The Journey Of The Crow 's Nest

“Nest in the Wind,” by Martha Ward, introduces many problems faced in Pohnpei due to westernization, most importantly their health. In this paper I analyzed her journey and the changing culture of Pohnpei. After reading about the social changes and culture shift I was able to relate their current problems with the problems we face in the west today and the lack of a solution. I also analyze the differences and similarities between Pohnpei and western culture.

The faculty of consciousness and thought- that inner voice of reason constraining one from happiness, or perhaps protecting one from the inherent fear, death, and gloom embodying the earth. This is what gothic literature writers across the centuries have worked so hard to convey; human thought in it’s most primal form. It is the darkness present in people’s hearts and minds that claws at them, torments and traps them; it drains the soul from their body leaving nothing behind but a broken mind. In the 1700’s these topics frequently arose through a literature movement known as romanticism. Most gothic literature writers including Edgar Allen Poe and Horacio Quiroga would agree on the basis that darkness that ends people; it breaks them down, it physically and mentally destroys them. The aforementioned elements are portrayed through “The Black Cat,” “The Feather Pillow,” and “The Raven.”

The entire poem including the first stanza, as scanned here, is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening's events. Also, it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore at then end of each stanza imitates the haunting nature of the narrator's thoughts. The internal rhyme along with the same external rhyme repeated at the end of each stanza and other literary devices such as alliteration and assonance and

‘The windsurfer belongs to my buddy. It’s my first time. I don’t know how.’ His voice trembles. Is it from the cold?” (Spring, 2) “I reach into the cockpit and take out a rope. ‘Hold on.’ I toss the rope. He misses. I throw it again and he catches it.” (Spring, 2). Teresa is faced with a hard choice, but she does the right thing by helping the boy, even when it will

This was no “mayday” call since there was no immediate threat to life or limb. However, urgent distress must have been more than evident in my voice. Sea-Tow Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg answered my call within seconds. “Stand by. We’ll have a tow-boat with you in about 40 minutes” came the ever-so-calm voice over the radio. I felt a deep sense of relief that help was on the way, then near panic when I thought about everything that could go wrong in 40 minutes. By this time Guinevere was listing heavily to starboard. Either the water was getting shallower, or we were being pushed further onto the sandbank by the incoming tide. My attempts to back out against the current only served to stir the sandy bottom, obscuring what little visibility we had. Gavin quietly organized the crew to secure everything on deck and in the cabin below, which looked as if someone had picked it up and shaken it like a cocktail

So Fernanda jumped and “pencil dived” to grab Roene, and it worked! But when Fernanda was grabbing Roene, she dropped the rope and hatchet. When Nathan and I were landing in the water, we had to loosen the chest strap before we landed. Once we landed we had to take it off carefully and let the parachute sink. Roene and Fernanda wanted to save the parachute, for supplies. So before they hit the water, Fernanda dropped Roene into the water, Roene swam away a little. While Fernanda was still in the air she loosened the chest strap and when she landed she took it off. Meanwhile, Roene quickly grabbed the parachute and successfully saved it. We swam towards each other while Nathan inflated the dinghy. We were about a three-minute swim away from each other, but there were some pretty big waves. When we noticed that there were sharks! While the rest of us were panicking, Fernanda discovered that they were whale sharks! She told us that whale sharks don’t eat humans! We were so relieved. While we were paddling to shore, Roene hit Nathan in the head with her oar! Nathan got a concussion, but he was okay since he just lay on the bottom of the dinghy. We were a six-hour paddle

rope snaps and he plunges into the water. Next, he is rapidly trying to escape from his bindings,

In Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, the main character, Kaz, has grown up without a real home for the majority of his life. However, while his tangible home consists only of a small room in a gambling house, throughout the series he realizes his real home is with his crew -- his friends. While not exactly realizing this consciously, Kaz demonstrates this subconscious realization many times, when his crew are in life and death situations, and he perseveres to make sure everyone is safe. Similarly, The Odyssey by Homer and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, while two very different texts, both focus on the symbol of home. The Odyssey focuses on the struggles of Greek hero Odysseus as he tries to return to his home Ithaca but faces obstacles and temptations along the way. Of Mice and Men follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie and their struggle to achieve their dreams and live a happy life in a world where reaching one’s goal is extremely hard. Both Homer and Steinbeck, in their respective texts, use the idea of home to demonstrate the perseverance necessary to achieve one’s goals.

“You will be her guardian and safeguard her on this unruly journey.” Dominic was now going through an information overload and feeling the pressure pounds him.

I take in my surroundings, as I feel my body getting numb from my toes on upward. After floating for hours, I spot a woodsy island I decide looks about a quarter mile away. I wade over to CJ and Jacob, noticing they are the closest people to where I was at. I watch as CJ pathetically hugs his only remaining plane carry-on, his baseball glove. He mopes the entire time it takes me to swim over to them, until he notices me, and he gives one last whimper before wiping his eyes and putting on a brave facial expression. Jacob smirks, knowing I had already seen CJ previously crying. My first instinct would have been to laugh at him, but now was not the time for that. We had fallen into the seas and had no idea where our luggage was, let alone where

Great leaders have the ability to influence and motivate people through difficult situations simply by remaining calm and in control. This is demonstrated by the captain who continues to direct his men and keep them on task by keeping a low and calm voice, not showing any fear or pain he may be experiencing (Crane 4). The constant rowing that the oiler and the correspondent must do to make certain that they make it to the shore takes a toll on both men, making them weary and miserable. Both men share the duties of rowing their small craft trading positions when one can no longer continue rowing (Crane 11). When the men are not toiling physically their only rest is taken in the bottom of the boat in the pooled, cold, water; they are so exhausted that the sleep was deep despite the cold conditions (Crane 11). Continuing to push forward in spite of pain, fatigue and discomfort the four men in the lifeboat were able to reach

The sea beasts were beating at his shirt. He was very brave to make this trip. The lake is bubbly and nasty . he didn't care and jumped into the lake, he has the fearlessness like no

“I have a bad feeling about this!” said Gary. The squad trapsed around, scanning their surroundings with eyes like a hawks, but they neglected the fact that under the water, hungry eye’s stared. Gary stepped to the water's edge and said “Hey guy’s, there’s some pl-!”. He screamed as a beast burst from the water and crushed him in its jaws. Everyone turned but all they saw was a sail slowly slip under the water as it became cloudy, turning a bright red.

If his crew had not listened to Ulysses’s warning and stopped up their ears, then every single one of them would have immediately swam to the Sirens and perished for their foolish decision. Instead, the crew listened to their captain and tied rags and bandages around their heads to block out the cries and the melody of the

*”Boys,”* he said, *”one of our shipmates, one of YOUR messmates is overboard, and in need of help. No doubt he is at this current moment straining his eyes to see a boat lowered, and it would strengthen his heart and resolve to see such a thing happen. He can see the ship has turned around and that gives him hope, let’s not leave him to struggle alone. Look at that sea, know the risks that you will encounter and then step forward. Who will go with me to pick him