Billy Bones Essays

Admiral Benbow, helping to care for its guests including a pirate named Billy Bones. Billy Bones gave Jim Hawkins a silver fourpenny every month for looking for a seafaring man with one leg. One day 2 pirates Pew (a blind man) and Black Dog come and try to steal something from Billy. Billy Bones later dies from drinking to much rum. Billy Bones owed the inn lots of money, so Jim and his mom go and try to get money from Billy Bones’s chest. Jim takes some papers, including a treasure map, while his

The novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a young boy named Santiago who is trying to pursue his personal legend. Along the way he meets many people, sees many omens and faces many challenges. He has to discover the language of the world to be able to find his treasure, but little does he know the treasure is no ordinary thing. Sure, there was a chest of gold coins but he also gained knowledge of the soul of the world. Paulo Coleho uses characters including the crystal merchant, the gypsy

Gran Torino is a film that was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. His assistant producers were Robert Lorenz and Bill Gerber. Clint also starred in his film. It is a drama film that was released on 12th December 2008 in the United States of America. The film highlights how Walt Kowalski who was separated from his family and mad at the universe since he was a veteran of the Korean War. His neighbour, Thao Vang Lor, gets pressurized to steal his Gran Torino so that he can be initiated into a

Coming of age is a process that comes once in everybody’s life. This process has many results such as gaining strength or getting clever. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a young boy, named Jem, gains maturity, higher level thinking, and empathy skills when he matures. To reveal Jem’s transformation, Harper Lee crafts the story in a meticulous manner and uses purposeful passages and quotes. One such passage is on pages 301 to 304. In the beginning of their conversation, Jem consoles

The Dangers of Money in The Great Gatsby Money plays a big role in the lives of everyone. It can make them happy, or comfortable, but it can also be dangerous. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald teaches us that obsessing over large sums of money and using it carelessly can lead down a dangerous path, how it can make you blind to responsibility, strip you of your goals, and give you false hope for happiness. One of the most dangerous outcomes of having a large amount of money is that

Crazy Boy (Scary Story) Author: Aman Honnawarkar Once upon a time, there was a ten year old boy named, Jacob who was camping with his friends in a forest in Illinois. Suddenly, out of nowhere Jacob heard crashing from the bushes to his left, ”Gggggggrrrrrrrrrr!” A big, furry grizzly bear attacked their camp in broad daylight. “Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!” Jacob stood there frozen, screaming. Then he fainted. When he woke up, he was stranded in the middle of nowhere with his clothes ripped up and bleeding

can express them through different purposes in the novel. In the text on page 173, it states, “"He looked so peculiar that several people commented on it solicitously when the song was done. They thought he might have been having a heart attack, and Billy seemed to confirm this by going to a chair and sitting down haggardly." This being said, it shows the attitude that Kurt Vonnegut wants the readers to have about war.

sculptural installation of three half-human creatures sitting in a row made out of plaster, oil paint, animal bones, horn and wood and the three figures sits heavily on a wooden bench as can be seen in figure 1. These figures sometimes called humanoids or hominids, are made using body casts and have deep and open wounds of flesh peeled back at their spines which exposes the vertebra bones. The Butcher Boys’ (Figure 1) personalities can be seen through their posture, one leans back nervously while

Forensic anthropology is the branch of anthropology which deals with the recovery of remains as well as the identification of skeletal remains which involve detail knowledge of osteology (skeletal anatomy and biology). In other words, forensic anthropology is the application of anthropological knowledge and techniques in the identification of human remains in medico-legal and humanitarian context. Forensic anthropology includes the identification of skeletal, decomposed or unidentified human remains

Periodontal diseases manifest themselves in the majority of the adult population. Periodontal diseases are the most common dental conditions. A sequence of interrelated steps is inherent to effective periodontal treatment. A primary goal of initial periodontal therapy is to reduce the burden of pathogenic bacteria and thereby reduce the potential for progressive inflammation and recurrence of disease. Initial Periodontal Therapy helps condition the tissue to respond more predictably to surgical procedures

