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    Our story starts in the furthest side of the western ocean. Living there were the three gorgons. Stheno, Euryale and Medusa. Stheno and Euryale were immortal, born to live forever. Medusa though, was only a mortal, bound to die sometime in her life. What’s a gorgon though? A gorgon is a dragon-like monster with golden scales and snakes for hair. Whenever looked in the eye of a gorgon you are frozen to stone. They were shunned for what they were and there was no way to escape the hatred the community

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    Whooping cough (pertussis) is a serious, transmissible respiratory infection that is caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacterium. The disease is characterized by cold symptoms at first and develops to prolong coughing with a whooping sound made due to heavy breathing, sneezing, running nose and low body temperature. The disease is airborne and spread when an infected person sneezes or coughs and the close person breathe in the air. The disease mainly touches infants who are below six months old

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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The story starts off with Professor Pierre Aronnax as the main character. Various nations are speculating about a large marine animal. They believe it could be a very large narwhal. M. Aronnax does believe it is a large animal and not a large submarine vehicle. While returning to his current residence in New York City, he receives a letter ask him to join an expedition to rid of the strange creature. M. Aronnax and his servant Conseil board the Abraham Lincoln, which

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    Page 83 is where St. Mandel introduces us to the world in Miranda’s graphic novel, Station Eleven. She describes the current state of Station Eleven, and the tension between the people above water and the people trapped in the underwater bunkers. These underwater bunkers and the people who inhabit them are known as the Undersea. Dr. Eleven, the protagonist of the graphic novel, warns his mentor, Captain Lonagan, of their close proximity to an Undersea gate. Lonagan replies, “You should try to understand

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    There are two characters in this story that have major attitudes, this is Aronnax and Captain Nemo. They way they look at the world is very clear through out the chapters. Captain Nemo takes matters into his own hands and is placed to explore the nature and conquer his own accomplishes. Nemo looks at the world as if he can own it. Aronnax, on the other hand sees the world as amazing, a great master piece. I believe that Captain Nemo's outlook on the world and mankind is based off of hatred.

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    Finding Nemo Psychology

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    The story of finding Nemo is based off of the guilt and repression of the opening scene of the movie. In the opening scene of the movie, marlin and coral are looking over their 400 eggs when all of a sudden they are attacked by an barracuda. Upon the attack the barracuda knocks out marlin, he is awake to find is wife and all is eggs are dead except one. Nemo. This events set up the rest of the movie , and has a lasting effect. The effects of the incident cause actions and reactions of the main characters

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    The book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea takes place during the year 1866. Ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and the narrator of the story, happens to be in New York at the time. He receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Along board with Aronnax

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    “I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food” a quote from the 2003 Pixar film, Finding Nemo. The quote was made by the fictional character called Bruce. One of the three shark that our main characters meet on their journey, the voice actor of the shark is Barry Humphries. The film came to theaters on May 30, 2003. The movie is important because it shows the importance of family, shows that even if you have

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    a way of becoming real people with ideals, feelings, raw emotions and personality traits that anyone can connect with in their own unique way.  An adventure such as deep sea exploring is a chance few in the world get; being able to live it through Jules Verne’s book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, readers are able to escape from the world around them and dive deep into an underwater world of great proportions. Due to detailed accounts of mesmerizing and dangerous creatures that are thousands

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    is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite". (Jules 199) This part of a Quote written by Jules Verne himself can be found in one of Verne's most famous book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. it Gives a clue to his fascination with world travel adventures and the knowledge he was inspired by. Jules Verne is a globally known bestseller and is often referred as by many "the father of science fiction" (Derbyshire 1).

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