AbstractOak Island is an island that is full of mystery and wonder. One secret it holds is the fact that the island is cursed. There are reasons that prove that this island is cursed. The three components that factor into the curse is the treasure on the island, unexplained deaths, and booby traps throughout the landscape. The treasure’s location, better known as the “money pit, is found in a water pit on the island. Another factor is the unexplained deaths on the island. People go to Oak Island and never come home. Lastly, the elaborate booby-traps all throughout the island. The main one is the watering holes put all throughout the island. These holes are places that the ocean seeps it and fills it up, but then will drain off in a long amount …show more content…
The island is full of many unknown secrets. This makes this place a very interesting place to explore. The only problem is that the island is cursed. The curse on this island proves the existence of the intricate booby-traps, pirate origins, and several unexplained deaths. Oak Islands is an island is a place known to have buried treasure somewhere amidst all the tunnels underneath it. The place has had many unexplained deaths occur on it. People go missing trying to find a treasure hidden deep in the bellows of Oak Island. The explorers go in hopes to find the treasure that the pirates left it. It says that the origin of the island is from pirates. Lastly, underneath there are many elaborate tunnels. The origins of Oak Island play a big part in the curse. One thing that has elaborate booby-traps all around. Some may say that it is just a part of the landscape, but why would these “landscapes” just so happen to be all around these tunnels. These traps are most likely trying to conceal the treasure. The way they do is by things such as the tunnels filling with water. In one article they state, “The Onslow Company had inadvertently unplugged a 500-foot waterway that had been dug from the pit to nearby Smith's Cove by the pit's designers.” (Keyes, 1996). This pit fills up the tunnels when walking into them, and then they almost instantly drain out. These tunnels strategically place themselves all throughout the island, and the waterways are just like little traps. Explorers believe that they hide something from the world. People who try to go and find the treasure are just doomed to die. This one reason is why this island is cursed, but other details also help prove that
At first the island seems like it is just a nice fishing spot. Later in the story you figure out that it symbolizes the baby because of the hints the young man and women give you. They leave the trailer park in the beginning to find an answer regarding the baby. When the couple gets to the island, Banks describes, “Large, rounded rocks lay around the island, half-submerged in the shallow water, like back of huge, coal-colored hippos”(69). This symbolizes that they are at a rough part of their
The whole island is in the shape of a giant square with white sandy beaches full of people sunbathing, swimming and fishing right on the shoreline. From the end of the hot pavement parking lot to shore of the beach is an ocean of soft white sand. The pearlescent white sand seems to know how to invade every nook and cranny almost as if it enjoys it. Walking around the beach on the fluffy whiteness surrounding the parking lot, the seagulls are fighting over scraps of food on the ground. “Sandy beach ecosystems provide invaluable services to humankind. Their functions have been exploited through history, with significant anthropogenic effects (Lucrezi, 2015)”. This white sandy beach is a beautiful refuge from the mundane grind of everyday life. The smell of the misty ocean air mixed with the sound of seagulls hovering above and kids playing is a tonic for the mind. The feel of the sand between their toes and the waves crashing over them as people swim in the water, or the jerk of a fishing pole when someone is catching a fish makes Fred Howard Park one of the best places to relax. Standing on the beach looking out on the water, people are kayaking and windsurfing. The lifeguards watching vigilantly in their bright red shirt and shorts, blowing their whistles when they see someone being unsafe. After a long day of swimming and laying around visitors head back over the soft white sand to the showers, in order to rinse off the menacing sand that clings to everything like a bad habit. Everyone rushes over the hot pavement burning their feet to reach their cars so they can put away their beach paraphernalia which is still covered in the white sand, nearly impossible to completely leave behind, so when they get home it serves as a reminder of where they were that
The island is about 4 square miles and is today a place for tourism in the great lakes. Many thousands of years ago though this was a little piece of land with bluffs reaching high above its surroundings and was a merely a small piece of land surrounded by water. It was because of these bluffs the appearance of the island resembled a turtle and led to it being named “The Great Turtle” (Piljac, 1998). Currently the island reaches several hundred feet above the lake and it’s because of this geography that many nations saw this as a perfect military post and would be used over and over again throughout its history as such.
One would ruminate that 1100 men equipped with 30 pieces of artillery defending an un-finished fort would be no match for three thousand men and nine war ships armed with 270 cannons. Contrarily, on 28 June 1776 during the Revolutionary War, the American Forces proved a decisive victory against the British, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence was days later. The Patriots, under the leadership of Colonel William Moultrie, made a fort of the indigenous Sabal (cabbage) Palmetto Palm tree and took advantage of the British’s poor planning and lack of integration for a decisive American victory. Due to this battle, the Palmetto Palm tree was added to South Carolina’s state flag in 1861, and to this day, 28 June 1776 is termed South Carolina’s Independence Day. Sources used in this Battle Analysis are all from American internet sites, with some originating from South Carolina. The Sources seem to glorify the American Victory and favor the Patriots.
Curse of Oak Island is a History channel series documenting the journey of Rick and Marty Lagina’s search for a supposed treasure tucked away on Oak Island in Nova Scotia. Many treasure seekers either died or had gone broke due to their attempts to crack the puzzle of the treasure. It is also rumored that Oak Island is cursed causing the failure of those who seek the treasure or “money pit.” This review shall summarize the efforts of Rick and Marty as well as offering a critique of the overall series concerning its reliability and accuracy.
