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    “On the other side you could make out the groves of blue banana trees in the moonlight‚  the sad swamps‚ and the phosphorescent line of the Caribbean on the horizon. Santiago  Nasar pointed to an intermittent light at sea and told us that it was the soul in the torment  of a slave ship that had sunk with a cargo of blacks from Senegal across from the main  harbor mouth at Cartagena de Indias.” (Page 66­67)  6. “Nevertheless

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    simply and sparely‚ the contest between the old Cuban fisherman Santiago and a giant marlin is often seen as emblematic of human endurance and bravery against nearly overwhelming odds. ’A man can be destroyed but not defeated’‚ Hemingway maintained. Santiago’s story mirrors Christ’s insofar as both men suffer greatly and it is‚ primarily‚ through the use of crucifixion imagery that Hemingway creates a symbolic parallel between Santiago and Christ‚ an analogy that elevates Santiago’s trials. Hemingway

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    An Essay On The Alchemist

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    achieve their “personal legend‚ just as Santiago does in the book: The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho. Santiago‚ (Also known as “the boy”) has a great wealth of opportunities from start to finish to abandon his quest to the pyramids‚ but in the end‚ he chooses to forging onward despite all the different chances he had to settle down and make a comfortable living for himself‚ each time doing something different for a living‚ but each of these things that Santiago could have done had one thing in common:

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    Alchemist Essay

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    The Alchemist: 1. In The Alchemist‚ Santiago learns several important life lessons. Write a reflective piece about a lesson you learned from your reading of the novel that you can apply to your own life. The essay prompt is asking to write a reflective piece about a lesson you learned from the reading of the novel that you can apply to your own life. The problem here is that no criteria has been established in order to verify the validity of this book. Without a proper means of identifying the

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    “He’d dreamed he was going through a grove of timber trees where a gentle drizzle was falling‚ and for an instant he was happy in his dream‚ but when he awoke he felt completely spattered with bird shit” (Page 1). Santiago had been passing timber trees (also known as Evergreen trees)‚ which‚ ironically‚ represent immortality‚ everlasting life or an undying spirit. In his other dream he had dreamt that he was “flying through almond trees.” (Page 2) Almond trees are

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    The Old Man and the Sea

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    sea and has love as well as respect for it. Santiago refers to the sea as "la mar" as if it were feminine. He respects the sea and is very passionate for "her". Sometimes he calls her names out of anger but is remorseful later. The story takes place in a small fishing village around Havana‚ Cuba in the 1940’s but no specific time is stated within the text. The setting places a crucial role because the majority of the story takes place while Santiago has gone out to sea. The sea is unpredictable

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    Summary In “Part One” of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ is so far about a boy named Santiago starting out his quest in the search of his Personal Legend. Santiago is a shepherd who likes to travel and enjoys being around his sheep. Although he travels all over‚ there was a certain village the shepherd boy enjoyed going to sell his sheep’s wool because he liked the merchant’s daughter. The author describes Santiago recall why he decided to become a shepherd and how his father helped him by giving him

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    fish and talk’s baseball with him. Santiago would be alone at sea most times but would always say he believes a man is never alone at sea. Santiago must deal with loneliness‚ but I must learn to deal with many types of people with many issues. The old man is a person who will not give up easily. Even though he was old and tired he never gave up on catching the Marlin. He is humble‚ yet exhibits a justified pride in his abilities. Throughout his life‚ Santiago has been presented with contests

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    Santiago's Struggles

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    struggles of Santiago in Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway I agree with William Handy in his quote‚ “ In the portrayal of Santiago in the Old man and the Sea there is no uncertainty of being‚ no confusion of self and values. …rather it is concerned with the depiction of conflicting values‚”(Handy 2) The Old Man has respect toward nature to make his decisions. Santiago also respected the marlin because he has finally found his match He knows the marlin can beat him nonetheless Santiago has respect

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    Focuses on journey/personal growth of the main characters‚ such as Santiago and the crystal merchant. The

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