Ernest Hemingway‚ the character Santiago is an excellent example remaining undefeated and enduring to the end. For eighty-four days‚ Santiago had set out to sea and returned empty-handed. On the eighty-fifth day Santiago embarked a wearisome fishing trip at sea that lasted three days. Santiago wrangled with a huge marlin for many hours. He finally captured the marlin but it was later eaten by sharks. Throughout this wearing trip Santiago remained undefeated.
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often overlooked‚ it becomes a key element. Santiago has a reoccurring dream of him going to a field and from there being brought to the Egyptian pyramids. When he meets the King of Salem‚ Melchizedek‚ Santiago tells him about his dream and the King tells him that going to the pyramids is his Personal Legend. The King also says to Santiago‚ “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation” (Coelho 22). To follow his Personal Legend‚ Santiago must give in order to receive. He must give
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from books.” (Santiago) Explanation: I chose this quote because it talks about having a certain goal in life that you really want to achieve and make a reality. If you truly strive for that goal there is nothing that can stop you‚ everything is in your favor. Once Santiago realizes this‚ that is when he strives to find his Personal Legend. I chose this quote because it talks about fear. Something that every human portrays‚ and comes up in the novel quite often. Once Santiago realizes there
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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 sharks to contribute to his theme that “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Throughout the novel Santiago represents determination‚ bravery‚ patience‚ and the ideal everyman
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conversation with Santiago but Santiago didn’t want to converse with the old man.Santiago even tempted to be rule toward the old man in order to avoid the his conversation. All the sudden‚ the old man started telling Santiago about the world’s greatest lie‚ people being unable to choose their own personal legend‚ the reason Santiago chose to become a shepherd‚ and his dream. He told Santiago the conclusion and summary of the book that Santiago was reading‚ which surprised him. Influency led Santiago to listening
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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 actions are similar to Christ because
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YourMomsFantasy Mr. YourMoms 4th Block English III Honors August 29‚ 2012 The Old Man and the Sea‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ was a story about an old fisherman named Santiago who lived in Cuba. Santiago went eighty-fourdays without a single catch. Hemingway uses great description when he describes the old man in the beginning of the story as “thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. His hands had deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords.” Using great
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What does Santiago learn about himself by pursuing his dreams? The Alchemist‚ written by Paulo Coelho is a story about a youthful‚ adventurous Andalusian shepherd struggling to find his “Personal Legend” Santiago learnt trust is a privilege and it’s important the people you put your trust in is worthy of it.. Santiago was quick to trust the gypsy‚ Melchizedek‚ and the young man who stole his money while Santiago was distracted. Why is it that Santiago put all of his trust in these people
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story suggests the title “The Alchemist” remains obscure. Many people have read this book. However‚ most of them don’t know why the title of this novel is “The Alchemist.” The novel is entitled “The Alchemist” because Santiago learns how to become an alchemist from the alchemist‚ Santiago experiences himself what only an alchemist can do by help of the alchemist‚ and it is suggested that he would live by the alchemist’s teaching. An alchemist is a person who uses alchemy: “the art and science of transformation
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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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