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    Man can be destroyed‚ but not defeated.” This quote refers to how a single man can be extremely mentally or physically damaged‚ but not beaten. In the novella‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ the character‚ Santiago displays many traits of determination‚ perseverance‚ and optimism. He battled an eighteen foot marlin for three days. Within the three days he was crushed with psychological and physical damage that he would eventually surmount. During Santiago’s time fighting with the 1‚500 pound monstrous

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    Final Essay My interpretation of the quote‚ “But man is not made for defeat…. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” from the book Old Man And The Sea; means that you can kill someone‚ but you can’t kill what he or she stands for. Their personal ideals and firm beliefs are some things that can never be taken away even after the physical death of that person. Another way to prove this is from another quote that Hemingway has expressed that states‚ "If we win here we will win everywhere. The

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    context should not be interpreted literally as it actually means to be defeated. Bearing this in mind would I agree with Santiago’s evaluation of the outcome of his adventure at sea? The answer to that question would most definitely be no. Santiago states this on (Page 103) when he says‚ "But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated." After reading this outstanding novel written by Ernest Hemingway‚ I am strongly of the view that even though Santiago suffered an immense

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    Sharpening and Old Man

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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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    No Country For An Old Man

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    The movie “No Country for an Old Man” is an adaptation of an original novel written by Cormac McCarthy. The directors of the movie Joel and Ethan Coen‚ manage to make the film bleak‚ scary‚ creepy and extremely violent. However‚ judging from the moral conflict‚ the movie creates morality is an individual’s mindset. Several scenes from the film suggest that one can against social obligations based on his/her moral code. The setting of the movie is in the wild and merciless borderlands of Texas. This

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    The Old Man at the Bridge

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    “The Old Man at the Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway An old man with steel rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts‚ trucks‚ and men‚ women and children were crossing it. The mule- drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with soldiers helping push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks ground up and away heading out of it all and the peasants plodded along in the ankle deep dust. But the old man

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    An Old Man Analyst

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    Flight By Doris Lessing In the short story "Flight" by Alice Lessing‚ it’s the story of an old man who raises homing pigeons for a hobby and who constantly worries about his last granddaughter‚ Alice‚ leaving and getting married tothe postmaster’s son‚ Steven. The old man is very overprotective and also possessive of his daughter.In a way‚ the grandfather is also jealous of Alice’s fiancé‚ Steven. The Old man argues with Aliceabout her behaviour when Steven is with her and he complains to his daughter

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    Family and Old Man

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    dominates your mind. Should you be angry at him for leaving you‚ or should you support and respect his decision ? In her essay "Flight‚" Doris Lessing illustrates the story of an old man who is learning to let go his granddaughter as she grows into an adult and is about to get married. Lessing wisely delivers this particular old man’s situation to her readers through her use of literary techniques and devices. Thus‚ she greatly succeeded at making her readers feel and live the grandfather’s difficulty

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    Ran Guo Ms. Johnston 6th English Hopeless Ambitions The Pearl and Of Mice and Men‚ both parables by John Steinbeck‚ are stories with different themes. Yet despite the differences in the dreams and ambitions of Steinbeck’s protagonists‚ his characters all share the hardship of having the will of society pitted against them. George and Lenny‚ from Of Mice and Men‚ travel from place to place‚ wandering as vagrants and accepting whatever charity available. They hope to create a sanctuary to shield

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    Drowned Man Comparison

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    Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” and “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”. They are two very interesting stories that compare and contrast each other in multiple different ways. The story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” is a very interesting one. It is about a man who’s dead body washes up onto shore and the townspeople find it and they treat the dead body like it was family and then they send the dead body out onto sea. The towns people in the story name the dead man Esteban. In the

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