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    It was the first day that school was out. And‚ the old movie theater had just shut down last year. We wanted to go check it out. There was only four of us John‚ Luke‚ Ian and I. We had no more than one day. Nobody has ever returned since the last movie played. There’s on old homeless man‚ that they say lives there night and day. He treats the place like his son that he never had. But he never cleans anything. They say there’s still popcorn in the maker and soda in the cups. I guess‚ we won’t

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    Santiago pre-judges the Gypsy and Old man when he firsts meets them. Later on Santiago realizes that if he pre-judge you will not find out the truth. Paulo Coelho uses Melchizedek and the Gypsy to illustrate that you should not pre-judge. When Santiago first meets the Englishman he thinks he is trying to be a nag. Santiago was also being rude because he was trying to make the old man feel bad. “That he for himself could not pronounce the title: and second that if the old

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    While walking to the café I noticed someone unusual‚ someone I have never seen around the school. This man was about 5‚ 10”inches‚ scrawny frame‚ unusual haircut‚ and he was dressed in all black as if he was on his way to a funeral. As I walked by the man I took a good look at his face. I recognized at first glance that the man had silly mustache. The mustache had reminded me of an old Amish man.

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    In the novel The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the main character‚ faces challenges in his life that can be related to our own everyday lives. In this book‚ Santiago has to overcome his age‚ self- doubt‚ and what other people think. Santiago has been a fisherman his whole life and now that he is becoming older and weaker‚ he’s afraid that his ability to fish will deteriorate. Fishing is Santiago’s purpose in life and once that’s gone‚ what’s there to live for? From the old man’s journey‚ there is

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    What the Hero In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ heroes are portrayed as regular humans who only differ through what they understand from their failures. Santiago performs actions that any other man would execute in the given situation; however he learns from his mistakes and is willing to teach others through his failures. As Santiago tried to overcome the boundaries set on him by nature‚ he came to the acceptance that man does not have to accomplish the greatest goal‚ and ultimately

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    Boneless Hot Wings Dusty Butler Topic: Boneless hot wings General Function: To inform Specific Purpose: To show my audience how to prepare and serve boneless hot wings. Organizational Design: Sequential Introduction Attention Arousing and Orienting Material: Buffalo wild wings!! Makes me hungry just thinking about their boneless hot wings. Not being lucky enough to live anywhere near my favorite place to eat‚ I still have had the chance to learn to make boneless hot wings in my current

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    roadblocks‚ but he defeats them with grace. Santiago from “The Old Man and the Sea” shows grit throughout his journey in the boat‚ during the shark attacks‚ and toward the marlin. Santiago was an old man who fished for his basic needs‚ all he had was a tiny skiff‚ and a young boy named Manolin‚ the two men ran out of luck‚ and Manolin left the old man with despair. “He was an old

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    Synopses One: Character – Old man from the ‘Bush Undertaker’ For the first entry in this reading journal‚ I chose to talk about the Old Man from Henry Lawson’s Bush Undertaker. Initially‚ the Old Man piqued my interest because he seems like the typical representation of a historical Aussie battler and consists of many of the cultural attitudes most commonly attributed to Australians. After all‚ he is an aging shepherd making a living on his own except for his loyal canine companion‚ Five Bob. However

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    psychology aspect in the old man and the sea In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway describes an old fisherman and the unfortunate trials he faces as his "luck" runs out. Through the novel‚ the fisherman‚ Santiago‚ replicates Hemingway’s ideal man‚ a noble hero. Hemingway had a Code of Behavior that he himself followed. He had morals that were strict and an appreciation for instinct and human nature. He had a specific way of living life and an understanding of time. He believed in taking risks

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    facing the speaker. "I have awakened. How may I be of service?" The robot stood at rougly six feet tall and had sleek‚ shiny limbs made of an exceptionally tough metal alloy. Matthews was an old man now. He was no longer the dashing pioneer of modern artificial intelligence theory‚ but an elderly‚ frail man speaking to the culmination of his life’s work. Two may have just been a machine‚ but it was truly a son to the now-retired scientist. His bright green eyes bore into the robot’s glowing blue

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