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I was born in Massachusetts in 2003, on the Eastern Seaboard, in a little town called Marblehead. I am here to display my works that which I have accumulated during my Cadetship. "I declare to you, with great boldness, that I am here to save you from a great ugliness."

A CRITICAL RELFECTION: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND POPULAR CULTURE

Looking at the final product of my essay, I am able to see that I had accomplished the goal in which I had set before beginning to write. I wanted to examine how popular culture creates accommodations to the “average person” who is interested in the scientific community. I had accomplished this goal by analyzing…

A CRITICAL REFLECTION: THE POWER OF THE LITERARY SPONSOR

In my drafts, for the most part, I noticed a lot of rhythmic responses. My writing reflects the types of books I have read. When I was making reference to Bronze Age stories such as the Iliad, I would even begin to write as Achilles spoke. This is mostly due to the fact that my…

A CRITICAL RELFECTION: THE HONORABLE ART OF SAILING

Within my essay, I made sure my ethnography had been shared as a series of stories, this went over quite well. From interviews to the introduction of mythical stories, and the connections of the ancient past to the present day. I successfully implemented specific lexis and other criteria mentioned by Johns and Swales. I also…

A CRITICAL REFLECTION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE TWO WRITERS, EXAMINING THE PAST AND PRESENT SELF

While writing this essay, in which I examined my developments as a writer, I noticed that I had still been developing from my first draft to my final draft. Contained in my rough drafts, I managed to notice the very same issues in which I had written about in my essay, the same issues in…

THE EVOLUTION OF THE TWO WRITERS, EXAMINING THE PAST AND PRESENT SELF

When examining the development of a writer, we find that we cannot compare the experiences of any two writers, for each experience varies incredibly. When I take a step back to examine my own developmental process over these past few months in which I have been writing and submitting essays during my “cadetship” here at…

THE POWER OF THE LITERARY SPONSOR

In the 6th century Before Christ, during the war between Rome and Clusium, at the battle of the Pons Sublicius, there stood three men against an army of thousands. At the end of the bridge, at the mouth of the entrance “out spake Brave Horatius, the captain of the gate; to every man upon this…

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND POPULAR CULTURE

In today’s world, as is seen, the once fine line between the scientific community and popular culture is becoming more and more blurred as the years press on and we shift to a more culturally advanced society. We see the haze of science and popular media mixing on television, in video games, and now in…

THE HONORABLE ART OF SAILING

In this discourse community ethnography, I will be covering a highly specialized trade and hobby, one of the oldest arts, the seafaring life of sailing. The characteristics found within this highly specialized community are like none other, and its criteria one must meet before being acknowledged as “a part” of the sailing community…