MAN IS EVIL BY NATURE! DONE BY: KARISH GOVENDER “Human nature cannot turn back. Once man has left the time of innocence and equality‚ he can never return to it.” (Rousseau as quoted in Franklin) But was humanity ever innocent? Stories were told of the barbaric deeds of humanity-how Asian philosophy talks of Yin and Yang and how it is used to describe how good and evil are connected and in every good person there is a spot of bad. The views of human nature have changed throughout the centuries
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Defeat is a decision. While people may not prosper in every battle they fight‚ their defeat is not necessarily inevitable. This is true for the protagonists in the parable The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the boxing drama Rocky directed by John Avildsen. Although Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea lives in a fishing village near Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940s‚ he faces a conflict remarkably similar to that of Rocky Balboa‚ despite the fact that his story takes place in Philadelphia‚
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Santiago was a thin old man with wrinkly skin covered in blotches. His hands were full of old scars. Except his “cheerful and undefeated” eyes‚ he looked rather weary. There was “no life in his face” when his eyes were closed. Despite being unable to catch a single fish for eighty-four days‚ he still remained hopeful and decided to go fishing even further from the shore. The old man has a doubt for his physical strength; however‚ he is confident in the “tricks” that he know. He is sure that it’s
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profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant‚ but still believes the old man is a great fisherman. The boy’s parents call the old man Salao‚ which is the worst form of unlucky‚ and
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was his tragic flaw and caused him to be open to his mother’s manipulation. After that‚ everything kind of went downhill‚ to understate the situation a bit... There are many examples of how Santiago was tragic hero in the old man in the sea. Santiago in the old man and the sea was known as a loser he did not have any friends but he did mentor a young boy named manolin and had the worst of luck. Santiago was outlawed by manolins parent because he had the worst of luck because of this the boy could
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Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea has a lot of symbolism throughout the story line. A majority of the symbolism occurs when the old man is actually out in the ocean‚ but there is also some symbolism when he is on his island before he sets out to sea. The young boy‚ whom the old man taught to fish‚ symbolizes hope and joy for the old man. They had a strong friendship between the two of them because of this. The old man had taught the boy to fish‚ and the boy loved
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A Man Be Destroyed‚ But Not Defeated. Reading through the novel The Old Man and the Sea one‚ as a reader‚ can perceive several themes in the book. Various arguments can be established by the way Hemingway set up the story. Some may argue that the novel’s theme was Santiago’s struggle‚ the friendship with the fish and other characters‚ Santiago’s perseverance and that he really ended up as a triumphant man. But to argue that those were also the main themes of the book is also a difficult thing
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Old Man and the sea: Epilogue The old man awoke to the boy staring at him. His vision was still blurry. As he wiped his tired eyes‚ he noticed the dry blood and cuts on his hand. He frowned‚ but then looked up at the boy and smiled. “I brought you some soup.” the boy said anxiously. “I’m not hungry. You should eat it.” “No‚ I couldn’t.” The boy stared at the old man curiously and asked‚ “How do you feel?” “I’ve been defeated. I feel very tired.” “You know you’re great fish was 18 feet long
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The Old Man and The Sea: An Analysis I read this book for the first time in high school and I remembered it just as well as if I had read it yesterday. As I read it again I remembered some of the same language‚ especially the old man talking to his hands. Cursing his left hand when it cramped up on him like it was a separate part of himself and had a mind of its own was particularly interesting. We can see immediately in the beginning of the book that this old man is in a struggle to catch fish
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Self-worth is one of the many things people strive for‚ to either feel like they have a place in their town. Santiago‚ the main character in “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ feels like he needs to prove that he has a place in this town by catching a fish. There are many ways to show one’s self-worth‚ either by action or by their own words. Some may even feel desperate to show what they can do mainly because they’re either lonely or wish for the respect they want. Respect is what everyone would like
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