Swimming Upstream Essays

  • Swimming Upstream Themes

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    INTRODUCTION Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian drama film directed by Russell Mulcahy. It shows the life of Fingleton from childhood to adulthood, and dealing with a loving family. Shine is a 1996 Australian drama film based on the life of David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. The screenplay was directed by Scott Hicks. These movies both involve characters, actions and themes to make the audience feel emotions throughout the Australian films. CHARACTERS

  • Tony Fingleton Swimming Upstream

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    Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian biographical drama that portrays historical family events, from childhood to adulthood, written and co-produced by Tony Fingleton, directed by Russell Mulcahy and produced by Howard Baldwin, Karen Dianne Baldwin, and Paul Pompian. Swimming Upstream begins in the 1950s, and follows the true story of Tony Fingleton from his point of view, surrounded by his dysfunctional family. Always overshadowed and underestimated by his mentally and physically abusive father

  • What Are The Themes In The Film Shine

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    Scott Hicks, this film is based on a true life of a pianist David Helfgott, who has suffered a mental breakdown and has spent years in institutions. Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian drama film directed by Russel Mulcahy, that is based on a true story of a young boy, who overcame a family dysfunction to become a world-class athlete. Swimming Upstream is a poignant and powerful film about dreams, ambitions and family dysfunctions whilst Shine is applying an emotive feeling to emphases what the characters

  • High Technology Swimwear

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    with the development of the technology, there is one thing that has totally changed that mindset forever, that is the high-technology swimwear. The high-technology swimwear is designed and manufactured for swimmers to swim faster in high competitive swimming sports. Some studies showed that wearing high-technology swimsuit can reduce the drag up to 4% and even increase the speed by 3% to 7%. The Fastskin is one of the most well-known swimsuits manufactured by the sports equipment company Speedo, with

  • Swimming and Cycling

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    Competitive Swimming People have been swimming since the Stone Age, but it wasn’t until the 1830’s in England when swimming became a competitive sport. This was a direct result from the creation of the first indoor artificial swimming pool in 1828. The Olympic Games adopted swimming in 1896 but were held in open water for the first four Olympics. In the 1908 Summer Olympics a 100m pool was built which marks the first artificial Olympic pool. Pools of 50m and 25m are more commonly used today and implement

  • The Occupation Of Swimming In Competitive Swimming: Competitive Swimming

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    The occupation that is displayed in the following pictures is the occupation of swimming; specifically competitive swimming. How does this occupation contribute to the person’s identity, quality of life, and well-being? The occupation of swimming can influence people differently. For my client it is not just a form of leisure, an IADL or form of social participation. It is an occupation that has provided a specific role for him, it has become a part of his routine, and it has influenced what

  • Hyperspace

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    conclude that lilies could move without being touched because a mysterious invisible being called a force acted between them. They might give this illusion impressive names (such as action-at-a-distance. Many scientists believe we are like the fish swimming contentedly in that pond. We live our lives in our own “pond,” confident that our universe consists of only the see and touch. Like the fish, our universe consists of what is familiar and visible. We smugly refuse admit that parallel dimensions or

  • Evolution Of Swimming Essay

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    The evolution of swimming Daniel Ruiz Swimming started in ancient times it can be dated to prehistoric times, we can know this because The Bible, The Iliad and, The Odyssey all contain information about this sport (ICNsportsweb, 2014). Egyptians also incorporated this information, in their old clay there are humans swimming the crawl style; these clays are from 4000 B.C. An old story about swimming says that it was necessary to learn how to

  • Obsession With the American Dream in John Cheever’s The Swimmer

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    For countless years the American dream has been the golden opportunity for every person. An issue that John Cheever created in “The Swimmer,” is the obsession of the American dream. He portrays Neddy Merrill as a wealthy male with a family. Neddy is also a alcoholic and has a mistress he goes too. The story starts off with him being self center by choosing invitations that he wants to go to. He begins to swim through his neighbors pools to get to his house. As Neddy Merrill swims through the pools

  • Personal Essay: Stand Up Paddle

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    I slowly lifted one leg and then the other, I was standing. The instructor gave the nod, and I was an expert already? That wasn’t so difficult; except that the next moment I was in the water. Of course, I skipped the details and shared photos of me standing on the board with my friends instead whose reaction was, ‘What is this thing called SUP?’. SUP, or better known as Stand Up Paddling has long been a popular form of exercise. A paddle and a board were the main gear needed. Surfing waves gave

