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    goal he runs into some major roadblocks‚ but he defeats them with grace. Santiago from “The Old Man and the Sea” shows grit throughout his journey in the boat‚ during the shark attacks‚ and toward the marlin. Santiago was an old man who fished for his basic needs‚ all he had was a tiny skiff‚ and a young boy named Manolin‚ the two men ran out of luck‚ and Manolin left the old man with despair. “He was an old

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    Nick Choi Ms. Marshall English 11 Honors 18 January 2013 The Old Man and the Sea: An Annotated Bibiliography Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ can be construed as an allusion to the Bible and the struggles of Jesus based on Santiago’s experiences. Baskett‚ Sam S. "Toward a ’Fifth Dimension’ in The Old Man and the Sea." The Centennial Review 19.4 (Fall 1975): 269-286. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anna Sheets- Nesbitt. Vol. 36. Detroit: Gale Group‚ 2000. Literature Resource

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    The book called The Old Curiosity Shop was written by Charles Dickens. The piece printed as a book in 1941.The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather‚ who both reside in The Old Curiosity Shop in London. A fact about the book I found interesting is apparently Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841 and was said to have called it “very interesting and cleverly written.” That was probably the moment when Charles realized his book was amazing‚ when the queen reads it! The events in the

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    The Aeneid‚ a poem written before the era of Christ and Christianity‚ has been argued to be a precursor to the values of Christianity‚ much as the Old Testament is a precursor to the New Testament. While the Aeneid does not explicitly lay out these values‚ scholars have interpreted the text otherwise. Some scholars have made claims arguing for the connection between The Aeneid and The New Testament‚ finding their evidence in other works of literature‚ especially Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno‚ one

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    The Tell-Tale Heart from the point of view of the old man Curse this eye! A curse be upon this cold‚ lifeless form that rest in the socket where a vibrant‚ living eye once was. I believe I shall never fully adjust my vision to my one living eye. Thanks be to heaven for the lad that has come into my life to take care of me in my old age. He makes me yearn for my lost youth. So full of life is he. I thought for so long I would spend my last years on this earth alone‚ stumbling around my house

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    No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy’s novel‚ No Country for Old Men‚ enlightens the life of Llewellyn Moss‚ a welder and Vietnam veteran‚ who happens to stumble upon several murdered bodies‚ a sufficient supply of cocaine‚ and two million dollars of cartel drug money. Moss decides to seize the money and consequently sets off a chase for his life against the old hand sheriff Ed Tom Bell and hired psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh. However‚ McCarthy essentially exploits Moss’ and Chigurh’s

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    “The Old Man and the Sea” In “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway identifies the old fisherman Santiago as an individual who is independent in all his actions‚ and is willing to take chances in life. Santiago had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ but despite him being “salao” he doesn’t lose hope in himself. He’s finally able to catch a fish known as a marlin‚ but is too scared to pull it up‚ since it may cause the string to snap. So he decides to let the fish pull him and the boat. In

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    Through the blindness of failure‚ 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

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    psychology aspect in the old man and the sea In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway describes an old fisherman and the unfortunate trials he faces as his "luck" runs out. Through the novel‚ the fisherman‚ Santiago‚ replicates Hemingway’s ideal man‚ a noble hero. Hemingway had a Code of Behavior that he himself followed. He had morals that were strict and an appreciation for instinct and human nature. He had a specific way of living life and an understanding of time. He believed in taking risks

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    In the novel The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the main character‚ faces challenges in his life that can be related to our own everyday lives. In this book‚ Santiago has to overcome his age‚ self- doubt‚ and what other people think. Santiago has been a fisherman his whole life and now that he is becoming older and weaker‚ he’s afraid that his ability to fish will deteriorate. Fishing is Santiago’s purpose in life and once that’s gone‚ what’s there to live for? From the old man’s journey‚ there is

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