Ferry

known for his Harper's Ferry raid. John Brown was a very radical abolitionist who believed that overthrowing and killing the slave trade system would end slavery. During Bleeding Kansas, John and his children led attacks on pro slavery residents. Through the will of god, Mr.Brown became a hero through some hasty citizens eyes, and a monster to be hung by others. In eighteen fifty nine, John Brown and his twenty one followers attacked the Federal Arsenal in Harpers Ferry. Brown immediately…

Gathering together twenty one followers including five free black men, Brown sets out to Harpers Ferry. On October sixteenth just before midnight, Browns group descends upon Harpers Ferry. Oddly the first person killed by Browns group is a free slave named Howard Shepheard. Once in town Brown’s group begins going from house to house of prominent members of the town taking hostages. Making…

works of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Over the years since its inception, it has become a cornerstone moral theory of modern philosophy. Utilitarianism produces the most good for the most people at the expense of personal morality, and the ferry scene in The Dark Knight provides an excellent scenario to analyze using it. The essential idea of utilitarianism is taking the general happiness of…

is an important figure in American Literature.Walt Whitman wrote poems that represented events and important social issues going on in the United States of America during the late 1800’s. In his poems, “Song of Myself” and “Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry”, he talks to the future generations about society's problems, as if Whitman wanted the audience in today’s generation to learn from his own generation. Also, in his poems, Whitman uses transcendental thoughts and moving word choices to bring a…

of transition can be believed to be both confronting and transformative for the individual or groups involved. This idea is undoubtedly explored within Steven Daldry’s film, Billy Elliot with a central theme of maturity and Robert Gray’s poem, Late Ferry, as it expresses ideas about the transformative concept of transitions. Additionally, Meiert Avis’ music video for Paramore’s Brick by Boring Brick explores a confronting change to the protagonist as the music video demonstrates challenges of…

current bills. One afternoon, he joins his friend Henry Fosdick on an errand run. While on a ferry headed for Brooklyn, an 8-year old boy falls off the edge into the water to which the boy’s father yells out to the other passengers “My child! Who will save my child? A thousand—ten thousand dollars to anyone who will save him!” This went unheard to Dick, but being a terrific swimmer, Dick jumps off the ferry after the boy and brings him to shore and returns him safely to his father, who turns out…

Nolan: The actions of the convicts in the decision to not blow up the civilian ferry would concur with this line of thought. They chose to forego their own lives in preference for the civilians in acknowledgement of their past errors to society. Socrates: We have discussed the ethical issue of taking blame for others actions,…

their own. He was not a very wealthy man, but he did not let that stop him from continuing his fight to end slavery. Brown is most commonly known for his attempt to abolish slavery during 1859, “The raid on Harper's Ferry.” According to my primary source “The raid on Harpers Ferry,” he thought it would be more effective to launch a direct attack on the federal arsenal than attacking from the Blue Ridge Mountains. This attack would not be easy due to members of his crew didn't agree with the…

some believe that the customs of Chicago are brutal and unforgiving; meanwhile, others believe that the rugged nature of the city illustrate its unique character. “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio,” by James Wright, describes the annual ritual of people attending football games in the small town of Martins Ferry, Ohio. The townspeople take pride in the custom, for the process repeats itself each year. Frost’s “Mending Wall” explains the process of rebuilding…

My interview was with a woman named Miss Norma. She was born during WWI (1917) and will be 100 years old in February. It was interesting how I met, I was a cashier at Walmart when she came through my line. She saw my name tag and asked if I had ever been to the Shekinah festival in Amish country. I told her I had never been and that I wasn’t from Columbus. She then asked where I was from and when I told her New Albany Indiana luck might have it, she was born and raised in my home town and from…