In January of 1841 Melville undertook a second voyage on the whaler Acushnet from New Bedford to the South Seas. ... Melville took his final whaling voyage as a harpooner on the Charles & Henry, but left the voyage while on the Hawaiian Islands and returned to America as a sailor on theUnited States, reaching Boston in 1844. ... The novel was another Polynesian adventure, but its fantastical elements and jarring juxtaposition of styles made it a critical and commercial disappointment. ... Melville then devoted himself to lecture tours and a global voyage that he abandoned in San Francisco. .....

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Together with those effects, the power to record for an no limit length of time allowed the filmmaker to deliver a fantastic opening scene in the Fight Club (Fincher 1999) which starts from the inside of the protagonist's head and ends with the gun pointing in his mouth (McClean 2007). ...

• Word Count: 5359
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During Elizabethan times, 1550-1625, a great writer's explosive way of writing brought forth a new life to poetry. This outstanding poet, author and playwright, was William Shakespeare. These highly subjective sonnets are wonderful tales full of love, deception, and betrayal. Although it is presu...

• Word Count: 3329
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• Grade Level: High School