In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ we meet the old man Santiago‚ who is a persistent‚ hardy‚ and prideful individual. He exemplifies these character traits in his struggles to earn back the respect and reputation among the local fisherman. To do this‚ he sails out much farther than the other fishermen‚ in hopes if finding a big fish to bring back – bigger than any of the fish they have caught. Overall‚ Santiago exhibited all of the traits of any great fisherman; persistence‚ hardiness‚ and pride
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At first‚ all you can see is a figure walking towards you as a shadow with no definite features‚ only an outline. You know for sure that the bold features of this figure represent a male. He does not tower over everyone as much as the ideal man would; however‚ he is taller than the average woman. At a far‚ his body frame is broad‚ for you see broad shoulders‚ a broad chest‚ and broad stomach. His body is full. This man appears closer and you notice that when your eyes reach the top of his existence
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1. Why have you chosen this particular profession? Teaching is not my first profession because I am a Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting graduate but due to financial constraints‚ I was not able to take the CPA board exam‚ so I took the Civil Service Eligibility Test Professional. After passing‚ I applied for any position in our Municipal Government Office. With God’s blessings‚ I was hired and rendered my service for one and a half years as Civilian clearance Officer. When I
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Sahanator is a 13 year old boy who is half German and half Korean. He has long blue and red hair with blue brown eyes. He is 170cm and he weighs 50kg. He prefers to wear a suit and a cologne. He is a bit different compared to his classmates. He is rather quiet and he is very careful about what he says and what he does. He is quite brave and he never gives up. He always tells to himself‚ ‘Don’t start something you can’t finish’. He does like music and sports. He learned how to protect himself. He
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Mustapha Mond Character Sketch It is said that a great leader must always lead by example. This is not always true‚ a leader must sometimes partake in some negative activities in order to protect the interests of the populous. An excellent example of this is Mustapha Mond. When one first meets Mustapha Mond‚ it is obvious that he is distinctly different from the other alpha plusses; Mond is unique‚ wise‚ and authoritative. Mustapha Mond is unique in part because he reads prohibited literature
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ALICE Alice is a seven-and-a-half-year-old little girl living in an upper-middle-class family in Victorian England. She is a very imaginative little girl who goes on a surprising adventure into the looking glass world. This journey is the biggest example of her active and vivid imagination which we later come to know is only a dream. But‚ inspite of being only seven years old‚ we see some characteristics in her which are very unusual for a girl as small as her. Her relationship with her pet kittens
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Character Sketch for I’m a Fool September 28th‚ 2013 The character in I’m a Fool is a 19 year old boy‚ who will be referred to as the Swipe‚ his occupation‚ since his name was not mentioned in the story. Similar to most common people‚ the Swipe likes “feeling grander and more important” (pg.94) while he does not like “putting on too many airs” (pg.93). He is introduced as a “big lumbering fellow” (pg.91) who could not get a job because he “had gotten too big to mow people’s lawns and sell newspapers”
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You entered my life like a gentle sigh‚ like a quiet breeze blowing softly through the leaves. You were a stranger first‚ one who laughed freely and easily‚ who spoke of minor intimacies and common grounds‚ who made me feel strangely liked and valued. You became my friend‚ no longer a stranger‚ trusting me with secrets hidden‚ confiding what you liked and hated. We talked and laughed and‚ as time passed by‚ I grew more and more dependent upon your smile. From strangers to friends was just a baby
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When calculus was invented‚ has always been a question in Math. The first signs of calculus were done by Greek mathematicians. Zeno of Elea of about 450 B.C. gave a number of problems which were based on the infinite. His argument was that motion is impossible. Other Greek mathematicians that contributed to the method of exhaustion are Leucippus‚ Democritus and Antiphon. The method of exhaustion is so called because one thinks of the areas measured expanding so that they account for more and more
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In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Piggy can be classified as both envious and persistent. The reader can first see his envious side when Piggy first meets Ralph. Their airplane had just crashed on the hot and sticky island and Ralph takes his clothes off. He wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button nose. The frame had made a deep‚ pink "V" on the bridge. He looked critically at Ralph’s golded body and then down at his own clothes (Golding 11). Even though it doesn’t say
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