What is the significance of the passage where the Lady of Shalott states “I am half sick of shadows”?

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

what arguments, appeals, and rhetorical strategies did patrick henry use in 1775 to persuade reluctant members of the second virginia convention to develop a military response to british aggression or n 1775 american independence was not a foregone conclusion. while there had been unrest and resistance in massachusetts with scattered acts of support from other areas, no organized movement toward revolution existed across the colonies. virginia ranked among the largest, wealthiest, and most populous colonies in 1775, and her political and military support for independence would be crucial for success. in this speech patrick henry (1736–1799) uses powerful rhetoric to convince influential, affluent, landed men of virginia with much to lose to move past their current diplomatic posture opposing british aggression to the more treasonous one of open military preparedness. hope it

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