Rumble Fish Essays

Rusty-James is the toughest kid around. In the book “Rumble Fish” by S.E. Hinton, he proves this several times by getting in fights and other trouble. He loves maintaining his tough reputation and hopes he can be just like his big brother, The Motorcycle Boy, until one day everything falls apart. He gets expelled, his girlfriend dumps him, and his brother gets killed. Throughout the story the author uses the literary elements conflict, point of view, and characterization to add drama, suspense,and

In the dramatic story “The Outsiders” Ponyboy is always in a dangerous situation, ever since his parents passed away his older brother Darry has been taking care of him and his second older brother Sodapop who is also under Darry’s custody, which proves that he’s not only dealing with one teenager, but with two, and being a young man himself, he has his own problems. Reading the story “The Outsiders,” Ponyboy has always been worried if he would be taken away to a boys home but he doesn't understand

The book Flush, by Carl Hiaasen is a hooking book about a boy Noah who wants to prove his dad right to everyone in the town about Dusty Muleman mistreating the water in the ocean with his casino boat. The setting takes place in the Florida Keys. When Noah is trying to catch Dusty but it isn’t easy! The character’s motivation is to make his dad proud and to get his dad to come out of jail. So, he, his sister, and an adult friend Shelly make a plan to catch him in the act. Then, one night they succeed

Within the novel, “The Outsiders”, written by S.E Hinton, it conveys the rivalry between the two gangs, the Socs and the Greasers. They constantly encounter conflict since the Socs are wealthy, living on the West side of town unlike the Greasers who are lower class, living on the opposite side of town. Each gang consists of multiple members, however, for the Greasers, particularly one member stands out from the crowd, Sodapop. His personality reveals that he is someone who endlessly provides comfort

Mark Waid once said, "Heroism is heroism, regardless of the timeframe or the backdrop." In the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, the focus is on two social groups. The Socs are the preppy and rich kids, and the greasers are the poor, trouble-making kids. Johnny Cade was a greaser. He had greasy dark hair, sad eyes, and was known as the "lost puppy". Johnny grew up in an abusive family and that made him scared and uneasy about certain situations. A hero is someone who puts others first, understands

polystyrenes, or other extoic concocts. There would be plenty of sounds in the sea from subtle snaps and sizzles of small crustaceans to warbles, grunts, pops, and hundreds of other variations produced by fish and marine mammals-but no throb of engines, no ping of depth sounders, no low rumble of mechanical or electronics subsea thunder” (Earle 6). In the book of Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans by Sylvia Earle, Sylvia predicts about how the Florida's Gulf Coast use to look like thousands years

Swift, strong, stealthy, and fascinating, sharks are marvelous fish. They are well known for their incredible sharp teeth, and vicious behavior. Sharks are extremely unique and an essential part of the ocean and sea ecosystem. There are over five hundred different types of sharks living in the world. Sharks can be divided into two main groups, large and small. The large sharks hunt for food so they are fast and agile. The small sharks usually hide in the ocean floor to catch prey and hide from

In the documentary Blackfish, two women recount the story of a Sealand trainer, Keltie Byrne, falling into a pool of orcas and ultimately paying the cost of her own life. These women and an entire crowd of people watched in horror as Tilikum, one of the orcas, pulled her to the bottom of the pool and all three of the orcas took turns tossing her around until she drowned. Since then, orcas have been viewed as dangerous and lethal. However, this is just not the case. These majestic animals are gentle

Angler fish is a bony fish from order of Lophiiformes. There are 18 families, 5 suborders and more than 200 species of anglerfish. Most angler fish around the world live in the bathypelagic zone of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans. They can survive up from 1000m to 4000m below the surface, although some live in shallow waters too. (National Geographic) Most of the angler fish are generally dark grey to dark brown in colour, they have huge heads and enormous crescent-shaped mouths filled with sharp

catches the fish he has been with for days. There is a lengthy description of how Santiago kills him with all his strength and lets his heart bleed into the sea. Ernest Hemingway portrays the twisted relationship between the man and the fish with literary techniques. He portrays this relationship through the use of imagery, structure, and paradox. Throughout the entire passage, imagery is a constant. It is used to not only create images in your mind, but to also bond you to the man, the fish, and their

