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    of stages in life. Infancy‚ Youth ‚ Adulthood‚ and Old Age are all key stages. As one grows‚ they mature through these various stages. When one reaches old age‚ there is often a lot of doubt surrounding their lives. Serenity‚ and independence are often the two most questioned. These are some questions that Santiago has to ask himself as well. 	In the novel The Old Man And The Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway develops the concept of man coming to the realization that as he ages‚ his dependency

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    The Defeat That Won A Life Throughout History man has suffered from many setbacks and even though these have slowed his progression it has never defeated him. In the fiction 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

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    The Old Man and the Sea is basically a story of a battle between an old‚ experienced fisherman‚ Santiago‚ and a large marlin. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and been told to fish insteadwith successful fishermen.The boy visits Santiago’s shack each night‚ hauling his fishing gear‚ preparing food‚ talking about American baseball and his favorite player Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next day‚ he will go far

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    The Old Man and the Sea In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago the fisherman can be viewed as either a failure or a success. In the aspects of Rishi‚ Devata‚ and Chhandas we can see that Santiago is not a failure. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish‚ and he is the laughingstock of his small village. Regardless of his past‚ the old man determines to change his luck and sail out farther than he or the other fishermen ever have sailed out before. When we look at the Rishi

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    “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character‚” said Martin Luther King Junior. Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our society. People also don’t see the effects about racism to others. Lastly‚ racism has affected equal opportunity in the United States of America. Racism has become a big issue in the

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    English 3 “The Old Man and the Sea” In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway shows Santiago‚ a Cuban fisherman‚ as a strong and heroic man. The man’s epic battle between the marlin represents his strength and symbolizes endurance. Santiago has set a journey to the sea for 84 days and is beat when he returns home with nothing. His friend Manolin has been forced by his parents to leave the old man to fish. Ernest Hemingway has created a character that has made a brave man who personifies

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    Music WHAT IS MUSIC? Music is the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition‚ according to Webster ’s II: New Riverside University Dictionary. However‚ people have different meanings for music. Therefore there is not just one meaning for “music”. Meanings of music to other people: Music plays an integral and emotional role in our lives. Music is the way one expresses their selves. Music is an instrument that we speak through. Music

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    Old Man and the Sea Essay In Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ a Cuban man named Santiago goes out on a fishing voyage trying to break his bad luck of going 84 days without a catch. Santiago is only dependent on his strength and willpower‚ while alone at sea. During this time‚ Hemingway portrays the old man as someone dissatisfied with isolation‚ creating for himself the illusion of company by prattling amongst himself. At the start of the text‚ Santiago is joined by a fisherman

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    In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago an old Cuban fisherman‚ after 84 days without a fish‚ catches the largest marlin ever seen in his waters and although he loses it to sharks he achieves a moral victory. What sustains him in his dire struggle is his intimate connection with nature‚ his relationship with the fish itself‚ and his complete devotion to his vocation as a fisherman. Though his gains and lost‚ maintain both challenges and soothe him. Santiago treats nature as a family

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    a bad person because he appeared as a good old man who just borrowed a knives to sharpening and said “Maybe you’ve heard from your neighbours. I come around every March. Do mowers as well” as he was offering to do he mower for her in the beginning. Janet is a mother of three children. She do all the work in the house since her kids are still young to do some of the house work. Erin is six years old eldest child of Janet. The Knife Sharpener is an old man who sharpen knives and do mowers. The story

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