Captain Narita Summary

Deborah Tannen and William Lutz both discuss the difficulty of communicating. Their point of views may be different, but their conclusion is the same. Men and women have difficulties of communicating. Not because the two genders want to be complicated but simply because we don’t realize how or what we’re doing when it’s happening.

A Voyage Long And Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

In the article "Great White Sharks," by Peter Benchley, his point of view is biased. Peter Benchley shows his bias when he wrote, "Nowadays more people are coming to respect and appreciate sharks for what they are: beautiful, graceful, efficient. " The words "beautiful" and "graceful" are examples of loaded language that shows sharks in positive ways. "We know that these most wonderful natural-born killers, these exquisite creatures of evolution, are not only villain they are victims in danger of-if not extinction quite yet-serious, perhaps catastrophic, decline." This quote explains that Peter Benchley has a bias opinion about sharks because he thinks that sharks are wonderful and exquisite.

All of these factors ultimately led to the strategy to keep the incident of Nanking a secret for years to come. Chang warns of the threats to current society, through the dangers of an unchecked government, and the overuse of power and greed. Chang points out that many people, who had seen the aftermath of the town, continually denied the fact that it even happened and came up with reasons for what might have gone on. “General Nagano Shigeto stated in an interview to Mainichi Shimbun, “I think the Nanking Massacre and the rest was a fabrication…I was in Nanking immediately afterwards. Those women claiming to be sex slaves were in fact licensed Korean prostitutes…Japan had no choice but to go to war, because it was in danger of being crushed…” (Chang 203)

The main characters go through character development in the novel, maturing in both their thoughts and state of mind. After facing the intense guilt from thinking that her uncle was going to be caught by the Japanese government, Sun-hee makes sure to not jump to conclusions: “Tae-yul was going to be a kamikaze...But maybe I was wrong. Remember Tomo-remember Uncle. I’d been so sure, and had made a terrible mistake. Don’t make a mistake this time” (Park 143). After her uncle had run away because of her misinterpretation of a warning, Sun-hee had blamed herself, not trusting anything she thought. Instead of completely discrediting her thoughts, she only warned herself to think it through more. Her careful mindset allowed her to confirm her Korean identity and that her culture had to be protected. This maturity gave her the freedom in knowing her thoughts about her culture were well-thought-out. Tae-yul’s growth is evident by his body language and reactions to certain events. Near the beginning of the story, he is

Watched by many, the movie Finding Nemo is a good movie for explaining Vygotsky’s theories because there is a wide variety of characters adults, children and even teachers. The adult characters in the movie Finding Nemo portray the adolescence developmental stages, as explained by Vygotsky. Many more of Vygotsky’s theories are found in the movie. Some include the zone of proximal development, egocentric speech, scaffolding, and scientific and spontaneous concepts.

In the Heart of the Sea is the name of this magnificent book where in the first chapter, Nathaniel Philbrick tries to show us a place where the principal job is being part of the whaling industry. This chapter is the beginning of history, the beginning of tragedy, the one that occurred in the whaleship, Essex.

In the novel, “Year of Impossible Goodbyes”, the main character Sookan goes through a series of changes. Three examples that clearly show her point of change are, when the Japanese intruded on Haiwon’s sixteenth birthday celebration, when she left Aunt Tiger and Kisa behind in the North, and finally when she was separated from her mother at the guard house.

After settling the close debate as to where the American’s wished to build their canal and purchasing the area under the 1903 Hay-Herran treaty, the U.S. needed only permission to unearth the ground.  Colombia wasn’t too fond of the idea and thus rejected all of America’s efforts.  Negotiations with the country went quite poorly as well. Arthur Beaupré was chose to communicate with Colombia but negotiations continued to go poorly as, “he was frequently blunt, even dictatorial, in his

This book is about young Korean girls and its author is Korean as well. It illustrates to young readers that although the girls pictured my look different than they do, the issues and feelings they face are universal.

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell focuses on the puritan colonies in the new world. Mainly Plymouth in 1620 and Salem in1692. The book focuses on the words of John Cotton and John Winthrop’s sermons. The book provides an insight into the forming of these first few colonies, such as the events both in Europe and the new world that led to there formation. Vowell does a great job at keeping this historical analysis as interesting as possible referring past events to present day ones giving a younger reader a better understanding.

Even though the entire chapter is written in third-person omniscient, the author characterized Lieutenant Cross the most out of all the soldiers introduced, revealing his sentimental nature, unrequited love for Martha, and later on, guilt for Lavender’s death because of his fantasies. Unlike other soldiers who packed their personal belongings with snacks, entertainment, or extra weapons suitable for their occupations, Cross kept small remembrances of Martha, including her letter, photo, and as given in this passage, a small pebble. The author used extensive detail as well as a smile to signify the importance of this small item. For Cross, it symbolized the message: “separate-but-together.” Like the Jersey shoreline where everything came together

Roy wanted to be wealthy from the starts his others goals were to own a place on the lake, to own his barber shop, have a nice car, and to be able to make trips to Europe.

Lastly, Sookan used to kind of support the Japanese soldiers, and she also used to think that school wasn't that bad, but not anymore. Sookan's school tries way too hard to help the Japanese win the war against the Americans! " The White Devils are losing the war. See how funny the look"(Choi 74). This situation changed Sookan by at first not caring about the Americans dying.

The majority of Korean women seem to have come from lower-class worker and farmer families. Korean and other Asian women were assigned to lower-ranking soldiers, while Japanese and European women were reserved for higher-ranking officers (Watanabe). This obviously portrays the condescending attitude the Japanese had toward Koreans.