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    Belonging’s instinctive qualities are explored in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, which also highlights the reasons for pursuing belonging, including the need for emotional sustenance and self validation. On the other hand, the song “Mad World” by Gary Jules, communicates the daunting prospect of losing one’s individual identity as a consequence of belonging to a conformist society. Emily Dickinson’s poetry confirms belonging is a yearning, which most humans seek to satisfy simply because we are social

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    Silent War Machine Since the beginning of man, people have been fighting for what they want. Tom Clancy shows that through his main character, Marko Ramius, who was doing everything he could to save his crew from the grip of Communism. In Clancy’s novel The Hunt for Red October, Clancy depicts that what someone will do to fight for their freedom. Tom Clancy was born on April 12th 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. He and his parents, a mail carrier and a credit employee lived a normal life for

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    Morgan Corbitt Mrs. Wilson Pre-ap classic novel essay October 12, 2017 20,000 leagues under the sea “20,000 leagues under the sea”, by Jules Verne, is about how Professor aronnax goes on a sea journey to find a giant sea monster. In their journey Professor Aronnax and his friends find that the sea monster is actually a giant steel submarine. Professor Aronnax and his friends are held hostage by Captain Nemo in the Nautilus. Nemo decides to let them explore the depths of the sea with him, and his

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    Imagine, you are walking towards a dark, discreet, and desolate room, the ground below you squeaks loudly! You start to panic, footsteps follow behind you “STOMP, STOMP”. The noise gets louder and louder “STOMP!, STOMP”, in the distance not clear to you. As a way to create a different types of sensory driven story pieces like, “ The Cask of The Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, “ Feather Pillows” by Horacio Quiroga, and “ House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar use a sense of dread to drive their works

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    losing sight is scary for Marie she is adventurous and eager to learn about the “new world” that she now is accessible to. Her father carves out puzzles and a scale model of their neighborhood for her to walk around safely. Marie’s father buys her Jules Verne adventure novels in Braille to help her cope with her blindness. The theme father-son relationship comes to play a role in the beginning of Siddhartha and All the Light We Cannot See as Siddhartha and Marie Laure are looking for adventure and

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    Jules Verne’s Life Jules Verne was born on February 8th, 1828, in Nantes, France. A busy naval port city. There, Verne watched ships leaving and arriving which had sparked his thoughts for travel and adventure. While he attended boarding school, he started to write short stories and poetry. After that, his father sent Jules to Paris to study law. While he studied, Jules Verne had fallen in love with writing poetry and going to plays. He began to visit Paris and made a few friends that were artists

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    Finding Nemo

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    Finding Nemo is an animated feature film by Pixar and features the voices of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Geoffrey Rush to draw both young and old viewers. The director, Andrew Stanton, and the animators, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, create an awesome experience for the audience to see and hear the colours and sounds of the ocean. One hundred minutes of adventure introduces viewers to a range of sea creatures – each with an unexpected and loveable personality. Finding Nemo has an unexpected

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    In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, three men are captured by a captain the forces them on an underwater adventure. Captain Nemo uses his advanced technology and thinking to run away from society. The underwater coal mine and how he used it was very helpful to not have to get in contact with humans. Coal is most thought of as a land resource, and because he can get it underwater he doesn’t have to get it from land. Back in the 1860s the ocean was not a very discovered place, so Nemo

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    Jules Verne also uses real life examples in his stories. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne several times mentions Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, “Captain Maury” in Verne’s book, a real-life oceanographer who explored the winds, seas, currents, and collected sampled of the bottom of the seas and charted oceans. Verne would have known of Matthew Maury’s international fame and perhaps Maur’s French ancestry. References are made to other such Frenchmen as Jean-François de Galaup, comte de

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    Basia Themes

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    NAUTICA is a captivating sea adventure. There’s a worthy and challenging goal and the stakes are high. The story is driven by solid themes about bonding, reconnecting, and healing. The emotional theme cleverly works on three levels. The main storyline regarding the relics is about finding the missing part, and reconnecting them. On the journey, the protagonist, Hal, bonds and connects with his employee, Gene. In the protagonist’s personal life he learns to reconnect with his estranged girlfriend

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