team met to go over our ideas on what direction we were going with South Pacific I decided to sit down and read the libretto. I was already decently familiar with South Pacific, but I decided to watch the 1949 musical as well. I felt comfortable with the material and I sat down to start some background on the play. I quickly found information that the play had been based off of a book by James Michener called Tales of the South Pacific, so I picked it up and decided to skim through it and see the stories
The men stationed in the Pacific Theatre of World War II faced many challenges and hardships. The fighting that occurred with the Japanese far surpassed the level of brutality in the European theatre. Some American military units faced relentless fighting throughout the entire war, while other units waited for the entire war for orders to deploy into combat, and never actually saw any action. Only a few stories surrounding both ends of the spectrum of men in the Pacific Theatre exist, and even a
In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coleridge writes of a sailor bringing a tale to life as he speaks to a wedding guest. An ancient Mariner tells of his brutal journey through the Pacific Ocean to the South Pole. Coleridge suffers from loneliness, because of his lifelong need for love and livelihood; similarly, during the Mariner’s tale, his loneliness shows when he becomes alone at sea, because of the loss of his crew. Having a disastrous dependence to opium and laudanum, Coleridge, in partnership
Blackbirding is the practice of enslaving people onto ships, usually through the use of deception and bribery, especially the inhabitants from the South Pacific Islands, and then transporting them to the sugar cane and cotton plantations, particularly in Queensland, Australia, to work as labourers. This practice was not limited to the blackbirding in Queensland, Australia, and had already occurred on the Chincha Islands in Peru. This dreadful practice occurred predominantly between the 1860’s and
work can take the form of a novel, a short story, a play, a poem, and so forth, with a plethora of genres to follow. David Mitchell’s, Cloud Atlas, ‘more or less’ takes the form of a novel. However, Mitchell’s peculiar use of structure to present a tale that spans the lives of six different protagonists across the depths of space and time, grant the novel six different genres from historical fiction to comedy to post-apocalyptic dystopia. As quite eloquently put by Keily Oakes of the British Broadcasting
The Red One Jack London was one of America’s greatest authors. His works were of tales from the unexplored savage lands of the Klondike to the cannibal infested Philippine Island chain of the vast Pacific, and even the far reaches of space and time. Jack London himself was a pioneer of the unexplored savage frontier. London wrote about this unknown frontier with a cunning sense of adventure and enthrallment. “He keeps the reader on tenterenters books by withholding facts in a way that
Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe. From Spain he sailed around South America, discovering what is known today as the Strait of Magellan, and across the Pacific Ocean. Although he was killed in the Philippines, one of his ships, the Victoria, continued westward and back to Spain, where they left off originally. As a result, his group of explorers accomplished the first circumnavigation of the globe. Like with any other journey, his was filled
few of his men, were able to capture Atahualpa, Emperor of the mighty Inca Empire, and conquered the Incan Empire in the year of 1532. He was greatly responsible for the expansion of the Spanish dominion into the western side of South America and also explored the Pacific Coast of America. This are some of the things that make him important. Today, people don’t know whether if Francisco Pizarro was born in the early 1471’s or the late 1478’s due to some confusion on his date of birth. He was born
The expansion of Polynesia across the Pacific occurred a long time ago, which historians believe took more than over 2000 years for Polynesian expansion to arise and cover a massive amount of the Pacific region. The arrival of first Polynesians in New Zealand, were from the South Pacific and were the first to discover the subcontinent of New Zealand. Polynesian explorers had settled into New Zealand by the thirteenth century, arriving during the year approximately 1280. Most of the Polynesian settlement
between Niagara, New York, and the Detroit River. During the 1850's, North and South routes were developed both East and West of the Alleghenies. It was not until after the Civil War, however, that a permanent railroad bridge was constructed across the Ohio River. After the Civil War, the pace of railroad building increased. The Pacific railroads, the Union Pacific building from Omaha, Nebraska, and the Central Pacific building from Sacramento, California, had started to build a transcontinental railroad
engineering innovation on an unprecedented scale. The construction of the Canal was the epitome of man's mastery over nature. The result of it completion however meant for the first time there was an international waterway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, via the Caribbean Ocean. This route simplified the passage of ships between these two bodies of water, by cutting across the Isthmus of Panama. ... ... middle of paper ... ... Canal should be included to demonstrate that architectural
Rodgers and Hammerstein Collaborations Oklahoma! The first collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein was entitled Oklahoma! The idea of the musical came from a play called Green Grow the Lilacs, written by Lynn Riggs in 1931. This story is about the state of Oklahoma at the turn of the century, when the Indian Territory joined the United States. It is the story of a girl named Laurey Williams and her (sort of) love triangle with two boys by the names of Curley McClain and Jud Fry. Laurey is in love
white exaggerated the tales of foreign intervention. Stories of women being ... ... middle of paper ... ...ave to refuel making the trip, and could be seriously monopolized just for fuel. Military-wise, Asian countries would not be able to travel the Pacific Ocean to attack, leaving the U.S. relatively safe in its new Imperialistic force. Also, Puerto Rico lies east of the Panama Canal, which controls passage between the American continents. With America owning all Pacific Island territories, another
their tribes but their nation in order to save the lives of their people. Among the Indians of the Pacific Northwest, perhaps the best known may be Chief Seattle. Chief Seattle (more correctly known as Seathl or Sealth) was born sometime between 1786-1790 on Blake Island at the campsite of his ancestors. Blake Island lies south and a little east of Bainbridge Island and west and a little south of Seattle. Seattle was the son of Suquamish leader named Schweabe and a Duwamish woman named Scholitza
to circumnavigate the world even though it may have not ended the way that was hoped. Although many people believe Amelia Earhart passed away in the crash connected to her flight, it can be proved that Earhart’s life continued an island in the Pacific Ocean. Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Mrs. Earhart was a woman of many accomplishments. She set the world flying record reaching a grand total of 18,415 feet. She
novel. He uses this literary structure not just to entertain the reader, but also to share a belief and realization. Cloud Atlas is not necessarily set in one time period or place; it is set in several ages and locations, from the 19th Century South Pacific islands to California in the
As children it is our family members that make us aware of our religious beliefs. We then continue our religious education when we attend Sunday school and morning church service along with our family. Many families also attend Sunday evening service as well as the middle of the week church meetings as well as adult bible study and choir practice. Some parents in order to insure their children receive a better education and to reinforce their religious beliefs enroll their children into parochial
journey to the Spice Islands. Eighteen months into this voyage they landed on Limasawa, where Enrique heard people talking in his native language. When he approached them, they welcomed him. He also proved that the world truly is round and debunked all tales of it being flat (though many people didn’t even think the world was flat and acknowledged that is was round). This discovery led to, lets say, a disbelief in religion. “Since the Earth was revolving daily, heaven and hell could not be located where
Life in the 1850's In 1850, Scandinavian gold miners in California formed the first ski clubs in the United States. On June 2nd, a series of fires destroyed several million dollars worth of property in San Francisco. In 1851, Cornelius Vanderbilt established a steam ship route from New York to California. In 1852, Congress established the Oregon territory. A year later, a San Francisco club introduced the Irish sport of hurling into the United States. That same year a yellow
Herman Melville: A Biography And Analysis Throughout American history, very few authors have earned the right to be called “great.” Herman Melville is one of these few. His novels and poems have been enjoyed world wide for over a century, and he has earned his reputation as one of the finest American writers of all time. A man of towering talent, with intellectual and artistic brilliance, and a mind of deep insight into human motives and behavior, it is certainly a disgrace that his true greatness