Old Man’s Struggle Fishing is not easy‚ especially when one’s life and pride are at risk. In Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and The Sea‚ Santiago‚ an old Cuban fisherman‚ has not caught a fish for 84 days and struggles to protect his pride. When the old man gets the biggest fish he has ever seen on his hook‚ he is determined to catch it. Throughout the fight with the huge marlin‚ Santiago’s persistence never lessens. He is a true fisherman‚ and he is a hero. Even though Santiago is weak‚ exhausted
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Hemingway Santiago shows an astonishing amount of perseverance. The Old Man and the Sea takes place in Cuba in the 1940s. Santiago‚ often referred to as the old man‚ is an old fisherman who has ran out of luck. He hasn’t caught a fish in 84 days when he decides to go out a little farther than usual. On this three day fishing expedition Santiago hunts down a huge fish in an attempt to break his 84 day hiatus. While on his adventure‚ the old man has several struggles he has to persevere through‚ and while
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5/30/07 Old Man In The Sea "The Old Man In The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway is a story that was written to be intentionally boring. By showing the reality of life we learn that there is no instant satisfaction or success in life. Also we learn that life can be a long and painful burden at sometimes. But by following the Hemingway Hero Code you can persevere and get through any obstacle in life. The Hemingway Hero Code follows three parts‚ first is "Grace under pressure" in other words to keep
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“The Old Man and the Sea” In “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway identifies the old fisherman Santiago as an individual who is independent in all his actions‚ and is willing to take chances in life. Santiago had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ but despite him being “salao” he doesn’t lose hope in himself. He’s finally able to catch a fish known as a marlin‚ but is too scared to pull it up‚ since it may cause the string to snap. So he decides to let the fish pull him and the boat. In
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In the novel The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the main character‚ faces challenges in his life that can be related to our own everyday lives. In this book‚ Santiago has to overcome his age‚ self- doubt‚ and what other people think. Santiago has been a fisherman his whole life and now that he is becoming older and weaker‚ he’s afraid that his ability to fish will deteriorate. Fishing is Santiago’s purpose in life and once that’s gone‚ what’s there to live for? From the old man’s journey‚ there is
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have read‚ it had a good story and good description. Hemingway could paint the pictures in my mind. I have read other shot stories of his‚ back in eighth grade‚ but they pale in comparison to this masterpiece of writing. The story was about and old man (really?) who is a fisherman. He goes out every day to go fishing‚ but he has no luck for about 80 days. But one day‚ he goes out alone and hooks a humongeous whale size marlin. He can’t bring it in because it is too big. He has to wait until it gets
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MAN AND NATURE Human beings are the creations of nature. They drew everything needed for their very survival from nature. The air they breathe‚ the water they drink‚ the food they eat and thousands of articles they use daily-all come from nature. Yet‚ strangely enough‚ man keeps a hostile attitude towards nature. Conquest of nature is the expression which is often used to denote man’s activities like space exploration‚ taming the rivers‚ etc. which sums up man’s attitude towards nature. Our
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He is an important character of this novel‚ though he does not play an active part in the adventure of the old man. Manolin symbolizes Santiago’s youthful strength‚ serves as a source of comfort‚ care and happiness for the old man‚ and provides inspiration and hope to Santiago-an old‚ weak fisherman. Santiago was an old man who did not have much strength left- “everything about him was old ...” (pg. 10). Although his body had weakened‚ his courage to continue fishing had not vanished. On his adventure
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Written On The nature of man is a subject that dates back centuries‚ though it is one that is still highly debated today. Philosophers‚ sociologists‚ and even sociobiologists have brought evidence leading to various conclusions to the table‚ so the question still stands. Mencius said that man’s nature is good‚ while Hsun Tzu argued from the opposite side. Centuries later‚ John Locke published a theory relating the nature of man to a blank piece of paper‚ stating that man is neutral until he
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why nature? Humanity’s progress‚ particularly since the mid-19th century‚ has been largely the result of our ability to get and use what planet Earth has to offer. All told‚ the food we eat‚ the timber we cut‚ and the water we draw amounts to an astounding one-third to one-half of global ecosystem production. But humans are part of nature‚ and like every other species on the planet‚ we depend upon healthy ecosystems for our survival. Nature provides us essentials like clean water‚ food‚ medicines
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