...m the island is if they make smoke. To make smoke, they must build a fire. They decide to put the fire on top of the mountain because it is the highest point on the island and they smoke would be easier to see to passing by ships. Everybody at this point thinks it’s a great idea and thinks is willing to pitch in to get the fire going. They are very enthusiastic and they all want to get of the island as soon as possible. Rescue is the first and only thing that is going through the minds of the boys. Fire also represents civilty because fire is used for warmth, comfort and tool-making. All things that are needed in a civil society and at this point in the novel, the boys are very civil. Jack and some of the other boys are starting to lose will to be rescued. ‘”We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time…”’ (Golding 73)
Only 26 miles long and not even 1 mile wide, Topsail Island offers a unique environment blending the Atlantic Ocean and the Intercostal Waterway. Although mostly peaceful and scenic, the vast beach that stretches the entire length of the island and the plethora of colorful summer homes that crowd the limited space are prone to obliteration. Extremely susceptible to hurricanes, Topsail survives off federal aid to rebuild and redevelop. There are more tourist traps and junk store littered about the island than grocery stores due to FEMA and the Federal government pouring millions of dollars into the salvaging the barrier island, attempting to rebuild the beaches and consequently boosting the economy and tourism. Though known to be a sinkhole for federal subsidies, the island sponsors numerous environmental projects protecting local wildlife and promoting sustainability. Following frequent destruction from hurricanes over the past two decades, Topsail Island has responded in an ironic manner by both rebuilding and developing while also expanding its growing concern with environmental protection.
People had different opinions on the island. Some people wanted to have fire and the other half wanted food. They would need both to have a good lifestyle but would have to agree on who would hunt and who would keep the fire going. They needed the fire as a signal to leave the island and also to cook food to stay alive. John Locks would not like this because when this happened, there wasn't a vote and some of the people left because they didn't agree with each other.
One of the greatest mysteries among readers of Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi is the section in the novel containing the strange Algae Island. Some believe that the Island is a figment of Pi’s imagination, a hallucination. Others believe that it is real and has supporting evidence of it being so. Personally, I believe both and neither at the same time. Throughout this paper I will explain why.
Well I can certainly see why this book was rated with five stars. I found Sagan’s book, “A demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” one of the most eye-opening books that I have read in a very long time. I must admit that when this book was first presented to me I doubted just how great this would be. Here in my head I was thinking “Okay I don’t want to read a book about engineering I want to do engineering.” But the thought process went on and I must admit it was well worth reading this book. Although the book was slow to begin, as most books are, the pace picked up and took me right along for the ride.
A pirate named Pete and his parrot are always on the search for anything that involves gold. The Queen has a treasure map and they need to get their hands on it because there’s probably gold! After they steal the map, they’re on their way to Mermaid Island. However, along their journey, they find other islands that tempt Pete and his parrot to look for gold. Pete thinks that there will be gold fillings on Candy Island. On Sleepy Island, Pete thinks he'll find gold dust from the one and only Mr. Sandman. On Clover Island, Pete and is parrot can search for a pot of gold. But, the children on Candy Island brush their teeth. When Pete thinks nothing else could possibly get worse, he sees another pirate ship coming towards them.
Money, money, money, and the love of money is the root of all evil. Money, has led the characters of Treasure Island to kill, lie, cheat, and put themselves in great peril to acquire it. The Squire Trelawney, the good Doctor, and Jim really have no cause to go in the search of the fortune that they did not earn or place where it rest. Wealth, whether found, earned, or inherited does not automatically speak well of the owner. The test of one’s character should be more than economical success.
In his collection of criticism on Poe's stories, Thompson discusses the use of the occult in "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains." He begins the article by explaining that this story might be the product of Poe's "fascination with, but detached attitudes toward, the pseudoscientific occultism of his age." He gives us some technical terms for the techniques that Poe uses in this story: "metempsychosis" is the transmigration of souls, and is the word that surfaces frequently throughout this discussion of "Ragged Mountains." First Thompson discusses the idea that Poe set up the tale in a very specific way; as he puts it, "Poe himself wove a web for the purpose of unraveling." He believes that Poe set up a series of clues to guide the reader through the story. So, first the reader gets a "scientific" explanation of the events that seem supernatural, which is then followed by a "psychological" explanation (which is the opposite of the scientific facts). The final clue is the reader discovering that this tale is very similar ...
Imagine discovering a village near the ocean the same way as its inhabitants left it hundreds of years prior. Almost as if life paused and resumed a couple centuries later. Untouched and undamaged, just like they left it. The Makah was a Native American tribe who inhabited Washington in the 1800’s. The Makah were skilled fishermen and hunters. Around 1560 five lodgehouses in Ozette were buried due to a mudslide. The mudslide maintained the houses in low oxygen which cause the items to be perfectly preserved. After a storm in the 1970’s part of the artifacts were uncovered and what was found was astonishing.
The end of Season 4 of Curse of Oak Island was a bit upsetting for fans. It just gave more hints, but didn't solve what they wanted. It was even a two-hour finale. Right now, they are about ten years in to trying to find out what is going on here and have spent a ton of money. Everyone wonders if it is worth it to