Roger Rosenblatt's The Man In The Water

Chapters 12–17 describe the days that Louie spent adrift, trying to survive in the vast Pacific Ocean. When his B-24 bomber crashed into the sea on May 27, 1943, only three men survived: Louie, his pilot Russell Allen “Phil” Phillips, and tail gunner Francis “Mac” McNamara. Over the next 46 days, they struggled to survive in two small, inflatable rafts while drifting across miles and miles of water.

had survived.” This second quote explains the solution to the plane’s crash, which required the

The men that were out in the water died for various reasons, one of the reasons why they

The Open Boat, written by Stephen Crane is discusses the journey of four survivors that were involved in a ship wreck. The oiler, the cook, the captain, and the correspondent are the survivors that make onto a dingey and struggle to survive the roaring waves of the ocean. They happen to come across land after being stranded in the ocean for two days and start to feel a sense of hope that they would be rescued anytime soon. They began feeling down as they realize nobody was going to rescue them and make an attempt to reach shore. The story discusses an external conflict of man vs nature to help state clearly the central idea. The central idea of the story conveys man’s success against nature when ones’ abilities are combined together to increase the chances of survival. The use of 3rd person limited omniscience and character analysis helps to explain how the journey of the men’s survival to get out of the ocean and reach shore is able to succeed while Stephen Crane uses symbolism to demonstrate the unity created amongst the survivors.

African Americans have been discriminated and were not treated fairly from the beginning of the American colonies up to the 1960s. Their history included about 250 years of slavery followed by another 100 years of discrimination. However, many people state that throughout the 1800s, the whaling industry helped African Americans thrive as a race. In addition, they were treated as equals and could gain glory and wealth from it. In most cases, this is not true because negroes for three main reasons. Almost all African people did not receive high positions on their crew ships. Also, they experienced segregation on ships and were treated not equally. Finally, they were taken for their cheap and hard labor in a dangerous, unrewarding industry. Using internet sources and the novel, In The Heart of The Sea, by Nathaniel Philbrick, African Americans in the whaling industry had low status within crews and faced harsh working conditions as well as discrimination and racism.

This story should be the story of a hero. The story of Whip Whitaker, an excellent pilot, who with a malfunctioning airline jet in a uncontrollable dive to earth and with eminent death quickly approaching, remained calm and managed to control his own anxiety and direct others to execute an intuitive and intelligent plan that allowed him to fly and crash land the jet in a controlled manner as to minimize the loss of life. Out of 102 souls on the flight only 6

In chapter eight of Unbroken, the narrator follows the description of Super Man’s bombing of Wake by describing the dangers of war, specifically in the American Air Corps. After describing multiple instances of Louie’s friends who have died in combat and the very real risks that are associated with flying in combat, the narrator follows with this quote, emphasizing how unlikely rescue at sea was. Although “the military was dedicated to finding crash and ditching survivors” (90), “the improbability of rescue, coupled with the soaring rate of accidental crashes, created a terrible equation” (91). This quote, and much of this chapter, is a foreshadowing of the events that occur with Phil, Louie, and the rest of the crew of the Green Hornet. By

The Green Hornet crashed into the Pacific, leaving only three crew members alive: Louie, Mac, and Phil. Resurfacing, Louie quickly evaluated his situation and took action: “Louie saw one of the rafts bobbing one the water... he swam for the raft”(131). Bravely, Louie knowing sharks would coming toward the crash: nevertheless he did what he had to do to save the group of survivors. Surprisingly Louie notices something; that their raft was floating into enemy water.

The Color of Water is a book about a black man’s tribute to his white mother. In this book we journey through James McBride’s life while he figures out who he is. As we go through the book we learn more about james and his family past. Ruth james mother was a jew her father was abusive did not care for the children the way a father should. Ruth’s mother was disabled but loved the kids and took care of them as best as she could. As James gets older he wants to know more about where he came from. He did not know much of his past as a result of his mother not wanting her children knowing about the rough past she came from. As well as wanting to learn about the secretive past his mother had he wanted to find himself and in doing so he had to find where he fit in and felt comfort.

“This is water” by David Foster Wallace is a very well written truth, for the most part, the advice that Mr. foster had for the college seniors was necessary and needed, it seems that the advice will be needed more in the future. Mr. David Foster depict how most of the college senior’s life will be, he also gives various examples that the college seniors can relate to, including myself, the example of the grocery shop where the line is super long, or getting stuck in traffic, is something that happens every day. Back when I was in high school, I used to experience heavy traffic early in the morning as well as the afternoon, however, I’m not a college senior, I still experience traffic, my point is everyone is going to experience it at least

"In reality, we believe the reverse, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter." said Roger Rosenblatt. From reading the quote, you can tell that the "Man in the Water"(Larry Skutnik) risked his life to rescue others, which shows a true act of kindness. This quote does not say that we should do exactly what he did. The author tells the reader about how this man risked his life to save other people. He is trying to let us know that we should keep this in mind and think of what he did. The theme of "The Man In The Water" is that it is always good to put others before yourself. Larry SKutnik's act shows that he not only cares about them, but he is willing to help them in any case. He also did many brave acts that proves his determination to support others.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez introduction of “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” is already questioning the story just from the attention of the title. How can a drowned man be handsome? The story is set in a small, isolated village opened to a group of kids who were the first to discover a drowned man. The men head to the neighboring villages to see if the dead man belonged to any of them, while the women cleans off the dead body and prepare it for a funeral. But while cleaning him off, they realized how amazingly handsome he was.

Mahatma Gandhi once said “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” “The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World” is a short story written by Gabriel García Márquez established in a small fishing village. The story begins when a few children see a “dark and slinky” bulge in the sea. When the bulge washes up on the beach they notice it is a drowned man, covered in seaweed, fish remains, jellyfish tentacles. The children then played with the corpse all afternoon until the villagers notice them and they tell the rest of the villagers. The men of the village carry the body to the nearest house, they mention that he is a very heavy man. They describe that the man is taller than other men and that he barely fits in the house. Later on, the

When I was a little girl at early of my age, I spent a wonderful time with my grandma near a sea in my hometown during the last two months of her life. That was the first time we saw the smile back to her face since we got the news that she got intestine cancer. Back to that time I was deeply impressed by how being around the sea was capable to change people’s emotion in such a positive way. The poet, Pablo Neruda, in his poem “The Sea” illustrates how the sea teaches a trapped man a lesson on how to be released from struggling to find freedom and happiness. The three crucial poem-writing elements, sound, structure, and figurative language make the power of sea more vivid just like a picture we could see and have physical feelings about. And when we try to get a deeper understanding of the poem, it is the sound that we hear first.

This film, billed as “the untold story behind the miracle on the Hudson,” stars Hanks as Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, the pilot who landed his aircraft on the Hudson river after a freak accident in 2009. Rather than simply telling the story leading up to the “forced water landing,” however, the picture chronicles the tumultuous aftermath of what