David Albano Ms. Tokes Literature August 30, 2016 Fantastic Voyage The protagonist that was introduced to us in the novel, Fantastic Voyage was Charles Grant. Charles is a government agent who is escorting a Russian scientist named Dr. Benes to America. Dr. Benes is working on a top-secret science that has not been discovered before. The science is stated to as “the other side”. Grant and Benes both get to America safely. On the way to the meeting, Dr. Benes’ car is hit by another car. Then five gunmen from the ridge shoot down at the car. Dr. Benes is not killed but severely injured. Grant is later taken to a secret government connection where Benes is laid rest. General Carter who works in the secret government called the CMDF says that there is way to shrink people. Therefore, to save Dr. Benes’, Grant with four other people get into the Proteus (a submarine) and become miniaturized. The four other people in the group are Dr. Michaels who is the navigator, Dr. Duval who is the surgeon, Cora, who …show more content…
On their way to the blood clot, the crew is in a bit of trouble. Grant, with his quick thinking saves the Proteus and the crew. Since there were so much incredible tasks they had to endure, Grant is well aware that there is a saboteur. Once they finally get to the blood clot, Dr. Duval gets out of the sub and starts using a laser on it. Grant and Cora get out of the ship too, so that they could get a look at it. While everyone is distracted, Dr. Michaels takes control of the sub out of Captain Owens hands and tries to bump it into a nerve. Grant is the first one to see it and he shoots the sub’s rudders. Captain Owens is then saved by Grant. The sub is then destroyed by white blood cells while Dr. Michaels is still inside. The rest of the crew escapes though the eye of Benes with the destroyed Proteus. Just as they escape, they begin to grow to their normal
Jack kills Piggy and breaks the conch “The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and
A Voyage Long And Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
The Shipman’s Tale, one of the many tales in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is exactly suited to the Shipman’s personality and profession as given in “The Prologue.” The shipman is described by Chaucer in the prologue as very sneaky, deceitful, and even pirate-like. The Shipman’s tale matches his personality and profession because The Shipman’s Tale is one of trickery and con. The monk in the tale tricks both the merchant and the merchant’s wife out of their money. He also uses his relationship with the merchant to his advantage, because he knows the merchant would never suspect him of having sex with his wife. The shipman is also portrayed in the prologue to have no sense of remorse or feelings of sorrow.
On the Captain’s order, the oiler rows the boat directly toward the shore. The boat capsizes and the people on the boat are so weak that it is hard for them to even keep their heads above water.
When Dr. Horrible runs into Captain Hammer at the Laundromat he discovers that Captain Hammer does not like Penny nearly as much as he does, in fact he tells Dr. Horrible that he will sleep with Penny just out of spite. That was the breaking point, after hearing that Dr. Horrible was SO mad that he would hurt penny like that he thought it was only just that he got rid of Captain Hammer for good.
Jack and the rest of the boys are looking around trying to contemplate all that just had happened. A naval officer had just put Jack in handcuffs and taken him away with the rest of the boys following. They are all getting on a boat and get shipped back to where they came from, all of the boys were all shocked that they were even getting saved in the first place. All of the officers were asking the boys questions but the boys were too stunned to even speak. For weeks they have dreamed of being saved, of being home, and of their family and finally now it was happening.
Have you ever been on a trip and met some strange people? Not in the sense as creepy, but as in weird? This occurs to Roald Dahl in "Going Solo." On his trip to different places to work for the Shell Company, he meets two rather odd people. One who likes to run around the deck naked with his wife. And another one who finds fingers and toes disgusting. (The Voyage Out, 64). Both of these two people meet Dahl on his trip. Dahl thinks they're both different in sense of he doesn't have the same impression for both of them. But the way Dahl describes them and their actions show that they might not be so different after all.
