Open letter

Poseidon, the god of the sea who resides in the bottom of the sea in the Greek mythology, sails on a bountiful boat made up of seashells. He always carry a trident, a spear of three points, wherever he go. When he gets angry, he lashes at the sea, which make the sea violent, disturbing the fishermen and the people living near the sea. Therefore, the accent people whose livelihood depended on the sea worshiped the Poseidon. In the modern world, no one believed on the existence of a sea god, but we

congratulate the Open University of Hong Kong and its Centre for Research in Distance and Adult Learning (CRIDAL) for this endeavour. I am told that the conference will focus primarily on Asia, but the participants, over 100, have come from all over the world --- the subject is surely of global importance. Let me therefore add a word of welcome to the overseas participants. I wish you a pleasant stay in Hong Kong and fruitful deliberations at the conference. The operating environment for open and distance

“The Open Boat,” by Stephen Crane, tells of four men that are battling the sea to reach land. Throughout the short story, Crane uses the literary device of theme to express an important message to the reader. Crane reveals the theme through the thoughts of one of the main characters. The theme that is clearly represented by the character’s thoughts is brotherhood. Therefore, the correspondent’s awareness of the brotherhood between the men, the idea of universal brotherhood, and the idea of human

Brad Muhamad 4774501 Professor Dabek Approaches to literature 5/18/2015 Stephen Crane: The Open Boat Shortly after surviving a shipwreck Stephen Crane published a short story named “ The Open Boat.” It is a story about four men in a dinghy trying to reach help on the coast. Although they are the only survivors of a ship that sank overnight, the four men continue their burdensome task for safety as they confront the dangers nature brings their way. Crane uses the literary element theme throughout

Certain aspects of a text have a deeper meaning beyond than what is on the surface. “The Open Boat” is a short story written by Stephen Crane about Crane’s own experience being shipwrecked while traveling to Cuba. Another text that was read in class is “To the Lighthouse” written by Virginia Woolf and concentrates on Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay’s life and their trips to the Isle of Skye. While looking through these texts, I found some symbols through literary analysis that were used to portray a deeper understanding

Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat was based on real events. The details of this story were based on Crane’s experiences. The details directly follow the series of events that took place at an interval of Crane’s life. He was corresponding for a newspaper about the Spanish-American War, and was on a ship, the Commodore, which ran guns to Cuban insurgents in the late 1890’s. The Commodore went down, and one dinghy survived. It had four men, the captain, the cook, the oiler, and Crane. Crane was one of

When a petition to get better working conditions many people have to decide either to sign it and possibly lose their job or to not sign it and keep working in terrible working conditions but still make money.In the fiction novel Lyddie, by Katherine Peterson is about a 13 year old girl named Lyddie that was loaned out to a tavern, and was working for no pay to pay of some debts, but about a year later she was fired. Then Lyddie went to Lowell to become a factory girl, now she has become the best

The story “The Open Boat” is a perfect example of the literary elements of the Naturalist movements. “The Open Boat” describes the experiences of four men stranded on the open ocean after a shipwreck. In the story, author Stephen Crane uses imagery and characterization to portray elements of Naturalism such as the harshness of nature and human insignificance. Crane uses these literary devices to show the impact of the natural elements on human nature and conscience. Throughout the story, the author

She was involved in the fight for equal prize money for male and female players. She met with officials in the French Open and Wimbledon in 2005, but her demands were rejected. Venus Williams earned her associate degree in Fashion Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale on December 13th 2007. She is pursuing a BA in business at Indiana University East and aims

The History and Philosophy of Open Source The open source movement was born in 1984, at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab when Richard M. Stallman quit his position at the university to begin the GNU Project. Having grown tired of seeing his colleagues being hired off by corporations and signing nondisclosure agreements for their work, he set off to create a completely free, open operating system. Though he specialized in the field, building such a system from the ground up is nearly impossible