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    The Old Man and the Sea Callie Dorfman 1031099 Amanda Cockburn (Remake) 1 In the book The Old Man and the Sea‚ Ernest Hemingway uses the flashback technique in order to characterize Santiago and develop key themes of the novel‚ such as Santiago’s connection with nature and what it means to be a hero. Hemingway employs several flashbacks as an effective technique that develops Santiago’s character as he recalls past occurrences in order to renew his strength of will. There are three flashbacks

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    Kaylee Redington Mrs. McDuff English 3 Honors 10 February 2015 The Old Man and the Sea The story of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is a tale that is deeper than catching a fish. This story describes a man who has been destroyed‚ both physically and mentally‚ but hasn’t been defeated. He has been out at sea for 84 days without catching a fish. He catches one of the biggest fish he has ever caught only to have it taken away from him. This story displays the themes of personal triumphs

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    Caitlin Couch Period 4 Old Man and the Sea 1. Symbols a. The Marlin is a major symbol in the novella. It stands for Santiago’s ideal opponent; his worthy challenger. He feels lucky to be able to fight this challenger‚ as it is his equal. Having bested your equal is much more satisfactory than whipping some amateur’s butt. I think that he feels that by facing the Marlin‚ he is giving the best of himself to his cause. He’s going full throttle‚ and by facing his Marlin‚ he is enhancing

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    In Hemingway’s novel "The Old Man and the Sea" there is a common relationship between Santiago and the fish that dealt with respect but the desire to conquer. Within this relationship Hemingway describes Santiago’s feelings and attitudes toward the fish and how these feelings change. At first‚ Santiago was glad he hooked the fish‚ then he felt sorry for the fish‚ and finally he felt guilty for going out so far. He describes Santiago’s views by using many different stylistic elements such as diction

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    If anyone asked me about my opinion in "The Old Man and the Sea" I would say ’the most thing that attracted me is its theme between the old man and nature’ . I liked it for it shows us the real hope ‚patience and life that we can learn from this old man. "He was two feet longer than the skiff" maybe Santiago depended on the appearance of the fish which terrified him. It is a lesson that we should not depend on appearances and to look at the inside. It was only a fish that had a weak heart ‚it does

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    1101 Essay Assignment: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway There is a scene in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ when after a shark has taken a big chunk “about forty pounds” off Santiago’s prize marlin catch‚ Santiago begins to doubt whether he should have gone out to sea and wishes that he had never “hooked the fish and was alone in bed on the newspapers” (103). Immediately after that‚ Santiago says‚ “But man is not made for defeat . . . A man can be destroyed but not defeated”

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    Vocabulary Activities for The Old Man and the Sea So you’ve chosen to read The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway. Good choice! This book won the Pulitzer Prize for excellence in literature in 1953. Activity #1: Word Sorts Write the words from the Word Banks on index cards or slips of paper. Mix them together and sort them into three groups: words you know well‚ words you know a little about‚ and words you have never encountered before. Spread the words out rather than piling

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    In the novella‚ “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway connects Joe DiMaggio’s life with Santiago’s. DiMaggio’s father‚ like generations of DiMaggio’s before him‚ was a fisherman‚ and he enthusiastically wished for his sons to join him. While Joe DiMaggio never had any interest in fishing‚ his upbringings as the son of a poor immigrant fisherman helped form his popular image as the personification of the American Dream. Santiago‚ much like DiMaggio’s father‚ was a fisherman. One day when

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    handle the destruction that the storms will cause. The individuals who are far out to sea have the knowledge that the ocean will test them with momentous storms‚ and this is why they go so far out to sea. “Live your life to its fullest before you become old like me‚ only you will know what is going to happen if anyone at all. “ (Interview) As a child Santiago visits Africa‚ and tells Manolin of the lions he sees. "When I was your age I was before the mast on a square-rigged ship and that ship ran to

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    extended interpretations and expanded meanings. Certainly‚ The Old Man and the Sea fits that description. The novella invites‚ even demands‚ reading on multiple levels. For example‚ readers can receive the novella as an engaging and realistic story of Santiago‚ the old man; Manolin‚ the young man who loves him; and Santiago’s last and greatest battle with a giant marlin. Indeed‚ Hemingway himself insisted that the story was about a real man and a real fish. Critics have pointed to Hemingway’s earlier

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