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    presence of a companion. Santiago‚ the main character in the story‚ does not divulge in any pleasures what so ever. It almost seems as though he is trying to make himself suffer. Everyday‚ Santiago hardly eats anything but a little fish or coffee. He does not have any relationships with women in the story‚ as many Hemingway novels have included such as “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” with the character‚ Wilson who has sex with Francis Macomber’s wife. While Santiago is out on the boat‚ he

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    The Alchemist Analysis

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    Holy Bible‚ then the conflicts‚ trials‚ and perseverance of Santiago’s journey‚ and lastly‚ the archetypes of nature‚ which assisted Santiago to find the Will of God. Similar to Joseph‚ Santiago’s dream in The Alchemist is interpreted as “the language of God” (Coelho 12). The Lord communicates with Santiago multiple times through Santiago’s dreams and helps Santiago foretell his Personal Legend‚ which as the woman has interpreted‚ “‘you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt…There you will find a treasure

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    Private First Class Louden Downey (James Marshall) and Lance Corporal Harold Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison)‚ who are accused of murdering a fellow Marine of their unit‚ PFC William Santiago (Michael DeLorenzo)‚ at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba‚ which is under the command of Col. Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson). Santiago compared unfavorably to his fellow Marines‚ had poor relations with them and failed to respect the chain of command. He went above his superiors to bargain for a transfer in

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    The “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of a murder of a young adult named Santiago Nasar. A citizen of the town goes back years later and talks to people all around the town about the murder and the exact happenings of the people involved during that day. Santiago Nasar is wrongfully accused for taking the virginity of a woman named Angela Vicario‚ who marries Bayardo San Roman. Bayardo returns her to her house that night when he figures out that she is

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    the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ the endurance of the one’s spirit through constant suffering demonstrates that the success and the importance of the human soul are determined by perseverance‚ rather than the physical losses and gains in life. Although Santiago is unable to bring the marlin back to land as a whole‚ the relentless demonstration of his worthiness through his fight with a noble opponent shows that his internal strength sustains‚ despite the hindrances that befall him. Santiago’s unwavering

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    killing Santiago was ever going to retrieve the displaced honor of the Vicario family. It wasn’t as if Angela was going to be able to get back her virginity if Santiago was killed. It seemed like a waste of a life and the fact that Angela’s word was taken without any evidence or it actually happening frustrated me because the entire time Santiago was clueless of the situation and he might have not been the culpret either. It also frustrates me that if Angela did lose her virginity to Santiago as she

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    Santiago's Loss

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    Sea‚ the fisherman Santiago has caught nothing for the last 84 days. He even catches a massive marlin‚ only for it to be chomped away by ravenous sharks. Yet Santiago’s main quality of resistance of defeat lets him survive and grow as a prideful man through the experiences he suffers through‚ without being destroyed. Santiago’s other main qualities stems from this theme’s resistance of defeat: his pride‚ humility‚ and humbleness. Manolin‚ a boy who stops fishing with Santiago because of his parents

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    The Old Man and the Sea

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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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    Wl 2b Creative Writing

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    protagonist‚ Santiago Nasar‚ falls on his face in the kitchen of his own home‚ dead. There are still many untold details the reader may be wondering about that needs to be demystified‚ such as the real culprit for taking Angela Vicario’s virginity. In an attempt to satisfy most of the readers’ curiosity‚ the following diary of Angela Vicario‚ the dishonored bride‚ has been uncovered. What has never been said by Angela has been captured with her written words. The whole mystery of Santiago Nasar’s murder

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    story about a fisherman trying to catch a fish and a deeper story about a man attempting to prove to society that he is not useless. This novella is an example of Man’s struggle to maintain dignity in the face of adversity. The old fisherman (Santiago) could have easily given up against the giant 18 foot marlin‚ but he could not stand going home one more day being looked at as an aging failure by his friend and the other fishermen in the village. Ernest Hemingway relates this novella to

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