Part one of term paper
During the nineteenth century, two prominent writers, Herman Mellville and Charles Darwin both voyaged to the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador. Both of these individuals wrote descriptive passages about the physical attributes and atmosphere of the Galapagos Islands. The passages vary in specific content due to the intentions an ...

Part two of term paper
... all vary between the two passages. These passages exemplify that a single subject, under varying conditions, can be seen and portrayed using differing style and rhetoric. Mellville's passage uses allusions, analogies, and comparisons to well- known entities to better illustrate the Galapagos Islands to the common reader. Mellville assumes that the reader is unfamiliar with the Galapagos islands, or "Encantadas," as he chooses to refer to them as and paints a picture of the Galapagos Is ...