In the Heart of the Sea

II. About the Author a. Author Nathaniel Philbrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended Linden Elementary School and Taylor Allderdice High School. He earned a BA in English from Brown University and an MA in America Literature from Duke University, where he was a James B. Duke Fellow. He was Brown University’s first Intercollegiate All-American sailor in 1978, the same year he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, RI. After working as an editor at Sailing World magazine, he wrote and edited several books about sailing, including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yaahting: A Parody. b. Book background In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is a book by American writer Nathaniel Philbrick about the loss of the whaler Essex in the Pacific Ocean in 1820. The book was published by Viking Press on May 8, 2000, and won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It was adapted into a film of the same name, which came out in late 2015. III. Summary Essex whaleship, a routine mission becomes an in precendented disaster. Essex is launched from Nantucket in the year of 1819. This ship was managed by a newly promoted Captain George Pollard Jr. and his mates Owen Chase and Matthew Joy. The Essex is manned by an amateurist crew that includes fourteen years old Thomas Nickerson and Chase's nephew Owen Coffin. Within a few days, the Essex nearly flips after being slammed by a freak storm. Though Captain Pollard wants to return to Nantucket for repairs, he's convinced to continue by Chase and Joy. Unfortunately, they have a tough time finding whales. They don't spot a single one until crossing the equator. Thankfully, their luck turns around by the time they round the base of South America. After reaching the Pacific Ocean, the crew decides to head to the Offshore Grounds, a newly discovered breeding ground that boasts tons of whales but is thousands of miles away from land. During a hunt, the Essex is shockingly attacked by a sperm whale. The first recorded instance of an intentional attack on humans by a sperm whale. Chase misses an opportunity to kill the whale before this happens, which is a failure that haunts him for the rest of his life. Desperate, the surviving crew members rig their tiny whaleboats with sails and attempt to make the long journey to South America. Each officer is placed in charge of a whaleboat: Coffin is on Uncle Pollard's crew, while Nickerson travels with Chase. Once again, Pollard has only been convinced of this course of action thanks to the prodding of Chase and Joy, he had wanted to travel to the Society Islands instead. Oh, if only he had insisted. Although they hit a few strokes of luck. Catching a few fish and chancing upon a tiny island, for example—the whaleboats are eventually separated, and the starving sailors descend into cannibalism. At one point, Pollard's crew runs out of food, and Owen Coffin is killed and eaten. In the end, five sailors (including Pollard, Chase, and Nickerson) are rescued near the coast of South America (three men had remained on that tiny island and were rescued later), though the Essex tragedy continues to haunt them until their deaths. IV. Lessons Learned " Don't let your hunger force you to do something. Think before you made a hand." V. Critique/Review I was suddenly feel something when I read this story. It was so incredible that I can't wait to watch it's movie. VI. References Philbrick, N. (2001). In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Penguin Books. pp. xiv–xv. ISBN 0-14-100182-8.

“Looks are Deceiving”

This line I’ve choose are came from the line of one champions in league of legends and she is LeBlanc. I have my experience that someone are teasing me just because of my movements or whatsoever. Since I was an elementary student, everyone firsts impression about me is a gay. At first, I really don’t accept and got angry of them but I realize that why should I have to waste my time for getting angry to them and to push them to understand that I am not a gay. Yes, maybe its just for the movement or how I care about myself. At time that I step into high school, all of my classmates ask me if I am a gay. I said no then. As the time goes by, they still teasing me a gay but I don’t mind them anymore. This school year, grade 11, I am still experiencing this kind of situation but it is okay for me now because I just ignore them. But why should people tend to said that if they are just confused?There was a time that we have a performance task in one subject we take. In case we don’t have a girl in a group, then we used to plan out that one of us should act as a lady. But no one of my members want to volunteer. I volunteer just for the grade of mine and my team. After that performance, I really feel embarassed to others because they don’t have manners or just to think that it was just a performance. They take it seriously and as for now they still teasing me a gay. I don’t know if my patience can handle this, I’ll try. Someone is also confront me and ask, “ hey, are you a gay?” if Im going to ask you the same question you asked, will you still happy? I dont really take that personally. Why should I got angry If it is not true right? Those people are peoples like to have no knowledge. That’s bullying. That’s why I believed to that quote. To those people who are teasing me paste is to your minds “ Seek the deepest answers that will lead you to a great answers, not just rely on what you see and what you think.”