Many of times you don’t realize the impact you have on someone’s life until you reflect on it. My best friend‚ Ramon Vazquez‚ throughout the years has become one of the most important people in my life. We have gotten each other through some tough times and we continue to carry each other to the top. During our junior year of high school‚ I noticed Ramon was acting strange and his perception on life was so negative. I did what any best friend would do at the time and tried cheering him up and asking
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than us. In Ernest Hemmingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ 1952 novella‚ an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago‚ our protagonist has strongly elicited our sympathy toward him due to the harsh‚ lonely‚ poor and full-of-suffering life that he had have to experience‚ especially when he loosed the greatest catch of his life: the marlin. Despite that there are counter arguments which proposed that Santiago is in fact very successful in terms of achieving admirable qualities through his journey thus don’t
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really show how perseverance can change the situation? Could giving up mean life or death? In The Old Man and the Sea‚ the old man‚ Santiago shows just that. From battling hunger and sleep‚ Santiago keeps striving on. Even though many made fun of the old man‚ he was determined and showed perseverance. He did not give up‚ even not knowing what would happen to him next. Santiago was not a rich man. He did not have a lot of material possessions‚ but he seemed content. He had the boy with him and he loved
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My parents said that Santiago was an unlucky fisherman and from then on I sailed with a crew on a different boat. The old man was unlucky for a while‚ eighty-four days to be exact. Before my parents objected‚ Santiago and I would fish together and he would teach me all I needed to know be a good fisherman. We always had great fun chatting about fish and about baseball. For‚ we both had a love for baseball. Santiago mostly enjoyed talking about the great DiMaggio of the Yankees. Even though the remarkable
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He was just one year younger than me and his name was Santiago. Santiago expressed himself which I got jealous of because I was still shy on talking to people and getting to know them better. He really didn’t care what other people think and talked about things he knew or what talents he got. Till this day I still
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Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (Madrid‚ 1966) is one of the most controversial artists in the international art scene. He has become famous for his critique of the contractual economy through a series of remunerated actions where people – typically immigrants‚ casual workers‚ or even homeless wanderers – are paid to perform some pointless task which is then documented on video and through black-and-white photographs. Poor people and minorities are Sierra’s art supplies. He has them perform some
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can really impact a person’s life positively. In the novella‚ The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ Santiago and Manolin revere heroes who influence their lives tremendously.
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Santiago versus Theo In “ Old Man and The Sea “ by Ernest Hemingway Santiago is a poor old man that survives in life by fishing. With his wife dead and him never having kids he is the only person left in his family. For 84 days in a row Santiago goes without catching a single fish. This is a man that works to feed himself and he is not catching anything. Santiago is a hero like character. With the extreme dedication to his craft and masterful patience the type of person that Santiago is‚ is who
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This may be true in all cases‚ but it is clearly predominant in Ernest Hemingway ’s Old Man and the Sea. It is evident that Hemingway modeled the main character‚ Santiago after his own person‚ and that the desires‚ the mentality‚ and the lifestyle of the old man are identical to Hemingway ’s. Santiago is an old fisherman who lives in a small coast town in Cuba. At the time that Hemingway wrote the story‚ he was also an elderly gentlemen and was such an avid fisherman throughout his life‚ that
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1. The full name of the destined pilgrimage is the Camino de Santiago. 2. Equipment most pilgrims carry includes; • Boots • Toothbrush • Needle and thread (for blisters) • Credencial • Poncho (in case of wet weather ie. rain) • Painkillers • One set of clothes (light packing) • Money for shops at the commencement of the Camino 3. The pilgrimage has been happening for approximately 1‚200 years‚ where pilgrims make such a journey to “travel beyond one’s own farmland” intended with great moral
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