Thomas Hardy once said, “A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it
must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man
and woman.” This quote means that when an author writes a story, it is not supposed to be just
your typical narrative. There should be something that makes it different. I concur with
this statement. Two pieces of literature that support this are Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones
by Christopher Krovatin and Danger in Space: Surviving the Apollo 13 Disaster by Henry M.
Holden.
In Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones, the writer reveals that there are just three kids who
do not even like each other and are lost in the woods. However, those woods are not what
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they seem. Set in the Montana countryside, the story demonstrates that Ian, Kendra, and PJ, the protagonists, are stranded and everything seems to be going alright and they have a map and GPS to find their way back but everytime they think they are almost there, everything changes.
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is like they are in a never ending maze. This section of the story relates to the critical lens
because it is not a common adventure book. Instead, Krovatin puts an exciting spin on it and
decides to make it unique. In this part of the narrative, the author uses the literary element of
tone to make the story seem very tenebrous and dark during there search back to camp.
Therefore, it is clearly evidenced in Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones that makes it the outcast
and uncommon from other stories.
Henry M. Holden’s Danger In Space: Surviving the Apollo 13 Disaster also shows us that
anything can happen that is not normal. Set in Houston, Texas and in outer space the story
reveals that the protagonists, astronauts James Lovell Jr., Jack Swigert Jr., Fred Haise Jr., and
Mission Control in Houston, Texas, are up against a spacecraft 200,000 miles away from Earth
and 45,000 miles away from the moon. This part of the story relates to the critical lens because it
is a matter of life and death and nothing like it has ever happened before. It is not like Lovell,
Swigert, and Haise are on Earth communicating with Houston to fix the problem, they are
in Space! The slightest mess up could mean the end of manned space travel to the moon and the end of the lives of three astronauts. In this part of the story, the author uses the literary element of theme to express to readers that safety is always first! Most people say that the mission of Apollo 13 was a “successful failure” due to them not landing on the moon but at the same time being able to not lose any of the crew. As a result, it is clearly evidenced in Danger In Space: Surviving the Apollo 13 Disaster that everything was clearly unusual about this whole mission and that is what makes it so interesting. As Thomas Hardy once said, “A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman.” In Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones, the group of kids think they are just lost in a forest when in reality, they are most likely never going to come out. In Danger In Space: Surviving the Apollo 13 Disaster, everybody is on the edge of their seats while the three astronauts are in space trying to reach home safely. From these two works of literature, readers can learn that sometimes making the story unexpected, unfamiliar, or different, it can be a true, unique story.
Tom Wolfe writes in the book “The Right Stuff” about early jet pilots that demonstrated extreme bravery, and behaviorisms that enabled them to be part of a furtive group of individuals. It has been said that these men usually assemble in groups among themselves in a way that solicited the men to be a part of a privileged membership. It is these pilots with proven courage, and abilities that will go forward testing the next barrier; space.
On a cold winter’s morning on the 28th day of January in the year 1986, America was profoundly shaken and sent to its knees as the space shuttle Challenger gruesomely exploded just seconds after launching. The seven members of its crew, including one civilian teacher, were all lost. This was a game changer, we had never lost a single astronaut in flight. The United States by this time had unfortunately grown accustomed to successful space missions, and this reality check was all too sudden, too brutal for a complacent and oblivious nation (“Space”). The outbreak of sympathy that poured from its citizens had not been seen since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The disturbing scenes were shown repeatedly on news networks which undeniably made it troublesome to keep it from haunting the nation’s cognizance (“Space”). The current president had more than situation to address, he had the problematic undertaking of gracefully picking America back up by its boot straps.
The following four texts apart of the Culminating Activity were all related to the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, which had first put a man on the moon. The first article was from the Times of London, and served to describe the events of the moon landing from the astronaut's point of view. The article used anecdotal evidence to describe Aldrin and Armstrong's experience in order to inform the audience of what had occurred, as well as the reactions in several different countries.. The speaker is a from a reputable news source, The Times, and is informing the European audience - as this event was apart of America’s space program, NASA - of the landing as a great success. Although
Literary elements are the components of a written piece formed by an author. For example, a poem or short story, in which all of them have settings, plots, and themes that are used to help elaborate their compositions. They help depict the author’s intentions and encourage insight or understanding of the overall meaning even if it’s not easily understood by the reader. “Blue Winds Dancing” by Tom Whitecloud and “The Victims” by Sharon Olds both show examples of conflicts that evolve dynamic characters as a product of growth from their previous experiences.
