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    Santiago In Sea

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    his spiritual beliefs. Santiago has a sincere respect toward nature which influences his decisions as a fisherman. This is shown through his considering the fish his brother and his endearing name for the sea‚ “el mar.” This is in contrast to the other fisherman and the way they go about the fishing business. Lastly‚ Santiago was ridiculed by everyone for being a poor old unlucky fisherman. The boy sees the value in the old man as a person‚ even though his father only sees the lack of fish caught

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    Consult the studies conducted by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and identify the big fish that are in danger | Month 1 | Develop a “Reduced Catch” plan and implementation procedures | Create a plan to limit the amount of fish that commercial fisherman can bring in on a single catch. Create enforcement regulations to ensure the plan is followed. Set roll out date. | Month 2-4 | Schedule presentation for commercial fishing industry | Develop a presentation to outline the new plan to the members

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    “The Boat” written by Alistair MacLeod tells a story about a father’s life and how he lived as a fisherman. The narrator is an adult man who looks back on his life of when his father was still living because even though he got a university education‚ he now wants the life his father had. He expresses how his father always wanted him to become something bigger and better then what he became. The author‚ Alistair MacLeod‚ used many different writing techniques within this short story. The symbolism

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    Ethnography on Fishing

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    forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members. The sport of fishing has a wide variety of the type of members that represent the community‚ such as new members‚ or members that are not as serious as a professional fisherman‚ but anyone can join the discourse as an up and coming member at anytime‚ especially little kids. To become apart of this discourse all you really need to do is have the desire to go fishing‚ which a lot of people use as a relaxation tool for their

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    The Necklace

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    necklace. She borrows a necklace from her friend which looks like it has “diamonds” on it and then loses it. She takes ten years to pay it back‚ only to find out that the diamonds on the necklace weren’t real. The short story “The Fisherman and His Wife” is about a fisherman who finds an enchanted flounder‚ who he lets free. When he returns to his home‚ his wife demands that he wishes for a cottage. After that she keeps on wanting more and more until she demands of her husband to ask the enchanted flounder

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    The Fish

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    “The Fish”‚ Elizabeth Bishop describes the experience of a man who caught a “tremendous fish” (1). I personally don’t think the fish is characterized as a simple victim. In the poem it describes how the fish didn’t fight to get away which gave the fisherman opportunity to take a closer look and realize that the fish already had another five hooks hanging from what he described a lip. This along with other features he sees on the fish like “his brown skin hung in strips like ancient wallpaper” (10‚11)

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    Old Man and the Sea

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    Santiago as a Hemingway Hero Most people that are old have little ambition to do anything‚ complain about everything‚ are brittle‚ and even senile. So one could reasonably ask how the stoic but old Cuban fisherman Santiago could possibly go without catching a fish for 87 days and then fight a fish two feet longer than his skiff and probably ten times Santiago’s weight for three days while remaining calm‚ collective‚ and strong. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ one learns

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    turns his back on theocracy and follows what he truly believes with Arthur Miller’s stage direction ‘He slams the door to the outside behind him’. This is also evident in ‘The Island’ by Armin Geder through the use of the character‚ ‘The Fisherman’. The Fisherman represents Christian ideals such as caring and sharing for the outsider “We can’t ignore him now that he is among us‚ we must help him‚”

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    Belonging – basic human need Experienced through external forces (relationships‚ place‚ groups & communities) Can further be shaped by individual perceptions (values & beliefs) Some societies enforce strict rules for citizens to live by Crucible by Arthur Miller – set in 1692 with a theocratic government (church head of state) Danforth (state judge) – represents town law: Shows rigidity towards law when speaking to Francis – “a person is either with this court or he is to be counted against

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    Fly Fishing Hook

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    First Tips From day 1‚ the fly fisherman is a better conservationist than any other sportsman. The fly fisherman only relies on his own power to get to the locations he needs to get to in order to catch the fish he/she is planning to catch. And this is a very good thing because fly fishing is one of the fastest growing sports going. The three main ingredients that one needs to become successful as a good fly fisherman are‚ 1. A good rod. 2. The correct line to match the rod. 3. Learn the correct

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