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    Nathalie B. Rabe Purok Esmeralda B‚ Barangay San Jose‚ Pagadian City‚ 7016 nbrabe@gmail.com 09058267754 / 09488137171 EDUCATION Tertiary School Saint Columban College (SCC) – Pagadian City Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Attending‚ April 2010 – present Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) – Iligan City Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Attended‚ June 2008 – March 2009 University of the Philippines (UP) – Diliman‚ Quezon City

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    The Old Man and the Sea

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    in the late 1940s. The most important characters in The Old Man and the Sea are Santiago—the old man—Manolin‚ and the marlin. Santiago is the protagonist of the story. He is an old‚ Cuban fisherman. He is very knowledgeable of his skills and takes pride in them‚ despite his physical restrictions. He has a very close bond with a boy Manolin. Santiago is also a dynamic character. Throughout the novel‚ Santiago goes through extreme changes. The books starts out with him being the laughingstock

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    is an inspiring story about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who traveled from his home in Spain to Egypt in search of treasure buried in the pyramids. Santiago has to take risks that no one would ever take. No one knows what the treasure is‚ not even Santiago and no one knows if Santiago will make this out alive. Along the way‚ Santiago meets people that teach him the importance of following your heart and dreams. Santiago is the main character; he is a shepherd in Spain that travels

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    Yuan Xue ESWL 1300 Writing Fall 2014 Prof. Kwok Every time refer to beauty‚ Notre Dame De Paris comes into my mind. Esmeralda and Quasimodo are good examples of physical beauty and inner beauty. Both of them are lucky because they have at least one of the characteristics. In my opinion‚ either physical beauty or inner beauty is significant. Like the majority of people‚ I am usually attracted by fashion beauty when walking on street. As we can see‚ physical beauty can be easily recognized

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    Santiago's Defeat

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    Ernest Hemingway‚ the character Santiago is an excellent example remaining undefeated and enduring to the end. For eighty-four days‚ Santiago had set out to sea and returned empty-handed. On the eighty-fifth day Santiago embarked a wearisome fishing trip at sea that lasted three days. Santiago wrangled with a huge marlin for many hours. He finally captured the marlin but it was later eaten by sharks. Throughout this wearing trip Santiago remained undefeated.

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    often overlooked‚ it becomes a key element. Santiago has a reoccurring dream of him going to a field and from there being brought to the Egyptian pyramids. When he meets the King of Salem‚ Melchizedek‚ Santiago tells him about his dream and the King tells him that going to the pyramids is his Personal Legend. The King also says to Santiago‚ “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation” (Coelho 22). To follow his Personal Legend‚ Santiago must give in order to receive. He must give

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    from books.” (Santiago) Explanation: I chose this quote because it talks about having a certain goal in life that you really want to achieve and make a reality. If you truly strive for that goal there is nothing that can stop you‚ everything is in your favor. Once Santiago realizes this‚ that is when he strives to find his Personal Legend. I chose this quote because it talks about fear. Something that every human portrays‚ and comes up in the novel quite often. Once Santiago realizes there

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    novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway the main character Santiago undergoes many challenges while fighting the big fish. Even though in the end Santiago lost the fish‚ he was never defeated. Throughout the novel The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway uses symbolism through Santiago‚ the marlin‚ and his nemesis‚ the sharks to contribute to his theme that “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Throughout the novel Santiago represents determination‚ bravery‚ patience‚ and the ideal everyman

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    The Alchemist. (Essay)

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    conversation with Santiago but Santiago didn’t want to converse with the old man.Santiago even tempted to be rule toward the old man in order to avoid the his conversation. All the sudden‚ the old man started telling Santiago about the world’s greatest lie‚ people being unable to choose their own personal legend‚ the reason Santiago chose to become a shepherd‚ and his dream. He told Santiago the conclusion and summary of the book that Santiago was reading‚ which surprised him. Influency led Santiago to listening

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    there is an unknown success. In Ernest Hemingway’s novella‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ there is an old fisherman named Santiago‚ who lives in a small village in a shack made from royal palm trees. Struggling to catch a fish for 84 days‚ Santiago decides to go out to sea during hurricane weather‚ alone with no help--not even from his friend Manolin‚ a fisherman apprentice. Santiago is willing to sacrifice his life for a big fish able to end his dry streak. Santiago’s actions are similar to Christ because

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