Pirates have been around for a while, but over time, facts were bound to become twisted and contorted. For example, pirate Halloween costumes and television depicts pirates as bandana, scarf, and earring wearing buccaneers. However, according to Angus Konstam, a pirate expert, Howard Pyle invented this look, a late 1800’s American artist, while illustrating for a children’s book and decided to depict them as Spanish bandits instead of their typical normal sailor look (Konstam). Pyle’s interpretation withstood many years and affected how people today see pirates. Another traditional pirate concept is walking the plank. This is in most pirate films, television shows, and books. This was not typical, though, pirates behaved worse and tortured
people, some even “hacking their prisoners to death with swords” (Shultz). The association between walking the plank and pirates was formed from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan (Shultz). Additionally, Pirates burying their treasure is a common myth. Surprising indeed, because much of pirate fiction revolves around X marks the spot and treasure maps. Pirates spent most of what they got on prostitution and alcohol (Pellien). Pop culture decieves common perceptions that people take as truth, resulting in pirate misconceptions. Even though most common pirate portrayals in film, media, and books, are fiction they impact views on traditional pirate behaviors and change what people associate with through altering or posting fictitious material.
Just as nobody wants to be criticized and underestimated, so does Quoyle. While his family considers him as a root of failures and doesn’t give enough love to him, Quoyle also thinks about himself that he is not part of his family and wants to leave for somewhere. He is always despondent and not confident about his family, his appearance, and his life. However, through the picture, he finds out that he has something in common with his father. The author uses various dictions, imagery, and figurative language in order to vividly illustrate how Quoyle feels about himself and his family.
In Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, especially Chapter 18, “A Bad Fall” the story becomes very mysterious and strange events start to connect. Chapter 18’s title, “A Bad Fall” relates to the first strange event, Mrs. Sharpe breaks her leg. Because she can not walk she asks Petra and Calder to mail a letter for her. Of course, as children tend to be they got curious and discuss ways to open the letter without letting Mrs. Sharpe or the person she mailed it, Ms. Hussey, know. Suddenly a man knocks Calder over and Calder drops the letter. The man puts the letter in the mailbox. Calder and Petra are saved from a life of crime!
In a book ripe with figurative language, it can be only expected that the author wouldn’t skimp on the rest of the book. This is certainly the case with Anderson’s book Chains. A series of transformational events can be found throughout the book pertaining to many different characters. Isabel is initially confused as to why she is not being freed, and by the end of the book has transformed into a freedom seeking insolent girl. However, a person must interact in order to be transformed, and she heavily interacts with her evil master, and friendly “boy [who] wore a floppy red hat…][27]
The Lost Letters of Pergamum, by Bruce W. Longnecker, is a story of letters being exchanged between characters Antipas and Luke. Antipas is a civic leader of Rome and Luke is the writer of the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. This book was written to give the modern reader a glimpse into the context of Christianity and the first century church. Longnecker conveys the life of Christ through the letters and the effects of his life on the culture. Throughout the book we see clear differences between the Roman Empire and Christianity and by the end of the letters we witness Antipas go through a dramatic change in heart and character.
"The Red Convertible," a short story written by Louise Erdrich's, she writes about the travesties of war that impose on the relationship of two brothers, Henry and Lyman. The author uses symbolism to unveil the troubles brought home by Henry after he leaves the battlefields of Vietnam. The story emphasized difficulties Lyman was forced to Handel the separation from his brother. The goal of Erdrich writing the "The Red Convertible" was to communicate the emotional stresses war creates for a soldier and how that stress affects relationships with there families.
The brutal killing of Priam, king of Troy, is both at the beginning of the story of the Aeneid and an end to the story of the Trojan war contained in the Iliad. In war, some of the most damaging things that can be accomplished are the demoralizing of the other soldiers and the desecration of their gods. The Trojans held their gods in great esteem and are portrayed as a very reverent people. This can be seen by Aeneas refusal to touch the statues of his household gods until he can clean himself of the battle from which he has just come.
