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    The Speed Force

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    Next in the long, tiresome quest for knowledge of The Flash, I decided to research The Speed Force, because it will make it easier to understand the answers to the rest of my questions. The Speed Force is the extra-dimensional energy that once powered all of the Flashes' superhuman abilities. It is unknown to the people of the DC universe where the Speed Force comes from, to them it is a great and powerful force that affects everything. The Speed force can be used as a way of transportation, a source

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    Since they were always at sea the characters and the mood grew weary and longed for land and real venison. It made Ned Land tempered and made the Professor pleased because he could research. Since the captain was so secretive that made the mood more sullen and unpleasant at points. The captain also made the tone tense with his need to know basis and the way he worded things. The point of view is first person protagonist and Professor Aronnax is the one telling the story. He is a researcher and

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    between the pirates and the lost boys. The lost boys are playful and rambunctious with the presence of their leader Peter while the pirates are vexed by the boys’ attitudes, especially since “there [never has] been a cockier boy” than Peter (91). Captain Hook also seeks to kidnap the young girl Wendy from the lost boys so that Wendy “shall be [his] mother” and fill the gap of his traumatic past with his parents (146). This tension between the lost boys and the pirates represents the unsteadiness between

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    the Nautilus, down to the smallest of things like the food to what Captain Nemo is really like. When Aronnax, Conseil, and Land meet Captain Nemo he is seen as a mysterious man capably of dangerous things.  Throughout the novel, Aronnax discovers interesting sides to Captain Nemo he never expected.  Upon being taken into the Nautilus, Captain Nemo shows Aronnax around the submarine explaining how everything works proving Captain Nemo’s intelligence in order to design something so technically advanced

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    but intriguing. In their world you follow superheroes through their lives, learning their stories and not only understanding them on the level of a super but on a personal level. There are iconic superhero figures that most would recognize like Captain America and Iron Man. These two were partners at one time, fighting side-by-side in the league known as the Avengers who fought and saved New York from an alien invasion. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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    are words or actions one adventure and trust lies with the captain. In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax are trapped in the ice one wanting to return the other wanting to proceed. In the text Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the sea,Jules Verne develops the character conversation between Captain Nemo as persuasive towards Professor Aronnax. Jules Verne in Twenty Leagues Under the Sea, develops Captain Nemo by persuading Professor Aronnaxs the conversation they

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    showcase our talents. Girls are hand selected based on their talents to be one of 100 captains. From there, these girls are put in charge of their classmates and are placed either on the Red or Gold team. Through months of preparation and practice, the captains teach or assist their classmates with their specific dances, drills, lines, songs, sets, publicity, costumes, and or tech. As a singer, being a choral captain was always one of my dreams. Everybody talked about Red and Gold for months.  Students

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    The Secret Sharer

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    story, the Captain is isolated, insecure, fearful of failure, and “a stranger” to the crewmen and himself. However, with the help of his dopplegänger, Leggatt, the Captain transforms into a strong, confident man, in full command of his ship. Leggatt serves the role of a teacher and friend in the Captain’s life, helping him in his struggle to gain respect of his crewmen and himself. He becomes the “secret sharer” by sharing his good qualities such as bravery and strength with the Captain. In the novel

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    In Both the Aquatic Uncle and Finding Nemo the plot and main characters revolve around fish and their interactions with the sea/ocean. Though the main characters of the both stories may be fish they share qualities and values that we all have or qualities that we know others have. In Finding Nemo the story is built around Marlon’s son, Nemo finally growing up and going to some aquatic exploratory school. Marlon is apprehensive about this, and his apprehension leads his son to being captured by a

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    Captain Underpants is a series of semi-autobiographical children’s novels by American author, Dav Pilkey. They follow the story of two fourth grade boys, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two best friends that are seen as the class clowns or troublemakers of their school, Jerome Horwitz Elementary. They are constantly pulling pranks including changing a sign that says “Please Wash Your Hands After Using The Toilet” into “Please Wash Your Hands In The Toilet”. George and Harold write a comic series

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