On July 16, 1969 the space ship Apollo 11 left from Kennedy Space Center en route to the moon. The crew consisted of Neil A. Armstrong, the commander; Edwin E. Aldrin, the jr. lunar module pilot; and Michael Collins, the commander module pilot...
On April 13, 1970, NASA's Mission Control heard the five words that no control center ever wants to hear: "We've got a problem here." Jack Swigert, an astronaut aboard the Apollo 13 aircraft, reported the problem of broken down oxygen tanks to the Houston Control Center, less than two days after its takeoff on April 11th. Those at the Control Center in Houston were unsure what had happened to the spacecraft, but knew that some sort of explosion had occurred. This so-called explosion sent Apollo 13 spinning away from the Earth at 2,000 miles per hour, 75 percent of the way to the moon. In order to get the astronauts back to the Earth's atmosphere would be to utilize the moon's gravitational pull and send them back towards home, like a slingshot. However, this procedure would require three days, and this demanded more oxygen and electricity than the crew had available to them. Eugene "Gene" Kranz, head of this flight mission, although looking on in horror, began thinking of solutions to the problem immediately after the Controls were aware of the problem on board. Knowing that the options of refueling the spacecraft with oxygen or retrieve the astronauts himself, he needed to think of a strategy for a safe return. In this sense, if his solution fails, it could result in the biggest catastrophe in NASA history.
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space adventure film directed by Ron Howard. The film depicts astronauts Jim Lovell,
When writing “In Event of Moon Disaster” William Safire acted as a comforting yet encouraging mother for a grieving nation. While acknowledging the need for the public to mourn and remember the deceased astronauts the writer also tries to boost the morale of the American people exclaiming that the astronaut's sacrifice will not be forgotten.
Ever since the age of nine, Chris Hadfield was determined to fulfill his dream of becoming an astronaut. Hadfield enrolled in programs that would enhance his knowledge and skills in materials that would contribute to an astronaut. Regardless of the amount of homework he had, Hadfield found time to stay in shape and take care of his health to make sure he was allowed to participate in space missions. As an astronaut, Hadfield was introduced to work with different cultures and gain new friendships with people who had the same interest as him. Chris Hadfield is an accomplished astronaut who has taught readers that dreams come with dedication. Chris Hadfield found his career as a way to bring meaning into his life. Chris Hadfield encourages readers to find something enjoyable and use it as a source to achieve dreams. Then readers can grow their cognitive, physical, and social development through something that they are strongly passionate
Human minds cannot comprehend how colossal an idea like space is. To obtain a firmer understanding of what or who is floating around up there, scientists all around the world invest their entire fortune and lives into exploring the unknown. Many explorations have proven successful in expanding human knowledge about space, but Skylab, America’s first space station, has demonstrated triumphant in three different space missions documenting the foreign world (Dunbar, “Part I”). Skylab Space Station was a revolutionary development in the history of space exploration with its many missions and daily life for its astronauts.
The literary element characterization played a major role in this novel. In the story there
“We just kept putting off the worry as we focused on the next problem and how to solve it (-Fred Haise). Fred Haise was born in Biloxi Mississippi US on November 14th 1933. When he was 28 he was recruited by the Military during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. He served the military for 10 months. Eventually he was recruited for the Apollo 13 mission. During the flight one of the oxygen tanks exploded forcing NASA and the astronauts to abort the mission. The astronauts used the lunar module as a lifeboat and used the moon as a slingshot to launch them back to Earth. Fred Haise Pioneered space exploration, while persisting to innovate ways to overcome human curiosity, and illuminated the world by expanding knowledge.
In conclusion, it is hard to grasp the true meaning of the story unless the story is read a second time because of the author's style of writing.
writing of this novel pulls readers into a unique reading experience of an unlikely narrator.
that the novel is a log of events and a tale of what might be in the