Reeve. A great example of a hero is found in the book‚ The Old Man and the Sea. This extraordinary hero goes by the name of Santiago. As an individual‚ he faced a difficult‚ and laborious task. He was determined to capture the "great fish" regardless of his aging‚ and withered body. In the end he found strength and accomplished his goal. First off‚ Hemingway writes that Santiago was defending the fish by fighting off the blood thirsty sharks. (107) But‚ previously his encounter with the marlin damaged
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Nico. They call me Nico. Well my full name is Nicolas Santiago Chavez. I live in Inglewood‚ California with my mama and papa. We are very family oriented for “la familia es amor.” Growing up in Inglewood‚ life hasn’t always been facil. We live in a neighborhood known as Sunnyside Park‚ though it isn’t the sunniest place to live in. I didn’t have many friends growing up except for the kids on the cross country team. Also‚ I would play with the neighborhood kids‚ we called ourselves los chicos malos
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Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand shows the change Baca goes through while in prison for six and a half years. With several charges of drug possession‚ no one believed he would be a better person. However‚ through the power of poetry‚ he managed to become an incredible writer‚ he was able to come out of prison a new man. Many believe that the prison system needs a reform‚ that people going in are the same or even worse when coming back out. Yet‚ Baca was different‚ he managed to stay away
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brings us closer to others‚ creating a lasting impact on us. In the poem‚ “I am offering this poem” the author Jimmy Santiago Baca. Repeats the Stanza “I love you” showing affection and sympathy with language.Furthermore the authors of “ I am offering this poem” and “ I will always write back” both illustrate that language can transform our actions. I am offering this poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Shows that the use of language shows that it can bring comfort and warmth to one another. In the poem Jimmy
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to not give up even through pain and struggle. Throughout the book‚ there multiple occasions that Christianity is portrayed through Santiago to give the reader a better understanding of the struggle that Santiago had to overcome. One way that the christian religion is displayed through the character Santiago is the pain of his cramped hand. Hemingway compares Santiago with Jesus to assist the reader’s knowledge of the struggles that he has to overcome. “He could feel the steady hard pull of the line
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Chile Chile is located in South America‚ its neighboring countries are Argentina‚ Bolivia‚ and Peru. And its capital is Santiago de Chile. Chile’s most representative historical site is the Memory and Human Rights Museum‚ which was made to conmemorate all the victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Here you can look at different types of things such as: letters of love‚ letters asking for help‚ torture artefacts‚ and many other things. Pinochet`s dictatorship a horrible and desastrous
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after a period of hardships‚ to eventually succeed in what they are looking to succeed in. When it came to Jimmy Santiago Baca in his memoir "A Place to Stand" he had to take a good look at his life‚ and lifestyle‚ convince himself that he can do better‚ to eventually overcome a lot of his in his life so that he could accomplish his main goal of overcoming illiteracy. Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ after growing up the youngest of three children‚ watching his drunken and womanizing father destroy
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A Journey Through Lessons Santiago goes on a journey from Spain‚ where he lives‚ to Egypt where he thinks he is going to find his treasure. On this journey Santiago learns to connect with the Soul if the World from the Englishman and from the Alchemist‚ he learns to trust his own intuitions from one of the camel drivers and from the pair of hawks‚ he also learns about true love from his father and from Fatima. First‚ Santiago learns to connect with the Soul of the World from the Englishman
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only remembrance of Santiago Nasar is through the recollections of the people who have known him. Due to the arguments and controversies over Santiago’s murder‚ Santiago is still discussed by the townspeople in order to piece together the truth. Even decades later‚ the townspeople are still arguing over Santiago and therefore they are still remembering who Santiago was. As long as he is remembered by others‚ Santiago still continues to be alive and immortal. The tale of Santiago Nasar’s final days
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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. The sea
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