He was agonizingly strapped to the ship, in order to withstand the lure and temptation of the siren’s songs. He struggled with all his might, to give in to the Sirens callings. He was strong, but he was able to resist. Once they were safely past the Sirens, his crew set
With McCrudo destroyed by the storm and with no where else to go, Ricky and his crew join the warm welcoming Delta research facility - Who is run by a woman called Rebecca. As the crew members of McCrudo settle down in to their new home, they begin to pull their weight around the base by doing various chores. Ricky becomes suspicious of Delta’s operations, when he comes across a prison like science lab with an array of security features, such as cameras, locks and sensors. When asked what this lab is used for, and why is there so much security, Rebecca warns Ricky to stay out of her business.
Gus feeling like a complete fool dives deep into the river and tries to block it all out, but eventually gets out and runs away from his scene of complete stupidity. He cuts himself running through the brush and eventually climbs a tree to carry out his plan of falling out of it. Fortunately Eddy was still on her rock and Gus got the courage to talk to her.
Oftentimes, when burdening or stressful circumstances begin to generate strain on an individual, they find themselves turning to literary art as a form of mental relief. This deliverance applies, in particular, to the narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and the father in “The Boat,” by Alistair MacLeod. In both short stories, readers can pinpoint several instances in which these specific characters seek solace through differing formats of written language. The function of the father’s books in “The Boat,” and the narrator’s diary in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” is to serve as an instrument of escapism, rebellion, and self-expression, within the controlled existence of
Since Captain Leopold was the only other person in the room with Monica, Fletcher accused him of shooting his ex-wife. He sniffed the gun and found that someone had recently fired it. He was shocked. Captain Leopold claimed that he did not fire the gun and did not kill Monica. Lieutenant Fletcher was puzzled because it was only Captain Leopold and Monica in the room. Lieutenant Fletcher took Captain Leopold to the police station and Monica went in an ambulance. She later died on the way to the hospital. The detectives continued their investigation to find out what happened and who did it, if Captain Leopold did not shoot his ex-wife Monica then who did and why.
Have you ever been on a trip and met some unusual people? Not in the sense as creepy, but as in weird? This occurs to Roald Dahl in "Going Solo." On his trip to different places to work for the Shell Company, he meets two rather odd people. One who likes to run around the deck naked with his wife. And another one who finds fingers and toes disgusting. (The Voyage Out, 64). Both of these two people meet Dahl on his trip. Dahl thinks they're both different in sense of he doesn't have the same impression for both of them. But the way Dahl describes them and their actions show that they might not be so different after all.
Marlow was frustrated when he learned that he had to wait until the boat is repaired. Marlow then meets the Company 's manager, who informed him that Kurtz is ill. The Manager pretended to be concerned for Kurtz, but Marlow suspected that the Manager wrecked the boat to stop supplies from reaching Kurtz. Marlow also meets the Brickmaker, whose position seems unnecessary because he lacks the material for making bricks. After waiting for three weeks, a group of traders named “The Eldorado Exploring Expedition” whom are led by the Manager’s uncle arrives. While Marlow is lying on his salvaged boat one night, he overhears the manager and his uncle having a conversation. Marlow concludes that the Manager is worried that Kurtz is trying to steal his position. The uncle told the Manager not to worry and have faith that the jungle will “do away” with Kurtz. Marlow’s boat is finally repaired and he and his passengers and crew that consisted of: the Manager, some agents, and a crew of cannibals depart from the Central Station. About fifty miles away from Kurtz’s Inner Station, they find a book titled An Inquiry into some Points of Seamanship, a reed hut, and a woodpile. As the boat crept towards Kurtz, the boat was attacked by a volley of arrows. The Whites fire rifles into the jungle while Marlow navigates the boat. A native helmsman is killed by a spear, and his body is dumped overboard. Kurtz assumes that the natives that attacked the boat have
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in a small Colombian town in 1928 and has written many short stories and novels over the years. One of his short stories, "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship", published in 1972, is in a book called A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes that was published in 1991. This was an interesting story and had many magical and realistic elements.