challenge its true meaning. Through the character Claire Zachanassian is a woman of great wealth and extreme regulation over the town of Gullen. Having this kind of power she manipulates the town into working for her, against her former lover Ill. Claire is seeking vengeance after Ill wronged her many years ago.

I agree with Ken Thompson and the vivid example he provided. Just because the opportunity is given to you, it does not mean you should take it because it is morally wrong. In the book Sara Baase describes how the word hacker is identified “The term “hacker,” to many people, means an irresponsible, destructive criminal. Hackers break into computer systems. They intentionally release computer viruses.

Anne Frank “ I see the world being slowly formed into a wilderness; i hear the approaching thunder that one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when i look up at the sky i somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that the peace and tranquillity will return once more.” (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/anne_frank_752397) Anne Frank, Born June 12, 1929.

This provides a stark contrast to the main character, the captain, whose every sentence appears cold and calculated as well as the unforgiving setting. He states that he is “inured to the sight of death” (1) and comfortable with the death of another man with an “objective lack of emotion” (1). “Death” is not an ugly word to him, “procedure”

In my opinion Linton has no say in what happens to him. The story takes place during the early 1800's in England. During this period a man was considered to be master of his house. Healthcliff has a legal right to with with his son as he pleases. Anyone and everything living on his land or under his roof is considered to be his property.

The journey is grim, but profitable. Although rations were tough, my crew were trained to withstand hunger and sickness to ride with me. Even if we ran out of water, we couldn’t drink the sea, for the water was toxic of salt. The year was 1704. It was a stormy day out at sea.

She then willingly walked off the ship knowing she had to. “The Cold Equations” written by Tom Godwin illuminates one should acknowledge and be accepting to their consequences if it was deserved or

Another rogue wave crashed against the hull of the Jackdaw. With my eyes closed, I could hear multiple crewmen fall flat on their faces after tumbling out of their hammocks, sensing worried looks on their faces. I smirked. I never had trouble at sea. I was always on the ship of my fathers brig, the Jackdaw.

Throughout the poem the tone was subtle, however, a claim was still made. Because the speaker in the poem had a calm tone, it left me feeling a sense of displacement. I didn’t know whether the author chose to write this poem because it was something he was passionate about, or if it didn’t have sufficient meaning. With Hawthorne having ancestors of seamen, his poem could have been a representation of their lives. To me, this poem was quite relatable in the sense that there can be so much commotion above the water, but once you sink down, all is at peace.