Defeat is a decision. While people may not prosper in every battle they fight‚ their defeat is not necessarily inevitable. This is true for the protagonists in the parable The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the boxing drama Rocky directed by John Avildsen. Although Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea lives in a fishing village near Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940s‚ he faces a conflict remarkably similar to that of Rocky Balboa‚ despite the fact that his story takes place in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania
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The title of The Infinite Sea is used as differing metaphors profusely throughout the story. Rick Yancey obviously chose to title his book after these abundant metaphors because they were important to the story. The title is a superb reflection of the book and relates to the characters‚ the audacity that the survivors have and what the world had become since the aliens’ invasion of Earth. Firstly‚ the use of ‘the infinite sea’ relates to many of the characters‚ but it relates one character in particular
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Who doesn’t love sea lions‚ even though they smell and are extremely loud. What is this algae that has already taken 8+ sea lions lives? On April 14th‚ 2017 a toxin produced by algae blooms in the Pacific Ocean‚ the Pacific Ocean is the suspect in multiple sea lion deaths‚ an officer with Laguna Beach’s Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Back on April 4th‚ 2017 the center that cares for the marine mammals has rescued about 15 sea lions poison by this horrific algae which is produced by toxins. 8 out of
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Suddenly‚ a large metal object plants itself beneath your feet. A porthole opens and men carry you inside the belly of the large iron beast floating nether you. What’s going to happen now? In Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea‚ this is exactly what main characters M. Aronmax‚ his servant Conseil‚ and Ned Land the harpooner‚ were thinking. After a hefty six-hour wait of being locked in a dark cell‚ the door opens. A man who introduces himself as Captain Nemo‚ an obvious leader
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tragic flaw and caused him to be open to his mother’s manipulation. After that‚ everything kind of went downhill‚ to understate the situation a bit... There are many examples 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
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Tragedy is defined as "a dramatic or heroic or literary work depicting a protagonist engaged in a orally significant struggle ending in ruin of profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant
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plugged even if we are not using it‚ even this simple act is using energy that is why we should always unplug electronics every time we are finish using them. They said that the sea helps us to lessen the CO2 or the Greenhouse Gases‚ but because there are many of them they could not cope and the result is that even the sea becomes warmer. They also gave some examples of the signs‚ like Coral Bleaching‚ the case that is currently happening in El Nido‚ Palawan‚ and as a result a lot of fishes lost
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The lions in Santiago’s dreams represented his lost youth and his decreasing strength. For instance‚ when he needed strength on his long and strenuous voyage he thought of his dreams of the lions‚ and of them playing on the beach without a care in the world. With this in his mind it seemed to make him stronger and gave him the endurance to continue. The lions could also symbolize pride. Like the lions Santiago had pride. He was proud of his fishing skills. He was able to keep his lines straight
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In 2006‚ an author‚ Richard Lewis‚ who lives in United Kingdom wrote a book‚ The Killing Sea‚ about the tsunami in 2004 in Indonesia. He wanted to teach all the readers a lesson to appreciate your loved ones while you have them. Thankfully‚ Lewis understood how people may not think that they are going to lose someone that they love because he know information about the tsunami who killed 230‚000 innocent people. A work well done‚ he created the sassy character‚ Sarah to have a conflict with her mom
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Wide Sargasso Sea: Essay In Jean Rhye’s Wide Sargasso Sea‚ Rochester works to colonize and “other” Antoinette by using the power he has over her. The power he has because of his gender‚ his race‚ and his knowledge is what he uses to colonize Antoinette. In Trinh T. Minh-ha’s article‚ “Difference: ‘A Special Third World Women Issue’”‚ she states‚ “As you can see‚ ‘difference’ is ‘division’ in the understanding of many. It is no more than a tool of self-defence and conquest” (Minh-ha‚ 7). This quote
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