The fish are in trouble. The oceans are in trouble. Our state is in trouble. I am a freshman student at the Pennsylvania State University and enrolled in an oceanography course. I grew up in Westfield, with you as my state legislative representative. In the course we learned about one of the biggest, arguably the biggest, threat facing the world’s oceans today: overfishing. Overfishing is when fish are being taken out of the ocean faster than they can reproduce. This is occurring all over the world

Animal Rights Some people assume that just because animals cannot speak that they cannot feel pain. It is not okay to torture living beings that have their own thoughts and breathe the exact same air us humans breathe. It is unjust and selfish to stand by and take no action while everyday hundreds if not thousands of innocent animals die without reason. No matter how much fur or how many limbs the creature has; it should be treated as equal as a person. A heart beat is a heartbeat regardless of the

Fish hook is a tool that we use for catching fish. It stucks in the mouth of fish and then we can catch them. The fishing hook is one of the most important devices for catching fish. Fishing hooks have been made of wood, human and animal bones, shells, horns, stone, bronze and iron over the centuries. Now they are either made of high-carbon steel or stainless still. Here are some different types of fishing hooks. J hooks J hooks are the very common type of hooks. They are the oldest model and are

the dolphin. As will be discussed in Section 5 as well, the dolphin king myth is an example of an etiological myth and has special ties to not only Neptune, but his wife Salacia (Amphitrite) as well. Lastly, when examining the Fountain of Neptune in Florence solely, there is even more iconography to be noted. For one, found on the edges of the fountain are the more inferior Greek sea gods such as Thetis, Doris, Oceanus and Nereus, depicted alongside other mythological figures like Scylla and Charybdis

In 2008 two sperm whales that were found along the California coast with large amounts of fishing net scraps, rope and other plastic debris in their stomachs died. Animals who are most often the victims of plastic debris include turtles, dolphins, fish, sharks, crabs, sea birds, and

members can identify them. Some species have patterns that differ between males and females also, which helps mating to occur. For example, Lanternfish have photophores along the belly, on the flank, head and tail. The photophores on the underside of the fish are used for camouflage, but the lateral photophores identify individual species. (Davis, Holcroft, Wiley, Sparks, & Smith, 2014). Most animals in the deep sea can only detect blue light, as it’s wavelength can penetrate water the furthest, and therefore

Imagine that you are surrounded by millions of sharks that keep circling you. There is only you, the ocean, and a bunch of hungry sharks that want to eat your face off. What would you do ? Personally I would freak out, try to escape, or accept my fate. You may be wondering how in the world do sharks correlate with overcoming shyness, and how I learned to be less awkward. Funnily enough, being surrounded by millions of sharks is the best way to explain what shyness feels like, especially if you have

his newly caught fish in. He then made it into the city and finally ended up back at his place where the story concludes. Plot: Some significant events in the story include the old man telling the boy that he will not come out to fish with him. This is foreshadowing for latter in the story when the old man wishes that he had the boy with him. Another

Once upon a time, many clownfish were first found living near the ocean floor. Let’s take a deep look down under to see exactly where they are. Clownfish prefer the warm water in the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Clownfish got their name for their vibrant orange, white, and black-striped patterns. What do these colors remind you of? ………………………………… Yes, that is correct. These colors remind us of circus clown 's costume. But that is not all. Did

Shark finning is the practice whereby the fins of the sharks are sliced off and their remaining bodies are then thrown back to the ocean where the sharks would experience a slow agonising death; either the sharks would starve to death or would be slowly eaten by other predators. Millions of sharks are killed each year for their fins, which is only 5% of their whole body weight. These fins would then be transported globally just to satisfy the demand of the shark fin soup. As of late, there is an