Island Hopping: Barnston Style

If you were forced to pick your paradise, where do you think your thoughts would take you? Would you go to the quaint wooden cabin in Michigan that has been in the family for years? Or would you think of your cozy apartment a top a skyscraper in your favorite concrete jungle? Without a second thought, my mind rushes to Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. As locals describe it best, the “elegantly shabby” beachside town 40 minutes from Charleston has been my chosen vacation spot since childhood. Between the hammock shops, crabbing in the creeks and ghost stories, there is always something to entertain you on the island. With only the best memories there, never did I think that there would be something to hold me back from indulging in the lazy

Many paddleboats offered its passengers richly furnished accommodations; lavishly decorated staterooms; gambling; dining with fine entertainment and often were referred to as “floating palaces.” (Havighurst, p120) The steam engine paddleboats, canals, and water travel had limitations and could only provide travel as far as the river or tributary allowed; however, railroads did not have these limitations.

On February 1736, James Oglethorpe and the first English settlers arrived on St. Simons Island. Then in March 1736, Reverend Charles Wesley, a Methodist, entered his ministry at Frederica. Georgia became a royal colony in 1752. The Revolutionary War prevented the establishment of an official church on St. Simons Island. Following the Revolutionary War, in 1808, Christ Church began. The small population on St. Simons possessed great beliefs and followed the teachings of Christ even though there was no church building until 1820. The first church, constructed on the same spot where the current church now stands.

I think what strikes me most about the founding of the American colonies is. That Jamestown was settled in 1607 for a joint stuck company to trade investments over the ocean. The Settlers landed on a island in 1607 and called it "Jamestown Island". Jamestown island had a deep water channel for letting their ships ride close to the shore; However Jamestown island had many different problems. First the island was swamp which cause Unhealthy conditions and a risk of insects disease. Second the timing of settling their brought drought not only to the american settlers, but to native Americans. They weren't able to to grow their own crops. In 1607 38 people survived out of 104. Between 1604-1624 only 1200 immigrants survived out of 10,000 due of

These examples show both the author’s and the protagonist’s challenge to the order of things and the complete belief the character has. The best example of this is on line eight when the king says that he ‘shall not give you the boat’ the man replies ‘with calm assurance’ ‘you will’.

This holds a significant place in the history of world war 2. American troops, often extremely undisciplined and unhappy with their officers, found an outlet for their frustrations when their political commanders came up with the idea of "Island Hopping". The men would group together on the beaches and hop up and down on-the-spot for around 20 minutes or so, rest for 5 minutes then resume hopping. This became a popular pastime for the troops, and by the end of the war an "Island Hopping" league was formed, with annual competitions being held to see who was the best "Island Hopper". Island hopping was a strategy where the US attacked and took over an island. They then used that island as a base to attacked the next.

the truck to the Parry Sound rail yard, chewing his tobacco and despite seeing that the boat, or small ship, took up a whole boxcar, remained unperturbed. Vern proceeded to round up people in the rail yard, whoever was available, to get the thing onto his truck. Somehow magic

“More repairs to the lighthouse were in the works when the American Revolution intervened. In July 1775, Boston Harbor and the lighthouse were under the control of the British. On July 20, American troops under Major Joseph Vose landed at the lighthouse and took lamps, oil, and some gunpowder, and burned the wooden parts of the tower. After leaving the island they had to outrun an armed British schooner, and two Americans were wounded. An eyewitness described “the flames of the lighthouse ascending up to Heaven, like grateful incense, and the ships wasting their powder.”

What’s more, is that it seems as though the Islands are intentionally, by the author, kept serene and sacred, so to speak. At a point Rodya intends to bury that which he has stolen from Alyona under a bush somewhere on the Islands, because they are far away from people, and he feels that no one will ever find his goods there. He never makes it to his destination, however; as the book describes it, “he was not destined to get to the Islands” (108). On his way there, he finds a hiding place that he deems suitable, and hides his stolen treasures there. It is as though some outer force is ensuring that the Islands remain a place of stability and rationality- the complete opposite of the taverns.

Pacific warfare was indisputably the most harsh warfare for any troop that was sent overseas. Unlike the war in Europe, the troops in the pacific did not know what they were fighting. The Japanese were committed to their leader and to their philosophy of bushido. Bushido meant “death before dishonor” this meant that if it came down to it they would rather die than to give up. This made it a lot harder for the troops to win the battles because there was no surrender. The second thing that made the warfare different between the two theatres was the fact that there was greater distance to travel. There were islands that the Americans needed to take over before they won. This is where the idea of island hopping came along. Island hopping was

Huntley's Point Ferry Wharf is part of the water taxi and transfer boats services that serves the Parramatta River and the suburbs that sit along the river. Charter yachts, ferries, and other sailing boats are often seen arriving and departing the wharf and sailing along the river at Huntley's Point.

Journeys on boats are usually long and fraught with dangers that are overcome. Boats are also related to islands, since crew is isolated from the regular rules of society.

The two dystopian texts, The Road is written by Cormac McCarthy and The Island directed by Michael Bay are great examples of a dystopian world. The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel where a father and son have nothing but the dirty clothes on their backs, a pistol and a cart filled with scavenged items. Their destination, the coast, although they don’t know if anything awaits them there. The Island is an advanced world where clones of “real” people are made in order to help their clients live longer. These two mediums are fairly similar once you go in depth. The two works, The Road and The Island have common dystopian characteristics which are the use of brute force, alienation and dehumanization of individuals which is reflected in terms

In the play Once on this Island, the theme (thought) is love can defeat anything, even death. This play probably has more than one theme but I will be focusing on “love can defeat anything, even death”. Throughout the play, Ti Moune faces obstacles than keep pulling her away from the guy she falls in love with. Some obstacles had to do with her people telling her that someone like her could only serve Daniel as a shoe shiner, most likely as a servant, because she was a peasant and he was royalty.

Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne, is about three boys who survive a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large uninhabited Polynesian island. At first, life on the island is peaceful as food is plentiful and they are utilizing their possessions but then pirates arrive on their island. Then the three boys must conceal themselves in a hidden cave, but Ralph is captured when he sets out to see if the pirates have left. This novel was the inspiration for William Golding as he inverted the principles of Coral Island; in Ballantyne’s story the children encounter evil, however, in Goldings story evil is within the children. In addition, Coral islands stranded boys remain innocent and civilized, no matter what they are surrounded by, they remain themselves.