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    Herman Hesse‚ a German symbolist author from the beginning of the 20th century‚ was very successful in his time for the novels Demian and Siddhartha. The former‚ his first hit novel‚ was a huge success in Europe and was the novel that made him famous. The latter‚ written only 3 years later‚ consolidated his success and praise as an author. However written by the same author around the same time‚ these two novels are very different in respect to tone and language‚ but with similar sentence structure.

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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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    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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    post is the Old Man with His Grandson by Domenico Ghirlandaio. This painting looks very average and boring to a person today who is not interested in art or just looking at it for the first time‚ but the painting of the Old Man with His Grandson was a revolutionary painting by Ghirlandaio in the late fifteenth century. Ghirlandaio along with Raphael‚ Jan van Eyck‚ and others started to introduce individuality and add values to their paintings; you can see examples of this in the Old Man with His Grandson

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    written language and his spiritual confidence in eternal life. The Sonnet Text : One day I wrote her name upon the strand‚ But came the waves and washed it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand‚ But came the tide‚ and made my pains his prey. Vain man‚ said she‚ that doest in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize‚ For I myself shall like to this decay‚ And eek my name be wiped out likewise. Not so (quoth I)‚ let baser things devise To die in dust‚ but you shall live by fame: My verse your virtues

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    December 5 2012 Miss Bone Honors English – Period 1 Masculinity and Gender in Hemingway ’s The Old Man and The Sea One of the most predominantly accepted themes of Ernest Hemingway ’s assorted works is the importance of masculinity. His experiences in the war and personal values are reflected in his work‚ and are particularly clear in his prize winning novella‚ The Old Man and The Sea. The Old Man ’s connections and relationship with the natural world around him and his responses to the people

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    Eros vs. the old man under the moon Ever mythology contains a god controls moral love relationships. In Greek mythology‚ Aphrodite is the goddess of love‚ beauty‚ pleasure‚ and procreation‚ while her side kick‚ Eros is in charge of let morals felt in love with each other. In Chinese mythology‚ the old man under the moon control marriage and love between the morals. As we can see‚ Aphrodite’s sphere of influence is much wider than the old man under the moon‚ that is because comparing to Greek

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    Martin luther king jr. Martin luther king jr. was a very good man. He fought to end segregation. He didn’t fight with violence but with word. He made several speeches. One of his most known speech is I had a dream. He was pretty cool. He was born January 19‚ 1929. He died april 4‚ 1968 by getting shot. He had a dream that whites and blacks would one day become friends and they will not be racists. he was born named michale king‚ but his father changed his name in honor of a germen reformer. he

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