Narrative Essay About Pirates

It was a normal day in New York city. I was playing basketball with my friends in the park. When I went up for a dunk, and I got fouled and flipped around and snapped my leg. My friends were saying “get some help now.” While was setting down on the floor crying, holding my leg. When my friends called the ambulance for help.

Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman; when you hear the word hero or heroine that is who you think of. The most famous heroes of all time, as well as the not so famous heroes such as Hazel, fit the archetype of a hero; they are all courageous, resourceful, and strong-willed. Most people don’t notice that almost all action/adventure movies and novels are the same. All of their stories fit the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest. A heroic quest consists of twelve steps that the hero completes throughout his or her journey. In this essay, I will be explaining the parallels between Watership Down by Richard Adams and the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest; as well as the parallels between

“We can’t tell at this point, but she will have to be coming to the hospital for awhile now.” the doctor says

There was once a man who was very loyal to those loyal to him. Dr. Livesey, well I

Nick fidgeted with his train ticket and bent the corners. He buttoned and unbuttoned his flannel shirt and he re-tied his shoelaces. He could now see the train slowing to a stop as it pulled into the station. It was big and loud. Nick couldn’t remember the last time he had been on a train. Nick stood up. He picked up his things.

I closed my eyes real quick and opened them and I was in the hospital. All my friends and family were their surrounding me. When I looked down I had broken both of my legs when I was hit by the car.

In Scott Fitzgerald 's short story, "The Offshore Pirate", he introduces the reader to the "larger than life" persona of Ms. Ardita Farnam. From turning a lemon into an object more risqué than a burlesque dancer at a speakeasy to heaving a novel at her uncle for urging her to conform to traditional Victorian mannerisms, Ms. Farnam, or should I say Ardita, appears to be a perfect example of what I define as an aristocratic product of rebellion in the 1920s, but I am not convinced that Ardita is what a historicist would refer to as a flapper. By definition, a flapper was a woman that openly rejected traditional societal norms in the 1920 's to grasp more from life than what was offered to their Victorian predecessors. From my understanding, flappers were women that fought against traditional expectations to destroy the hypocritical double-standard placed on women by the male dominated society. These women strived to attain equality through challenging the social norms that separated the rights of males and females.

Throughout history pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates were. Names such as pirate, buccaneer, and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy, Bartholomew Roberts, Jean Lafitte, Stede Bonnet, and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names know to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s, a time known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.” However, one of the greatest pirates of all time was the great Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard. He terrorized the seas for most of his gruesome life during this era. The “Golden Age of Piracy” marked a time when sea travel was unsafe for everyone, with

When the rumble vibrated the walls of her home Amanda experienced a curious comfort in listening for the next scheduled train horn as it crept through the crooked tunnel, then the clang, clang as it drew closer to the bridge, she knew that all was well in her world if the train wasn't late.

I hopped in the skid loader and went around back and put the bucket back on it, while my mom and sister hopped in the Kawasaki gator. We went to the field that it broke in and scooped a bucket load into the back of the gator then drove it back to a spot in the horse pen so they could have food. We did this five or so times, then scooped one more load into the gator, and put the rest in the skid loader. By that time that spot was full so we were putting it into a much smaller spot that I directed my sister into. Next she dumped the hay. As she was backing up, she shook the bucket one more time pointing it straight down. At that time the 500 lb bucket jumped off the skid loader and fell plummeting towards the ground. Leaving a 4 inch indent in the ground, then falling back on my foot. Luckily it bounced back off my foot rather than staying on and us having to lift it off. My sister jumped out of the skid loader and questioned, “Are you ok?” I managed to blurt out, “Go get mom.” She ran up and got mom while I rolled around on the ground in pain. Mom and my sister came down in the car to pick me up and put me in the backseat. They took me up to the house to look at my foot (my mom was an occupational therapist), and we decided to go to the E.R. in Mason City. They gave me some crutches and we took

The skies on my feet were like boulders chained to my feet, and the fear of height gave me anxiety. At first, I could barely even move in the gear, but I quickly adapted and started enjoying the thrill of going down the mountain. Thinking that it was an excellent idea to push my limits, I decided to ski down the mountain and go as fast as I can. The cold wind that hit my face only gave me more adrenaline to go even quicker. It quickly turned into a disaster as I feel and snapped my ligament on my right leg. It was the worst pain I've ever felt even with the cold numbing the pain. I quickly stood up to see my conditions, nothing was wrong until I straighten my leg, I immediately fell and cried until help came. Driven to the hospital in an ambulance as my mother drove behind

“Okay. Does anyone have a good question for Angela?” Mary asked, looking around at the rest of the group.

“Before all of the questions, I need to know what happened to my parents.” The nurse looked uncomfortable.

Piracy is usually determined as a seizure of property (ship, airplane or software) that holds no commission from the owner (“Piracy” 1). It is mostly linked to the dirty, bearded men that sailed the seven seas and robed merchant ships or ships that carried a valuable cargo. This however, was not the case in the late eighties and is definitely not the case today in the nineties. Now software pirates copy software without the permission of the company for their own personal benefits. Since piracy interrupts trade between nations it has been considered to be an offense against international law (“Piracy” 1). While the pirates in the medieval age roamed for plunder on the high seas, pirate radio and television stations broadcast, unauthorized

In the drama and action movie “Captain Phillips” produced by De Luca, Brunetti, and Rudin in 2013, multiple facts are fabricated in the making of the movie. In the movie a U.S cargo ship is passing through the water, on what seems like a regular day, however Captain Richard Phillips and his team fail to realize that they are passing through the waters Somali. Suddenly a crew member spots a little boat that is following their path, and it approaches they realized that the boat following them full of Somali pirates, who are thirsty for the millions of dollars that is on the cargo ship. The pirates attack and hijack the ship; take the captain hostage as the rest of the team, and others work to rescue him. An article written by