  • Critical Analysis of The Awakening

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    Critical Analysis of The Awakening The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, is the story of a woman who is seeking freedom. Edna Pontellier feels confined in her role as mother and wife and finds freedom in her romantic interest, Robert Lebrun. Although she views Robert as her liberator, he is the ultimate cause of her demise. Edna sees Robert as an image of freedom, which brings her to rebel against her role in society. This pursuit of freedom, however, causes her death. Chopin uses many images to

  • Women's Bathing Suits Swimwear

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    The world of women's bathing suits, swimming and swimwear developed throughout time with the expectations of making bathing an enjoyable social experience.(Kidwell, 117) While the focus of my advertisement draws on the bathing accessories women bought and wore in 1914, it opens up the entire realm of morality and modesty in that age. I will touch on the social, political and cultural implications of the advertisement I chose and ask why things were the way they were not so long ago. While researching

  • The Nature of Swimming

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    Competitive swimming is a sport full of juxtaposing ideologies and personal struggle with little camaraderie. The divergent sport is always evolving and pitting individuals alone against one another in a foreign environment. Likewise corporate employees day in and day out work alone building their nest egg until the day they can succeed and come out on top or retire. Competitive swimming symbolizes the struggle for many of the Americans ideologies within the framework of corporate America. In

  • Creative Writing: My Life as a Fish

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    One of the most unique creatures are fish. As I am sitting here in my room, my fish are swimming about with not a care in the world. I wonder what it would feel like to be a fish. I'm swimming about and see eight other fish swim around me. The thermometer reads 72 degree Fahrenheit, but the cold water suits me just fine. There are white, black, and gray pebbles all over the bottom of the tank which collects the deserted food particles. I accidentally suck up a small pebble with the fish food I

  • Missy Franklin Research Paper

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    Missy Franklin: The Swimming Sensation At just six months old Franklin’s mother D.A. enrolled the two of them into and “mommy and me” swim class. While babies cried and wailed around them, Franklin grinned under the water (Miller 15-16). She was always meant to be a swimmer from the very beginning, and she put great deal of hard work and dedication into making it a lifestyle for herself. Her hard work and dedication made her an excellent swimmer, athlete and an all around

  • Twim-Personal Narrative

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    Luckily the coach had me swim in the lane next to the gutter.This was the start of my love for swimming, that I still have to this day.I swam all over Illinois, Indiana, and many other states in the Mid-West.My swimming life took me to Florida where I swam at two of the best schools in the state.University of Florida was where my life as a competitive swimmer was brought to an end.During my swimming career, I had some of the greatest

  • Personal Narrative: The Chaffey Water Polo

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    The Chaffey Water Polo team went to a school named Shadow Hill to go into the finals for the C.I.F. competitions. We had worked hard to get that far and the team, including our coach , Coach Carlos, were stressed. I was a bit pardoned by anxiety, because I wasn't on the varsity team and also, I wasn't playing. I was on junior varsity and my fellow teammates and I, were just merely supporting our varsity team during the games, the only cause for us to enter the pool would have to be that a player

  • Shayne Stedman Character Analysis

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    Early in my time at Griswold High School, there happened to be a sprinter that competed on the girl's track team. She was an all-around athlete and had the potential to be extremely successful in both the sprinting and jumping events. During her junior year, her performances in both practices and the meets began to decline rapidly. Shayne Stedman, who was the girl’s coach at the time, came to me and voiced his confusion over how to handle this. After determining that there was nothing physically

  • Personal Narrative-Swim

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    Tiptoeing on the grimy, yellow-tiled pool deck with my caps goggles in hand, I felt a little uneasy with the new swimmers who just tried out and made the team. Standing in the corner with her arms crossed, there was this one new girl, Ann, who had the meanest look on her face. For nearly two years, I made sure to jump into a different lane than her every practice. Every swim meet she would walk around with the older girls and I did not dare to make eye contact with her. Our swim coach basically

  • Overcoming Obstacles

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    We were given the next work set, although we were already exhausted from the previous hour of swimming. My arms could not longer move the water around me, and my legs felt as if they were on fire. It was a kick set this time, and so we began the laps with our kickboards in hand. On the last lap of eight, I passed by my close friend, whose face was read with pain and whose legs struggled to make it to the wall. Just as we made eye contact, I made a sarcastic expression and blew bubbles in the waves