Chambered Nautilus Essays

  • Figurative Language In Oliver Wendell Holmes The Chambered Nautilus

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    Of all the poems in the catalog given to us in class, “The Chambered Nautilus” by Oliver Wendell Holmes was by far one of my favorites and definitely appealed to my emotion the most. The amount of figurative language used certainly added to the poem and enabled me to imagine a mental image of the scenes depicted through Holmes’ stanzas. Visual imagery is known to add depth to a piece of writing and appeal to human senses to further deepen the reader’s understanding of the work, hence the work leaving

  • 20,000 leagues under the sea

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    Nemo. Captain Nemo informs them that he has “broken with humanity,” and because of this they can never leave so that no one finds out about him. The information surprises the men, but they are informed that they will have freedom on his ship, the Nautilus. Nemo informs the men that they will be going on a journey through the seas, they do many things do many things on their adventure including hunting underwater, visit famous shipwrecks, and eating delicious foods. In one of their expeditions they

  • The Serpent-Like Creature Sparknotes

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    Then one day the captain walked in and introduced himself. He told the men that his name was captain Nemo, and that they were aboard the Nautilus. He told them that he despised life on land, so he built a submarine, and decided to live underwater. Captain Nemo said that he got all of his necessities from the ocean, and that nobody knew about the submarine except the crew, and the three men

  • The Three Skeleton Key

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    “Quick! To the cellar” I shrieked sprinting to the narrow stairwell leading to the musty, old cellar. We would be safe there...I think. The herd of angry sea rats was swallowed by the mouth of the entrance of the lighthouse. I looked back to see the sea rats running on top of each other trying to grasp anyone of us. We finally reached the cellar. Itchoua heaved the rusty bolt that locks the cellar up into the lock. “Quick! Move the barrel over to the door” Le Gleo ordered pointing to the place he

  • Finding Nemo: Who's To Blame?

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    Hey you! Now that I have your attention may I ask you if you have ever seen the movie Finding Nemo? If so, then you would know why he was taken, right? IF you haven’t then all that can be said is that it was his fault. It could have easily been avoided if he had listened to his father. Although it was just a Disney movie, it still relates to the topic that people in a fatal situation should be held accountable for their actions. Like the men aboard the James Carid, some life or death situations

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Some time ago, I decided to read Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, by Jules Verne. I figured that because it was so well known it must be an extremely interesting book. In addition, it was science fiction, the one area that I was always interested. My assumption was only partially correct, for I only was to a degree interested in the piece of writing. When Jules Verne was writing this book, he must have been reading some incredibly dull science book the

  • 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

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    captain for you never know when or where you might travel. Nemo also has the ability to apply his knowledge into educating his men. It was his genius mind that taught them where to gather, and piece together, the components that would later become the Nautilus. All in all, Captain Nemo is... ... middle of paper ... ...e in an inferior position to oneself. With his respectful attitude, the captain is able to put his “guests'; at ease. “The island of Ceylon, noted for it’s pearl-fisheries

  • 2000 leagues under the sea

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    “I am not what you call a civilized man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!" - Captain Nemo. These strong words that echoed through out the natallius showed that a man thought to be good and science loving, could turn it into such an evil thing. Pierre Aronnax in the story 20000 leagues under the sea by Jules Vernes, faces a large conflict with only

  • Analysis Of Journey To The Mysterious Island

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    -The novel called ”Journey to the mysterious island” is one of the most famous and known works by the French author Jules Verne. The book tells the adventures of five Americans that gets stranded on an uncharted island that's is believed to be somewhere in the south pacific. The story begins during the American Civil war,As famine and death ravages during this period in the US, five prisoners of the civil war decides to escape by the hijacking a balloon. The ones that escaped are a railroad engineer

  • Admiral Rickover: The Father Of The Nuclear Navy

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    In the world, there are currently over 140 nuclear-powered ships, each of which is powered by more than 180 miniaturized nuclear reactors. Although most of them are submarines, they can also range from icebreakers to aircraft carriers. While there have been many people to contribute to the research and development of nuclear propulsion, none of them have been more influential than Admiral Hyman George Rickover, known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy.” Accomplished in his naval career, he was a

  • The Raven And Transcendentalism

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    American poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., in his poem, “The Chambered Nautilus”, compared the adventures and experiences of the nautilus to those of humans. The nautilus has many adventures throughout its course of short life that have shaped it to become beautiful, with many lessons to teach those who encounter it. The author uses metaphor, personification, and apostrophe to create imagery that assimilate to several people. The nautilus is considered beautiful because of what it’s been through and

