Gret said, “You know after this trip we really need to take another quest back to our village.” And Merrick agreed but knew now’s the time grow strong as a community and was reluctant to give up on all this momentum of the communities bonding and working together. “First things first lets start on strengthening our defenses, the build up the trade routes that Viktoria can use and then I really want to get the word out with only cargo sea captains we can trust to establish this as a friendly trading port.” With Gret, Arik, Clancy and Tomlin standing by they all talked about how they are standing on the forefront of what could become an actual city and they just thought to themselves this is very exciting – but scary. They could tell Merrick …show more content…
Merrick new this would establish himself as a respected pilot if all goes well. The skipper for the second ship was Clancy and he was able to check all the newly sealed planks and adjusted the ropes to the main sail it seemed after many little changes he finally had everything just right and in place plus he had his crew of rowers ready if needed but for now everyone was full sail. The Merica was full sail too with red and white vertical stripes plus small pennants flying in the wind at the top. The crews of the other boats were in awe of her beauty. “That is one lovely ship and I doubt there’s another like it” said …show more content…
Everybody knew her and respected her so there was no low balling on the prices their offers were very reasonable and the excitement of the crowd actually brought up the bids which made Viktoria quite happy. She worked out the details on establishing value and payment to the dock workers to help transfer the goods each of the three ships were relatively quickly unloaded and the village’s cargo landed perfectly
“Upon docking, I called Eurylochus and two others who were the smartest of my men to the shore to see the state of the island and its inhabitants. The land to the north, I assigned Eurylochus. The western domain I gave to the soldier in command behind Eurylochus, and the southern territory was handed to the soldier fourth in command. The eastern area, which was the largest in size and most populated with dense forests, I took for myself to explore. Any information the men acquired while searching, they were
Wildwood is a story written by a writer named Junot Diaz. This story mainly focuses about a young girl called Lola. Lola lives in New Jersey with her single mother, and her brother called Oscar until she moves to her grandmother’s place. This little girl has a miserable relationship with her mother. Three things are important to Lola’s life: being responsible, being independent, and showing love to her grandmother.
The discussion of identity in philosophy has a history equal in length to philosophy itself. Mathematics fundamentally relies on the Law of Identity, so it is a natural result that this law be questions qualitatively as well. Therefore, for the unacquainted reader or those who wish to refresh their knowledge, I will include an excessively brief overview of the relevant history leading toward the main topic of the essay: John Perry’s A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, and my subsequent response. The summary will include a segments on the Greeks, Saint Aquinas, and Cartesian Dualism. And will be followed by a brief introduction to Perry’s dialogue. Finally, I will argue that the main premise of Perry’s dialogue is ill-founded and
In the novel Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen, the common theme tackle adversity when times get rough is conveyed throughout the story. Many events that occur often show many adversity the slaves had to overcome by accepting horrific punishments. For instance, when Sarny the protagonist of the story begins to learn new letters and words from Nightjohn, she gets very excited that she scribbled the word “Bag” in the dirt, but was caught doing so by the slaves’ master Clel Waller. “ Tell what your doing… I didn’t say anything… What are you scribbling in the dirt… I thought I’ll lie (Paulsen 62). Sarny was caught scribbling the new word, and she tried to avoid the trouble she had just created, by lying to Waller. Although, Sarny had thought for a mere second that her
A poem can paint a thousand images in one’s mind. The poem, Acquainted with the Night, presents a graphic picture of a lonely, depressed man, who is possibly an insomniac, walking the streets on a sad, rainy night .This poem shows the different emotions that the author goes through in order to cope with heartbreak. The poem is aimed at the world in general, and the themes of depression, loneliness, and sadness prevails across the entire poem. The poem follows the format with 3-line stanzas and a scheme of rhyming aba bcb cdc dad aa. This poem proves that the author is going through turmoil within himself and is struggling as the love of his life has moved on with no trace like a thief in the night. The author starts the Poem off as follows;
In the short story, Evening and the Morning and the Night, by Octavia Butler she reveals her characters struggles with a disease, called DGD that causes self-mutilation and violent behavior. Lynn is a young college student who struggles with DGD, a disease she inherited from her parents who died in the most gruesome way. In her early teens, she attempted suicide and was placed in a DGD ward for observation where she witnesses other struggling with the same disease self-mutilate themselves. Lynn struggles not only with controlling her disease but self-persecution and that of society towards people like her, who suffer from the disease. For instance, Lynn describes her college years as, “Biology School was a pain in the usual ways.
Yeah... If you wanna be discrete on visiting a person under federal watch. Make sure you take off your fuckin' plates so you won't be traced. They have the area watched you schmuck!
After interviewing primarily night shift nurses, PCNAs, patients, patient families, the floor nursing manager and all five assistant nurse managers about “Quiet Night”, I was able to pick up on what was the root cause of the low score on Quiet Night on the HCAHPS survey score for the unit.
Quickly night comes, after a full day of traveling towards their next destination which was a small village only a few miles away from Jason’s barn. As they begin to set up camp for the night the moon begins to rise lighting up the area just enough so Jason and Rose are able to see. After completing their shelter they had started to roast some food over an open fire, as Jason began eating his food he started to think about his home again. Even though he had only been gone for a day he missed the place, the fresh air, the open plains, the green grass, and everything else he missed home. Where he was safe and secure, but now he wasn’t, now he was in the open danger lurking everywhere and everyplace he hated it, he feared it! A few hours later,
We had received your letter during meal time. My dear husband had read it silently only to looked shocked afterwards, however, after I have heard the matter, I was able to convince The King to agree with your requests, if you are to be starved to death on the voyage to Rome. I had heard about those filled cargo boats filled with poor natives of “your” islands and I was most appalled at the scene. I reported this to my husband and we both agreed that your choices were not thought out as to what the consequences would be. You firstly took possession of the people, in which we could have become allies and they could have offered a trade which means more diverse items in our country and increasing traders to look for such rare materials,
I went for a place that called "night mare" 1 month ago. I was there cause I saw a movie of that and I want to do that. there have screems and shouts and monsters. I did it with my older brother, and we are so afraid, that was hilarious. That was fun and scary, because it insid a darknbess and you cant see nothing. That was challenging couse my brother frighten me a lot. I very enjoyed there caouse I love challenging
CLINT (30s) picks up toys off of the floor. Addy (7) struggles fastening the buttons on their shirt. Clint walks over to help.
Merrick had to know so he talked about how he felt the need to not put anyone at risk of harm and he knew they were after himself and his boat so he figured he could defend the bay or least out run them and draw them away so he described his part of the battle and how he came in from their blindside because they were too distracted with arrows flowing down from above and rowing around sharp protruding sharp sea rocks with waves splashing and sea foam flying he mentioned his strategy of using seagulls since he knew how they reacted in danger and with obstruction on their feet needing to land as soon as possible he thought of bombarding the other vessels for a quick one time shot off the bow before trying to out run them with full sail. Merrick
Even though the chances of the ship sinking were very small, because the Nancy Hohman had and 80% chance of making to the port by herself, with many other factors having to be considered, we started thinking about the price
It was three o’clock in the morning. Outside the window, the sky was still dark. There were barely any stars in the sky, and no cloud cluttered. The sky was painfully dark and motionless. Except for the faint light from the moon, everything seems lifeless. In a dark room, there was a girl sitting up on the bed, leaning on the wall beside her. She was looking out the window. Through the window, the girl can see the sky and the top of some buildings, however, nothing special or attractive. But, the girl has been staring at it for almost an hour now, silently and peacefully.