Old Man and the Sea Study Guide Answers DAY ONE: PAGES 9-25 1. Who is Santiago? Describe his physical appearance and personality. He is an old fisherman who has “gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.”(9) He has been deemed “unlucky” by others in the community. Santiago’s is described on pages 9-14: o “thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck;” o “brown blotches of benevolent skin cancer;” o “his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish;” o “everything
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Tattoos and their history of health related illnesses‚ the facts and the fiction that have surrounded tattoos through the years. Just to start‚ some history on the art of the tattoo. The first initial tattoo was found to be over 9000 years old. It is believed that tattoos first appeared in the year 12‚000 BC. The word “Tattoo” comes from a Tahitian word “Tatu”‚ which means to mark something. Initially tattoos played an important role in ritual and tradition. Women wore tattoos on their
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What is an Artist? Art is a very wonderful thing. A great painting enriches our experience of life‚ just as a great poem does or a great musical composition‚ since great painters make us feel and think a great deal more than the objects before us. They teach us to appreciate the beauty and harmony of colors and light through their eyes. They share their imagination with us and invite us into an exciting world of painting. Once discovered and entered‚ however‚ this world can never be forgotten.
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faced with a problem‚ they are tempted to ignore it‚ rather than solve it. However‚ by not giving up and working diligently until this problem is solved‚ a desirable outcome will result. This quote and concept is shown furthermore in the works‚ The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and in Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
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I could see that the man was very unhappy. As I watched him sitting by himself at the bus stop‚ a big brown paper parcel beside him‚ I felt my curiousity perk and was also strangely troubled. I sensed that the old man felt confused and needed someone to talk to. Yet I held back. The party was in half an hour. So I could not make the time for him. Besides‚ who was I introduced into another person’s privacy? These were my thoughts as I boarded the bus. As the bus drew away from the stop ‚ I looked
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are completely different. The Scarlet Pimpernel took place in France during the French Revolution. On the other hand‚ The Old Man by the Sea took place in the Atlantic Ocean. In The Scarlet Pimpernel it was a much more crowded situation‚ with groups of people throughout the book. Although‚ The Old Man by the Sea was a much lonelier situation where it would be just the old man out in the ocean alone for long periods of time. While reading the Scarlet Pimpernel you learned that it was a harder language
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Paper 1: “The Old Man” In this paper I can see that this student uses simple sentences very well. This student uses a simple sentence to get right to the point‚ and it’s working well for this student. The student’s introduction sentence was simple‚ yet it caught my attention. “Sand‚ beach‚ and water are what surrounded the old man.” This sentence gives a great description and I personally think it’s a great introduction. This student seems to want to experiment with complex sentences‚ and I think
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and artistic abilities. From this we can infer that James Joyce himself was not a great supporter or fan of religion and that he felt no need for it. As the novel progresses‚ so does Stephen’s relationship with the Church. As a young boy he feels very in touch with a love for the Church. Slowly‚ while Stephen grows up‚ finds more of himself‚ and forms his own views‚ he begins to steer away from the Church. Thought at times during his development he returns to religion‚ Stephen still pulls away from
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In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago an old Cuban fisherman‚ after 84 days without a fish‚ catches the largest marlin ever seen in his waters and although he loses it to sharks he achieves a moral victory. What sustains him in his dire struggle is his intimate connection with nature‚ his relationship with the fish itself‚ and his complete devotion to his vocation as a fisherman. Though his gains and lost‚ maintain both challenges and soothe him. Santiago treats nature as a family
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In the song “Wings” by Macklemore‚ the artist uses a typical seven year olds’ perception on society to explain the concept of consumerism. He shows how in the long run‚ this concept of objects defining our value‚ individuality and status is merely another illusion. Consumerism is yet another flaw in today’s society that most people don’t see as a threat. The song starts off with a boy talking about his first pair of Nike’s‚ “This is the best day of my life/ On the court I wasn’t the best‚ but my
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