The Man In The Water Essay

humankind has an inclination to be good. Mencius offers up a now classic example of a child falling into a well in an effort to prove his point that “No man is devoid of a heart sensitive to the suffering of others.” His hypothesis is that, if a man were to see a child fall into a well, he would be compassionate. Mencius is sure that the man is pure in his compassion and is not so due…

Known as the Portuguese Man O’ War, these large, colorful venomous animals are often confused for a jellyfish but are actually part of a group related to jellyfish called siphonophores. They can grow up to 1 foot long and 5 inches wide and their tentacles can stretch as long as 165 feet, according to National Geographic. Recent sightings of the Man O’War along beaches in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey prompted lifeguards to post information on its Facebook page where they issued water hazards and…

The Serpent Aiden jumped into the shallow water and grabbed the rope. He pulled long and hard as the small boat scraped against the shore. “McLaughlin! Watch the rocks!” His father, Tadgh yelled down to him from where he stood on the bow. The shore was littered with jagged stones, even though Ireland was mainly grassy. The sky was grey, and it was starting to rain more heavily than the drizzle that took up most of the voyage. Aiden's red-brown hair was sopping and falling into his eyes, making…

“Ok,” Drake replied. However, when Drake got water a strange man was watching him and Mason at practice. He has also been watching them whenever they come home from school, at football, and when they go to their school to play kickball outside. They went outside to the field at their school for fun. Yet, Drake and Mason don’t know that they were being watched. The strange man was watching Drake as he got water, and Drake saw him. Drake went back to practice however, he wasn’t…

Tap water VS Bottled water, what’s safer to drink? By Reann Burgun Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to see which type of water is safest to drink. Firstly I will take bacteria samples from my chosen types of water and then see which grows the most contaminants, this will then tell me the cleanest water to drink. Purpose: The water types I will be comparing include; city water, well water, bottled water and fountain drinking water. I will take tap water from many different faucets,…

Several days later, Arminius tripped on a sprawling vine and lacked the strength to stand up. He laid on the ground, letting his face sink into a layer of dead leaves, and breathed heavily. The last several days forced him to push his body to the limit, and he was almost found twice. Luckily, he did his channeled mana long enough to gather enough mana for two shadow spells, which hid him while unknown entities swarmed around him. Eventually, though, the entities went back to their hive, and…

the environment continues to degrade due to man’s activities. Sustainability of the environment has become a long gone story. The environment is no longer as productive as it was initially. The activities of man have resulted to the condition we are in now. The population on Earth, both for man and animals, has increased. Land and other resources continually decline; in productivity and quality. The sustainability of the current and the future generations is largely compromised. Actually, if the…

the lines can bring new meaning to the constant rain, the occasional snow, even the random blind man walking through the ashes. In exploring the broken world of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a father and son find themselves in instances which convey into acts of baptism. Acts hidden within character’s actions, as explained by Thomas C. Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. The presence of water creates a whole new sense when characters submerge, raising the question, “is it baptism?”…

in a world where the choices we make, all to often turn into stories of failure and regret, rather than prosperity and success? In the ancient myth “The Myth of Sisyphus”, the poem “The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost, and the sufi tale “When the Waters Changed”, we discover that true fulfilment is not based on making the “right” choices, but finding the bright side of every choice. The Myth of Sisyphus doesn’t just relate to my own life, but the lives of all people, and the characteristics of…

that tradition. I’d like to propose the idea that just because something is tradition doesn’t mean it does any good. I once heard a story about a woman who swore by starting with frigid cold tap water if you wanted to boil your water faster. If you think about it, that’s not logical at all. To raise water to a set temperature, it…