Dock Essays

Elizabeth Bishop, the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, arrived on the island of North Haven on the morning boat from Rockland on July 16, 1974. “It was a beautiful day . . . ” She was accompanied by Frank Bidart, a younger poet, and Alice Methfessel, her companion and lover, the energetic and very capable administrator of Kirkland House at Harvard. Elizabeth had returned to New England four years earlier following the death, apparently by suicide, of her Brazilian lover, Lolta de Macedo Soares, the

Situation: Concerns and reports about the congestion at shipping dock. Scope: It has been brought to my attention that at Hotstone Tires docks, congestion is a major issue, as pallets of materials has been chosen to be transported with the forklift to tractor outbound tractor trailer. This problem has made the process tedious for stock picking employees, and employees having no choice but no options but to wait their turn, and also go long distance to the ware house to pick up other order to process

Captain Tory It was a cold December night in 1991. A light layer of fog covered the water. Tyler and his father, Captain Tory stood at the docks waiting for the boat to appear. This was Tyler’s escape. His plan to get away from the Wizard Hunters. Tyler, a teenage wizard was tired. He had been running for much too long. The Wizard Hunters had been after him ever since Tyler had been a magician in the school talent show. His act had been a little too real. He just wanted to get away. Captain Tory

Jay Gatsby had an American dream he wanted to fulfill and part of his dream was to have Daisy Buchanan’s love. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The green light on Daisy’s dock symbolizes Gatsby’s undying obsession to fulfill his unrealistic American dream. The Green light on Daisy’s dock symbolizes a part in Gatsby’s need to reach his American Dream. As the green light is part of Gatsby's need to fulfill his American dream it proves how he has the desire for Daisy’s love but cannot

Roosevelt. We had two different docks in the water. One dock was older and was in the shallow part of the water so the only thing we used that dock for was to tie the canoe up. The other dock is brand new because the one we had there before was made of wood and was rotting which made it unsafe for all of the grandkids to be on. My great grandpa built that dock himself, and it was hard for my great grandma to replace it, but it had to be done. On one side of the dock, the left side, the water was clear

obsession with the light on Daisy’s dock at the beginning of the novel, while the unattainability of characters’ dreams is shown in the light on Daisy’s dock at the end of the novel, and the description in the final passages of the book. Throughout the novel, Gatsby sees the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, and this light represents James Gatz’s dream to become greater than a South

If we did not buy the land in the Louisiana purchase we probably would not be here today. Back when the U.S. Bought the land from the Louisiana purchase that's not what they had in mind at first. First, the U.S. Fade an offer of 10 M for New Orleans but the French said if they gave them 15 M that they would give the U.S. all that land and if the U.S. did not buy that land, Canada would have taken over the land. Why did they make the purchase? One of the reasons is that they had the money to do

The fresh air smells like a mix of mucky water, and of hamburgers and hot dogs cooking on a grill outside. A calm breeze sweeps across the lake as soon as I step onto the dock. The view of Platte Lake is all around me when I jump on the rusty, old dock. Off to the side of the dock next to a tree sits an antique paddle boat. Old stickers cover the boat, but most have peeled off like paint chips off of an old fence. The back of the boat is spattered with dismantled cobwebs and spiders crawling nearby

at the Green light at the end of her dock. As well the color yellow or “pale gold” symbolizing death and wealth being a recurring theme throughout the novel and probably most prevalent in Gatsby’s car which was the color yellow that was an instrument in Myrtle’s death and his own demise. The color green is a symbol of hope in the novel The Great Gatsby because of what it represented to Gatsby. The symbol appears in the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock which Jay Gatsby looks at whenever he

Harvey foreshadows that Mr.Atkinson isn't an honest man because when James realizes he’s the same man from the dock, he feels uneasy. The word ¨dock¨ has a different meaning in this story because dock means where people are released from county jails. Later on in the story he speaks to Mr.Atkinson if is arrest was just a misunderstanding because when James was drawing him he had a sad expression on his face

mugs while working on the dock, not only does he save the day for himself but for others that are working on the docks as well. Antigone and Terry both go against rules for what they believe is right and become heroes. Antigone is a caring, strong minded person who sticks up for her

