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    is readily available in his/her mind when shopping for this vital product. The two major brands that come easily to a man’s mind when shopping for deodorant are Axe and Old Spice. Similarly‚ Axe and Old Spice target young men through the use of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in hopes of winning customership. Correspondingly‚ Axe and Old Spice both have a great deal of experience in advertising‚ considering the fact that both

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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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    ancient Mesopotamian. It is considered to be one of the oldest written pieces of literature on earth. The Old Testament was written around 1000 B.C.E and is the foundation for two of the world’s largest religions; Christianity and Islam. Although written many years apart The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Old Testament share similarities. One of the main similarities between The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Old Testament is they both feature a large flood. In The Epic of Gilgamesh the Gods become annoyed with

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    Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback

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    First of all‚ the term “Old World” is to define the world where people in the Bronze Age live. This “Old World” is the continents‚ which is now known as Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia. People in the Old World had no idea about any other continents outside this “Old World.” However‚ some Europeans who were travelling found a new continent. Amerigo Vespucci then named it as the New World‚ which now is known as America. It makes a little bit clear why the Old World and the New World were separated for so

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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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    production company‚ opens with a scene from one of the group’s concert performances. The film’s opening images are of an old‚ gray-haired woman that is performing a rock song by the Clash‚ “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” It creates an impression of senior citizens that are behaving badly. But as the film continues on‚ it reveals more about some of the group’s individual members; their old‚ interesting journeys of how they became members of the chorus. The Young at Heart Chorus is made up of a group of

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    An Old Man’s Winter Night This is a very haunting poem about an old man who stands alone dying in a dark house in winter. His memory is failing him and because of that he doesn’t know who he is or why he is in the house but he stays there inside the house because of the gruelling winter weather outside. There is no sense that the old man is existing for anyone or anything‚ he is purely alone. He is alone not only because no one is with him‚ but also because there will be no one to remember him after

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    Old Yeller Matthew Watrous August 14‚ 2017 This book is named Old Yeller and it is by Fred Gipson. This book is based on a 14-year-old boy named Travis and his dog Old Yeller. This book takes place in an old log cabin in birdsong creek‚ with Travis explaining his story from the begining. Travis was a lonely boy from Kansas who one day finds a yellow haired

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    ENC 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

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