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    Nick Choi Ms. Marshall English 11 Honors 18 January 2013 The Old Man and the Sea: An Annotated Bibiliography Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ can be construed as an allusion to the Bible and the struggles of Jesus based on Santiago’s experiences. Baskett‚ Sam S. "Toward a ’Fifth Dimension’ in The Old Man and the Sea." The Centennial Review 19.4 (Fall 1975): 269-286. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anna Sheets- Nesbitt. Vol. 36. Detroit: Gale Group‚ 2000. Literature Resource

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    The Westing Game‚ a book and movie of the mystery genre‚ is an exciting book by Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth watching or reading. The book and movie are different and alike in many ways. The Westing Game starts out at a place called Sunset Towers‚ even though all of the windows are facing west. Many heirs of the great Sam Westing are called over to live there for many purposes‚ one being to play a game to find out who will

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    William Faulkner’s short narrative ‘A Rose for Emily’ was printed. William Faulkner’s narrative may be one of the greatest anthologized works of literature. In 1981‚ Lyndon Chubbuck directed a movie based on the short story. This film has‚ however‚ received criticism from critics suggesting that the feature movie failed to bring about the same emotions as reading the short story. The film failed to bring out the Southern Gothic culture and traditions‚ the change in the chronological order of the events

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    place where everything is the same. You have no differences‚ music ‚color or even love.This is the world of "The Giver." "The Giver" novel and movie have differences and similarities.They both have elements that show The Giver’s world. In the movie‚ the music gives it more depth and emotion then in the book‚ and also the landscape made it easier to visualize the community‚ and their sameness. For instance‚in both the movie and the book their are differences involving the element of music by the music

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    contrasting the difference between the book and movie of “A separate piece”. I personally think that the movie was much more fun to watch‚ but the book was better over-all. some of the reasons I did not like the movie are Brinker‚ and the way he seemed much more nice. I also did not like how Gene did not go to Leper’s house and how Leper came back to the school. Another thing I did not enjoy in the movie is how Brinker did not enlist with Gene as he did in the book. In my overall

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    THE ROLES OF THE LITTLE BOY IN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Huang Jikui June‚ 2007 Xiaogan University Abstract The Old Man and the Sea tells the frustrated experience that the old fisherman fishes in the course. The theme is deep‚ and it is a song of praise of heroism. “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated” has been the classic saying and the old man also has been the most typical and the most representative of the Hemingway’s

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    Somewhere between the dawn of time and the present day‚ man’s foot touched down on the earth for the first time‚ and from that point on‚ man had made an eternal connection to an invisible power greater than he: nature. Both being incredibly competent writers‚ Steinbeck and Hemmingway acknowledged this relationship and used it as fuel for their stories‚ portraying nature as both an antagonist and a protagonist. Though these two authors had indeed used nature for similar purposes‚ each had projected

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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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    Analysis of the Old Man and the Sea Under close inspection‚ people have had a hard time agreeing what to make of Santiago ’s adventure in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Is it just a good fish tale? One brave man‚ one big fish‚ - sounds Biblical‚ but is it? Are we dealing with parable or fable? If so‚ what is the parallel narrative‚ or message‚ or moral? Different people have arrived at different answers‚ but I believe that Hemmingway is trying to show us the strength of one man‚ and how one

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    reading Fahrenheit 451 there were many differences and changes from the book to the movie some of the major changes would be in the movie. Montag was really muscular and not afraid to do anything. In the book Montag was really wimpy and afraid of a lot. The most drastic change would be in the book Mildred was there and focused on her panels the whole entire time and never payed attention to Montag. In the book they also broke out into a really big fight. In the movie there was no Mildred at all and I

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