Mechanical Back Pain Facts You Need to Know Back pain is a very common concern among older adults. Studies show that back pain cases are more common among females who are under 40-80 years old. Back pain could be felt anywhere along the spine. The pain quality and severity vary depending on the individual’s pain tolerance and the cause of the pain. It could range from a mild, tolerable ache to a severe debilitating pain. The most common type of back pain is acute pain, which typically lasts for

Sprengel’s deformity is a rare congenital deformity of the shoulder girdle due to failure of descent of the scapula. It causes cosmetic concern and sometime functional disability. This study describes a grade I congenital deformity of the left shoulder joint (Sprengel’s deformity) in a 14-year-old female, associated with an undescended scapula, the presence of hemi-vertebrae of C7,some degree of limited shoulder abduction and scoliosis of upper dorsal spine with convexity towards left. The diagnosis

MCL Injuries in Athletes Playing any type of sports may be a lot of fun, but if you’re an athlete, you know yourself that having injuries is a part of it. If you do contact sports such as rugby, soccer or football, you are most likely familiar with MCL injury, or in layman’s term, a knee sprain. MCL stands for “medial collateral ligament.” This is one of the ligaments of the knee, a thick band of connective tissue located at the medial (or inner) side of the knee which protects and stabilizes your

The Achilles tendon is a band of fibrous tissue that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. The two-calf muscles that attaches to the heel bone are the gastrocnemius and soleus. The Achilles tendon lower part of the calf that attaches to the calcaneus. The Achilles tendon allows to stand, run, or jump while being on our toes. While doing any movement the calf muscles flex and pull on the heel. With the lack of blood supply, the tendon is more susceptible to injury. Achilles tendinitis most

It runs level in a horizontal line and attaches to the posterolateral aspect of the talus bone. In plantar flexion and in the neutral lower leg position, the ligament is slackened, whereas in dorsiflexion, the ligament is taut. The ligament has multiple facets therefore it does not attach to a single restricted area. The fibers of the posterior

SSM paper outline Spinal immobilization is one of the most common techniques used in prehospital situations. Its basic function is to prevent secondary injury of the spinal cord by prevention of flexion, extension and rotation of the vertebrae. This is important as the effects f spinal cord injury at any vertebral level can have devastating effects, including paraplegia and death. Because of this large risk, prehospital care providers always fall on the side of caution when a cervical injury is suspected

trauma. Its severity may vary from a small visible wound to overt physical trauma that shows seriously damaged bones, muscles, blood vessels and nerves. Open fractures involve broken bones that are exposed to the environment and are at risk for contamination and infection. Part 1: What Is an Open Fracture? An open fracture is a broken bone that penetrates the skin. Compared to a broken bone that does not pierce the skin (a closed fracture), an open fracture increases your risk for infection. Therefore

Joints are regions of the body where two or more bones meet, when these regions are damaged or injured a sensation of discomfort and pain is felt by the person. Joint pain can be severe enough to limit movement. Joints are composed of cartilage, ligaments, tendons, bursas, and the synovial membrane, any of these components can become irritated and inflamed and result in joint pain. The different types of joint pains, the causes of joint pains and the artificial and alternative treatments will be

occurs when patients have to tackle without any protection. - ACL is located inside the knee joint. It connects anterior tibia and posterior femur diagonally. It controls the backward and forward movements of the knee. Also, it regulates the tibia bone from moving in front of the femur. ACL injury usually happens when the people suddenly twist their knee in the opposite way after they jump and land. So, volleyball and basketball players are most likely to have this injury. Also, when the patient

allows the finger to be straightened but if the extensor tendon is injured, then the finger would fail to be straightened by its own strength but it is only possible by another hand. Commonly, the extensor tendon is pulled from the bone but there are cases where the bone