In the short story "A&P" by John Updike we see a nineteen year old store clerk named Sammy; who presumably projects self-centered young adult who eventually matures throughout this one day in particular when three girls walk into the store. Later on making an impact on a decision that changes him mentally for good, this portrays his process in maturing. Into all showing that Sammy is in fact a dynamic character. Where his characters point of view evolves from having an immature behavior to slowly maturing as the day goes by to taking a stand; not caring what the consequences his decision will bring and thus, showing his becoming of age (going from boyhood to adulthood).
In “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich the two main characters Lyman and Henry are brothers that have an amazing relationship with one another. In the beginning of the story Erdrich writes about how Lyman and Henry bought a gorgeous red convertible; and together they went on plenty of road trips and bonded over the car. On the other hand, the two siblings in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” don’t have that same sibling bond. The siblings in “Everyday Use”, Maggie and Dee, are complete opposites. Dee is extremely vain, snobbish, and outspoken while Maggie is coy, insecure, and timid. Although Maggie and Dee aren’t as close as Lyman and Henry, they still have a very complex relationship in terms of being “close” to one another even though it seems as if they’re from two different planets. In the stories “Everyday Use” and “The Red Convertible”, the characters share one particular trait which is
pirate as he is portrayed in the beginning of the text nor is he the
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Elements such as mermaids, the “Fountain of Youth”, and everlasting life are not realistic and are clearly added to the film for entertainment value. However, this film could be helpful in sparking an interest in the general public on the subject of pirates. The film includes actual pirates, like Edward Teach, that may spark an interest in a viewer enough to look into the character. This interest may not have been sparked through a historical documentary because it does not have the same entertainment value as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The use of Hollywood films in understanding the history of pirates can be important in the visual representation of pirates. While reading about the history of pirates is the clear and scholarly way to gain information, it may be difficult for some students to create a visual of the people that were involved in piracy. Films allow for an instant visual to the people involved in the history that inspired the story. Reading can also be a useful way to teach the public factual history, empathy and emotion are much easier to obtain through film because the viewer is able to connect to the characters and find similarities between the content and their own lives. Through this ability for viewers to connect to the characters and themes in the film, it makes this film useful in understanding the history of
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as stubborn, clueless, and she has the typical seven year old attitude. Alyss is very headstrong, “I won’t need any lessons,” Alyss said “I’ll just imagine that I know everything and then I will, so you won’t have to give them to me“ (Beddor 26). Instead of listening to other people who are trying to help her, she is trying to be independent. She thinks she can be independent and does not need anyone else’s help, but she is too young to know everything and not need help. Alyss is also oblivious, she has no idea what a lot of things mean, “Where did you come from?” (Beddor 34). In this scene, Alyss is talking to the kitten that conjured at her feet. She is unobservant and does not think about how situations could be bad or dangerous. Alyss is also sassy and she has her ways
The Golden Age of Piracy began around 1650, and ended around 1730. Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea, but can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the criminal. The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. A pirate is one who commits robberies at sea, usually without being allotted to do so by any particular nation. The usual crime for piracy can include being hung, or publically executed. Some of the most famous pirates who were killed either because of piracy, or because of natural causes, are Barbarossa, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonney, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Greaves, William Kidd, Jean Laffite, Sir Henry Morgan, Mary Read, and Giovanni da Verrazano.
Have you ever felt like you had to live up to an ideal that is just not in you to live up to? Have you been pressured to act a certain way because that’s what’s considered the norm? If you answered yes to these questions, fear not. Societal pressures and expectations have been around for centuries. People have been singing, writing, painting, and talking about these feelings of expectation for just as long. D.H. Lawrence’s “Snake,” and Langston Hughes’s “Theme in English B,” speak to the struggles of societies expectations. Though both poems are dissimilar in many ways, they share the common thread that the main characters are fighting what society deems to be the norm both internally and externally.
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