Sample paragraphs: Characterization of Chato from “The Somebody” INTRODUCTIONS: In the story‚ “The Somebody‚” by Danny Santiago‚ we meet the young character who goes by the name of Chato. Throughout the story‚ the author uses characterization to help us see that Chato is both passionate about what he does‚ yet he is also still a rugged gang member. In “The Somebody‚” Danny Santiago uses elements of characterization to create Chato de Shamrock‚ a teen growing up in East L. A. Chato is portrayed as dramatic
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2010 Performing Miracles In the novel The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho‚ the main character‚ Santiago‚ seeks out his personal legend. His personal legend is to go to the pyramids in Egypt to find the treasure he has dreamt about. Throughout his long journey across the desert‚ he learns many lessons of great significance . In one particular scene towards the end of the novel the chief of a tribe believes Santiago and the Alchemist to be spies of an enemy. The chief threatens to take Santiago’s life away
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numerous times by Santiago‚ he exemplifies success as he shows that he has a lot of skill in his profession. However‚ he also shows some traits of failure as well‚ making it hard to discern whether he is a failure or not. In the book Santiago showed that to have success you must have failure. In the book Through his actions‚ Santiago shows that he is both‚ a failure and a success. The old man was known throughout the village as being unlucky. Even the parents of Manolin‚ the boy Santiago had thought
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of how Santiago was tragic hero in the old man in the sea. Santiago in the old man and the sea was known as a loser he did not have any friends but he did mentor a young boy named manolin and had the worst of luck. Santiago was outlawed by manolins parent because he had the worst of luck because of this the boy could not go fishing with him because his parents thought he was too unlucky. Santiago hadn’t caught a fish in 87 days and everyone said he would never catch a fish again but Santiago didn’t
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pivotal role of the narrator‚ as well as the descriptive language of imagery throughout the story. The story begins with Santiago Nagar‚ one of the main protagonist of the story who died‚ dreaming of trees and bird. As he gets peculiar dreams‚ Nasar pays no mind to it‚ and does not understand what will precede in the future‚ which others- beside his mother- already suspect of. Santiago Nasar is known to be slim‚ pale man- who turned 21 years old- with curly like his father. He was an only child “of a
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Santiago as a Christ Figure In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ there are many comparisons between the main character Santiago‚ who is often called the old man‚ and Jesus in the Bible. For someone who is familiar with the Bible and then reads this story‚ the similarities are easy to pick up on. Many debate if Hemingway did this intentionally of if it was weird similarities that just happened to be there. A few of these similarities include characteristics of Santiago and of Jesus‚
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attainment and her numerous accomplishments manifest her sensational intelligence‚ fierce temper and sharp tongue. She received magna cum laude in Bachelor of Arts and earned Bachelor of Laws‚ cum laude from the University of the Philippines. Sen. Santiago studied in different universities abroad for her post studies where she earned the graduate degrees of Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science from the University
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1. Santiago is an older fisherman‚ also referred to the old man. He is the main character in this book. 2. Manolin is young boy who has learned how to fish from Santiago. They became great friends and fished together until Santiago didn’t catch anything for a number of days. Manolin still helps the old man out with carrying stuff for him and looking out for him. 3. Martin is the owner of the Terrence. He has sent food to both Santiago and Manolin on more than one occasion. Pg20 4. The boy’s parents
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Anti-Epal Bill by Miriam Santiago Anti-Epal Bill By Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago Anti Epal Bill Anti-Epal Bill Proposed By Miriam Santiago Before we start this article‚ let us just remind everyone that this is no laughing matter. Anti-Epal Bill is a serious proposal intended to change the country’s corrupt political image. Anti-Epal Bill is a proposal by no other than Senator Miriam Santiago who targets politicians or any government officials who claim credits for projects funded Filipino
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WHY WE DO NOT LIKE PSU. As my partner said‚ the current admission process discriminates students because of their social classes. Moreover‚ it does not show the real knowledge they possess nor evaluates apropiate skills for each course. Youngsters whose families have more resources do not do better at PSU because they are smarter than the ones from a lower social class. Inteligence‚ studying habits or even the effort they make‚ are equally distributed through society. It is knowledge what is
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