  • Eye Evolution Essay

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    Cubozoan jellyfish: an Evo/Devo model for eyes and other sensory systems. Int J Dev Biol 48: 719–729 Singla, C. L. 1974. Ocelli of hydromedusae. Cell. Tiss. Res. IJ9; 413-429. Sousounis, k., A. Ogura, and P.A. Tsonis. 2013. Transcriptome Analysis of Nautilus and Pygmy Squid Developing Eye Provides Insights in Lens and Eye Evolution. PLoS ONE 8(10): e78054 Wells, M.J. 1997. Cephalopod Behaviour. Trends ecol evol 12(2): 82-83 Wistow, G. J., and J. Piatigorsky. 1988. Lens crystallins: the evolution and

  • Proportion and the Golden Ratio

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    608033 that we known as the Golden Section. There are several examples on nature about this perfect, beautiful and proportionate creation. Some of them are the sunflowers, the Pinwheel Galaxy, the Aloe plant, some type of flowers, some insects, the Nautilus as I mentioned before, and so many other examples. As a conclusion, if we are looking for a living prove of perfection through balanced proportions, we just have to see around us and appreciated the excellence on nature. Mathematics are used to created

  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Impact On American Design

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    in the background and he also uses neutral colors that melt in with the landscape. Another building in which Wright is infamous for with its organic design is the Guggenheim Museum (figure 2) in New York City. The Museum design is that of a chambered nautilus, modern design with an organic twist. This building exemplifies Wright's new ways to

  • The Environment of Big Bend National Park

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    What can we learn about the current and future environment from the paleo-environment in Big Bend National Park? Transgression and Regression of Mid- to Upper Cretaceous Seas Cretaceous Rock Formations of The Big Bend Area TRANSGRESSION/REGRESSION The cycles of the ocean waters rising (transgressing) and receding (regressing) are known as transgressive-regressive cycles. The mid- to Upper Cretaceous rocks in the Big Bend area of southwest Texas encompasses rock ages from approximately

  • A Study of Literature Isms

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    (VanSpanckeren, “The Romantic Period: Essayists and Poets”). His works interpreted everything from society and language to medicine and human nature (VanSpanckeren, “The Romantic Period: Essayists and Poets”). In one of his philosophical poems, “The Chambered Nautilus,” he writes in the last line, “Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!” (Holmes 35). Edgar Allan Poe’s poems told of solitary individuals witnessing lonely visions from the grave (VanSpanckeren, “The Romantic Period: Fiction”)

  • Overview of Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen

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    Throughout the introduction, the author, David Quammen refers to a wide variety of unique and unheard of organisms that exist in nature. Not only do these organisms sound weird, but many often behave in unordinary ways. The okapi, the Xylocaris, the chambered nautilus, and the plant that eats frogs are just examples of the many different organisms Quammen talks about. The reason for Quammen’s use of such organisms is not to scare readers away from nature, but to actually lure them in. The main idea of Quammen’s

  • Fabulous Fibonacci

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    Fabulous Fibonacci One of the most common places to see Fibonacci numbers is in the growth patterns of plants. Growth spirals are characterized by both a circular motion, and elongation. As a branch grows, it produces leaves at regular intervals, but not after each complete circle of its spiral. The reason the leaves are not directly above each other is because all of the leaves would not be able to get the necessary elements. It appears that leaves are generated on the stem in phyllotactic

  • The Extinction of The Dinosaurs

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    shock wave (Erdman). Many species went extinct when the asteroid hit, these species include dinosaurs, ammonites (certain ocean dwelling creatures), pterosaurs, and some plant groups dinosaurs, ammonites (mollusks related to the octopus and the chambered nautilus), pterosaurs, and certain plant groups. Although devastating, the asteroid did not wipe out all of the animals on Earth, it didn’t exterminate fish, frogs, turtles, birds, mammals and croco... ... middle of paper ... ...ageddon to Victory

  • The American Dream During the Romantic Period

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    The Romantic Dream The Romantic period was an entirely unique era in American history that produced new life philosophies through the focus of nature and exploration resulting in the evolution of the American Dream. Consequently, some of the world’s greatest advancements in arts and literature were accomplished during this time period. Authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Fennimore Cooper, and Oliver Wendell Holmes sparked the imagination of American audiences through newfound literature