Nido de Aguilas: Santiago‚ Chile. It had been a week since I’d gotten the news that I was moving schools and that I would be leaving my friends forever to move to a quiet country in the middle of Europe: Switzerland. I silently sat in my designated chair‚ waiting for my last day to begin. I’m six years old‚ and I’m secretly watching the girls in my class loudly chatting in the corner of the classroom. It’s 2008‚ and I’m quietly sitting on my desk‚ wondering to myself: "Am I not important enough
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named Santiago achieves his Personal Legend with some help from three major characters who teach him many important things. The crystal merchant is one of the characters that helped Santiago by encouraging him and helping him earn back his money. Another important character who helped Santiago in his journey was the English man. He helped Santiago understand many things that he did not know before. The alchemist is an important character who helped Santiago in his journey. He made Santiago realize
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During his journey for redemption‚ the fisherman‚ Santiago‚ loses several physical and mental battles. For example‚ Santiago struggles to catch an immense marlin‚ carry his boat’s mast back to shore‚ and fight off hungry sharks surrounding his skiff. By putting his protagonist through these symbolic trials‚ Hemingway truly shows Santiago’s perseverance and ability as a classic “code hero” figure found in many of his works. The main battle Santiago fights is to catch a marlin‚ something that would
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Revealing the Character of Santiago‚ In Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea‚” illustrates the love an old fisherman has for a boy‚ and the sacrifice he is willing to make for him to become his fishing partner. John Clark Pratt‚ in his peer article‚ “My Pilgrimage: Fishing for Religion with Hemingway‚” has done research that tells us‚ “Santiago’s name refers to St. James‚ who is the great fisherman also considered by some religions to be the brother of Christ
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Character Analysis of Santiago Santiago‚ a character in Ernest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ is a very interesting character who is especially worthy of an in-depth character analysis. By making Santiago really the only important and developed character‚ Hemingway focuses the mind of the reader on this one character‚ which allows the reader to fully concentrate on the actions and characteristics of Santiago. Hemingway also writes in such a way that‚ instead of offering up an analysis‚ there
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A famous Spanish scientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal 1852-1934 He was one of the greatest Spanish scientists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His study of the brain and nerve cells laid the groundwork for neuroscience. He was not a man who kept his studies to one specific field‚ but rather made lasting important contributions to several fields. He was highly rewarded not only for his laboratory work‚ but also for his scientific writings and illustrations. Cajal tells his
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The Old Man and The Sea: Analysis of Santiago Ross Mueller Mr. Harocopos AP. English 11 29 September 1996 Ernest Hemingway had a specific type of character in each and every one of his works of literature. These characters were called the Hemingway Code Heroes. Hemingway Code Heroes followed a strict code of behaviors which allowed them to live their life to the fullest. These Heroes lived simple lives without all the luxuries that others had. They concentrate on the problem at hand and do not
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on the couch‚ and so the interview begins. Now at one ends of the couch were the subject of the interview‚ Monica Mena‚ or by her other name called “Mother” because that’s what she is to me. The person in question is from the Dominican Republic‚ Santiago‚ and lived there most of her life‚ she moved to the U.S. in her 40s. Why did she moved to the US
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Jimmy Santiago Baca was in an insolation due to refusal to work. In this chapter‚ he has done two years in the prison already. Also‚ he insisted that his hard work should have deserved him for learning as the reclassification committee’s promise. This was a positive transition for Baca‚ he was started self-learning to read and write by his communication(letter-writing) with his pen-pal Harry. In addition‚ the lesson from Bonafide had teaches him a new perspective of violence and the outcome of those
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“Who Understands Me But Me‚” by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ is about an author talking about life in prison. It explains how life would be behind bars.explaining how you should choose your path the correct way and make good decisions in life. Also how hard it is to get your life back together after prison because it changes your life. To get your life together before it all goes bad. How you need to think things through in life before you do them. Also how hard it could be getting your life back together
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