Gatsby that tries to find his long lost love. The main symbol of the novel The Great Gatsby, is Gatsby’s hope for Daisy that they will be back together someday. Gatsby's hope for Daisy is represented by the green light at the end of Tom and Daisy’s dock. Another way hope is shown by Gatsby for Daisy is when Tom tries to put Gatsby down, but Gatsby gets right back up and tells Tom that the past can be repeated and they will get back together again some day. Gatsby's hope is obvious when he told Daisy

Gatsby’s mansion. The light comes from the end of Daisy’s dock, whom Gatsby has immense feelings for. The book is primarily focused around Daisy and Gatsby's complex relationship. This paper will analyze the meaning of the green light at the end of the dock, and how it symbolizes Gatsby’s dream. In the first chapter of the book, Nick sees Gatsby for the first time since moving into his new house. Gatsby is standing at the end of his dock and reaches out to a green light from across the water. Nick

and youth which is presented through Gatsby's ambitions. The light is first mentioned as Nick went over to see who was at Gatsby’s dock and why they were reaching out for something. Nick looked and saw "nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."(page 152). The reader does not know that the light is on Daisy's dock but can see that whatever its is very important to Gatsby. However the reader does know that he can see this green light impacts

American Dream everyone strives for, which is to be successful with no worries. For Gatsby to complete the dream, he wants to get the girl he has been longing for. He uses a glowing green light at the end of the girl’s dock to symbolize this dream of his. The green light at the end of the dock represents the idea that hope of completing the American Dream is always there for those who truly want it by glowing in the darkest of places, representing the occurrence of the dream, and lingering around forever

The Mackinac Express “I’m so bored, Dad.” I groaned. I slumped against the boathouse wall. Even though I typically hate boats, I vividly recall being so irritated that the ferry hadn’t come yet. I was at Star Line 's boathouse on Mackinac Island, and we had been waiting for at least 20 minutes for a ferry. I was beginning to become bored and angry. I was thinking, This is so boring. Then a slow, lackluster ferry came into view. Its eroded chairs were dirty as a worm’s playground. Then it started

In the Novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are numerous symbols throughout the story. The color Green is one of the most significant colors in the book and corresponds to the green light at the end of Daisy's dock which happens to be right across the water from Gatsby's mansion. Green symbolizes Gatsby's hopes and dreams for his future with Daisy and Daisy’s dream to be with Gatsby. The first time Nick Carraway has ever seen Gatsby was at the end of chapter one, coincidentally it’s

color green is used to represent Gatsby’s desire to be with Daisy. Early in the novel, Nick describes Gatsby looking at “a single green light, minute and far away, that may have been at the end of a dock (Fitzgerald 21).” Later in the novel, this light is revealed to be at the end of the Buchanon's dock. Here, the green light represents Gatsby’s desire to be with Daisy – she serves as the green light across the water, but ultimately

their names engraved on a mug that sat at the front of the mess hall. I wanted my name on that prestigious trophy. Eton and I began our quest at the main camp dock. We paddled north around Chubby’s Island. Leaving Chubby’s, we headed due west beneath Windy’s Island. Five minutes of hard paddling straight east, put us at the seniors’ dock. Out of the canoe we jumped. Coons, the senior camp counsellor, helped us flip our canoe onto our shoulders. We carried

desperately reaching out to the green light on Daisy's dock. A symbol of many meanings, the Green light may represent Gatsby’s undying love that yearns for Daisy. Maybe it could represent the need to maintain his money in order to maintain his image of wealth. There is no specific meaning of this light but in both the movie and film we see the importance of this symbol. Even Nick does not understand Gatsby’s gesture when it comes to this light on Daisy dock. Nick states “Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and