However‚ Santiago is a humble person and also a skillful fisherman. Santiago replies that he knows other fishermen who are better‚ to which Manolin responds‚ ’There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you’. He is a man of character and determination. He is a proud man‚ as is revealed by the game he plays with the boy‚ pretending that he will have a pot of yellow rice with fish for supper when Manolin knows that he has nothing to eat. Despite his pride‚ Santiago has learned
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stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “Uncle Marcos” by Isabel Allende‚ they dream about different situations happening to them that would not happen in their regular life. Mitty always imagined himself as different people‚ sharing Mitty’s identity‚ doing different and more exciting jobs than the one he had currently. Marcos‚ in an opposing situation‚ imagined flying away in his “bird” over the city far away. Both “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Uncle Marcos” have
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Character of Atticus. Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout. His wife died when Scout was 2 and he is bringing the children up on his own‚ with the help of Calpurnia. Scout "says he played with us‚ read to us‚ and treated us with courteous detachment". It is clear he loves his children. His family has been associated with Maycomb for many generations and he is related in some way to most families in the town. He is a lawyer. He takes on Tom Robinson’s case‚ knowing he’ll lose‚ explaining to
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1. Describe Santiago’s character in regard to the adversity he faces. What political or historical person could you compare him to? Explain. Santiago faces many adversities in the novel but the main one that makes up the plot is Santiago being shunned as a fisherman in his village by all of the people because he can not catch one fish. A political person that compares to Santiago is Elizabeth Anne Seton. She fought for women’s right to vote and did not care what people called her and what men
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Being a hero is a very difficult task; although some are born to do it‚ most of us need guidance to be heroic. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus‚ the main character‚ goes on an Odyssey- an adventurous journey with unexpected outcomes of fortune. There‚ he undergoes many challenges and dangerous situations and changes into a more wholesome individual. As a result of this Odyssey‚ it takes Odysseus twenty years to come home. During this period of time‚ Odysseus becomes more trustworthy‚ cautious‚ and
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The character of belinda There are several aspects of the personality of Belinda as portrayed by Pope in The Rape of the Lock. It will be wrong to regard her purely as a goddess‚ or as a pretty spoiled child‚ or as a flirt. She is a combination of all three‚ and yet much more than such a combination. We see her in many different lights. We see her as a coquette‚ an injured innocent‚ a sweet charmer‚ a society belle‚ a rival of the sun‚ and a murderer of millions. She has‚ indeed‚ a Cleopatra-like
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Character Sketch of Doctor Faustus : Introduction : Aritstotle approved a great importance to Dr.Faustus and approved as a hero.This excellent Faustus damned by accident or decided by God. He is frightened by the devil and has been ordered not to repent. When he really repented Faustus is an individual. He‚ the young extremist‚ eager‚ buyont with brilliance energetic investigate his mind. Faustus is a chaos of willpower and helpless. There is a fundamental
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Mason 1 Aliisa Mason Professor Lewis ENG102-AI 23 February 2014 Ma Joad Character Analysis The Grapes of Wrath is a story about family and hardships during the time of the Great Depression. The story follows the Joad family as they search for jobs out west after being forced out of their home in Oklahoma. The Joad’s are challenged. They have hardly any money and jobs are very scarce. Throughout the novel the family struggles
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The scarlet letter was a book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. The Scarlet Letter which was his greatest work ever is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting. Hester Prynne Although The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne. We know very little about Hester prior to her affair with Dimmesdale and her public shaming. We read that she married Chillingworth although she did not love him‚ but we never fully understand why. The early
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The book in which this essay is about is called Dragonwings. Laurence Yep wrote Dragonwings. The main setting is in America during the early 1900?s. The main characters are Moon shadow (a young Tang child)‚ his father Windrider‚ and black dog shows up throughout the story. This father and son have a dream of building a flying machine. There are really many conflicts in this story. The main ones are Windrider and Moon Shadow trying to build a flying machine‚ Black Dog being addicted to opium‚ and
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