It begins: "is the Captain on deck?'" asks the common sailor. "Oh no, sir, no,' said the [responding] marine. 'Breakfast only just carrying in this moment. Two hard-boiled eggs and one soft.'"(55) the breakfast scene of ship domesticity shows the hi Continue Reading...
Discipline among the shipmates of the Sophie is also evident before Jack Aubrey even boards the ship. This is evident in the fact that they have obviously made considerable effort to prepare the ship and themselves for the first meeting with their Continue Reading...
'No such passengers aboard, sir,' he reported (243, Chapter 7, last page). Who is admitted to a ship has a strict hierarchy -- and the captain's word is law in terms of who is allowed on board, as is seen in the above quotation. My moneyman wants Continue Reading...
PIRA and the British Government's Response The war between the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and the British State from 1969 to 1998 was a complex situation in which various entities pursued similar and dissimilar aims through various cha Continue Reading...
