Yellow raft

Sort By:
Page 2 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.” This quote states that people can misunderstand a situation without an effective communication, which can lead to false ideas or thoughts. In the novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris, many of the characters do not have good communication, while also keeping secrets from one another. In the novel,the three main characters have different perspective of one another. Rayona thinks her mom does not

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    her friend Jeni, and I were introduced to our raft leader and headed onto our three hour journey across the Pacuare River. Little did I know that my life was close to being put to an end. To start off, it is best to address that river rafting is known to be an extreme adventure activity. The activity takes about three hours total with usually a group of four people placed in a squared yellow raft. Regardless of where a person chooses to river raft, there are five different levels. Level number

    • 1365 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    and water shoes, and were ready to go. You had to take a yellow school bus, which smelled like old leather, to get to the Arkansas river. My group and four other groups piled into the bus. When we got to the river, the river guides explained what would happen if we fell out of the raft. They also explained how to get people out of the river if it were to happen. I never thought I would have to worry about falling out. We stepped in the raft and started drifting down the river when Shane discovered

    • 1085 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    went, got breakfast, and picked up my grandmother. While sitting at the beach we saw this yellow banana looking rafts going a crossed the ocean. I asked, " What the heck is that." They replied," I have no idea." As my Grammy Kim got up we all got up. My Aunt rainy asked, "where are you going." Kim said, " to see where these boats are taking them. While we walked we found out the yellow raft is called a banana boat. Which was extremely ironic. We laugh for at least ten minutes. It

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Parasailing Short Story

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages

    got breakfast, and picked up my grandmother. Meanwhile sitting at the beach, we saw this yellow banana looking raft going across the ocean. I asked, " What the heck is that."        They replied," I have no idea." As my Grammy Kim got up, we all got up.        My Aunt Rainy asked, "Where are you going."       Kim said, "To see where those boats are taking them.” While, we walking we found out the yellow raft is called a banana boat. Which was extremely ironic. We laugh for at least ten minutes. It

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    got breakfast, and picked up my grandmother. Meanwhile sitting at the beach, we saw this yellow banana looking rafts going a crossed the ocean. I asked, " What the heck is that." They replied," I have no idea." As my Grammy Kim got up, we all got up. My Aunt rainy asked, "Where are you going." Kim said, "To see where these boats are taking them. While we walked we found out the yellow raft is called a banana boat. Which was extremely ironic. We laugh for at least ten minutes. It

    • 773 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Memoir Writing My location was Camp High Harbor at Lake Burton. It was about an hour until my incident would happen. If only I could go back in time and tell myself not to do this. We stepped onto the boat. No turning back. The boat started and out we went. Me and my friend Dawson were ready to have fun tubing. Unfortunately, we had to wait our turn. The minutes went past. We were sitting on the boat watching noobs fly off the tube. Finally, it was our turn. At this point I have been tubing for

    • 430 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Tubing To The Fullest One day this summer, I was in a white boat with some of my parents’ college friends and their kids on Lake of the Ozarks. There was this tube thing that was basically a couch in the water. It fit four people comfortably, and has Great Big Mabel printed on the side. I was one of the only girls on the boat, so I had to go with the smelly boys. I went with my brother Ryan, and my friends Jedidiah and Aiden. My brother and I decided to go no hands for a little excitement.. The

    • 351 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Unbroken

    • 838 Words
    • 4 Pages

    resilience as a POW was his key to entering the house of survival: “He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: ‘He cannot break me’” (302). All of the mind strengthening conversations and on the raft proved useful throughout his experience as a POW, and Louie’s hopeful attitude lived on. Although his body was shattered, his will remained strong and the ultimate survival cake was made with the perfect combination of resilient, unbroken

    • 838 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    1. Why did four Indigenous activists erect a beach umbrella on the lawns of Old Parliament House? On Australia Day in 1972, Indigenous activists erected a beach umbrella on the lawns outside of Old Parliament House. They set this up to start a protest; they placed a sign that said “Embassy” to represent a displaced nation. The McMahon Liberal Government made a statement in which land rights were rejected in favour of 50-year leases to Aboriginal communities, the activists were against this and this

    • 847 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays