him that life is short… he needs to get a move on with that next chapter! Life as an Author and Achievements: Anthony Horowitz started professional writing at the age of 22 and already has over 40 books by now. His most famous series are: Alex Rider (with 11 books), The Power of Five (with 5 books), and The Diamond Brother Series (with 8 books). He has won Booksellers Association Award (2008), Booktrust Teenage Prize (2008), British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year (2006), British Book
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Empathic Response – Whale Rider – Kahu In this empathic response, I will be giving an insight into one of the main characters’ feelings in the book “The Whale Rider” by Witi Ihimaera. This character is Kahu, Koro Apirana’s great-granddaughter. I will be responding to the part in the book, when Kahu rides the whale. “Why? Kahu asked Koro Apirana. ‘Our ancestor wants to die.’ ‘ But why?’ ‘There is no place for it here in this world. The people who commanded it are no longer here.’ He paused.
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Douglas Salayka Prof. Major Easy Rider Easy rider was a film I couldn’t understand. I have to say I didn't like it. I somewhat respect what the film did for the industry but still I cant full respect it for the scenes of them having sex at the graveyard. That was a bit to much for me. The movie starts out with a cocaine deal, The 2 main characters then wanted to use the money and jet. The scenes of them riding around on motorcycles used music from the time like Born to be wild. At that time
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about a teenager named Alex Rider. He is not your everyday average 14 year old. After the book was published , a film was made in 2006 starring well known actors like Alex Pettyfer, Ewan MacGregor and Micky Rourke. The film and the book is simmilar but has some differences. For example, in the book it starts with “When the door bell rings at 3 in the morning, its never good news.” on the other hand, in the film, it starts with Alex's school, then his uncle , Ian Rider being chased and it is not
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The article Running Silent is about robotic vehicle powered by water. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute out of Falmouth, Mass., built this water vehicle that was somewhat like a sea creature that had fins so it could move though the depts. of the water(Winters , 2008). The first with vehicle was battery operated(Winters , 2008); but after the batteries were dead the vehicle was dead. So what WHOI thought of was wax that melted by the warmth of the ocean water(Winters , 2008). As long as the
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Love indubitably unites as much as it divides. This story is very much an example of the inconsistency between the personifications of the sea and the land, and the heartache this causes. The short-story is called “Sea Story” and is written by A.S. Byatt in 2012. Its’ main event is partially set in Filey, which is east of the Yorkshire coast and partially in Oxford. Although this is where the main events unfold, we follow a bottle from England and through the world’s vast oceans. The short story’s
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language usage and imagery, and the situations that the characters face forces them to consider their own demise. Before they challenge their demise, the characters, crunched uncomfortably in a dinghy thrown around on the violent and threatening sea, are known as an injured Captain, a cook, an oiler, and a correspondent. It is unknown to the reader how the Captain was injured, and because of his injury he cannot help his crew but by orders from his mouth. “There was something strange in his voice
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Marine pollution resulting from all products released into the seas and oceans as a result of human activity. This pollution comes in the marine environment by the vector of water ways, winds, air at low altitude or is directly discharged into the sea. Generality on the main pollutants: • Chemical pollution includes all minerals and organic wastes (fertilizers, detergents, hydrocarbons or phosphate) • Thermal pollution leads to increased water temperatures by discharges from nuclear or thermal
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The Effects of Trash In our Oceans When someone sees trash in the water do they ever wonder just how much trash is out there? Or how it is affecting marine life? You should. In 2013 Kyra Schilling, lead author of this study, was able to look at the sea floor at a depth of 365 meters, and continued to the depth of 4,000 meters. What they found was a lot of trash, one-third of the trash was plastic, of these objects half were plastic bags. Metal was the second common form of debris found, aluminum cans
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Seahorses Seahorses are a very unique species in general, but something that makes them extraordinary is that the male seahorse is the one who gives birth the babies instead of the mother, but it is not what you are probably thinking. Seahorses have a different type of birth process. The male “has” the babies instead of the female. This is a rare process only happens in twelve kinds of animals. Male seahorses carry and have the children because the female seahorse cannot. Male Seahorses have a pouch
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