In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the main character‚ is the protagonist of the story but in the end he turns out to be heroic. Santiago is a simple old man who lives in a hut by himself. Santiago goes on a forty day hunt for a Marlin to feed himself and his friend Manolin. A hero is “a person noted for courageous acts or nobility character” (dictionary.com). Santiago is a hero and he shows this through his words and actions. Santiago‚ the main character of the story‚ proves that he
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degree. Jimi Hendrix fits the definition of a tragic flaw because‚ he was a 1960’s R&B guitarist‚ however his flaw was that he ended up taking too many sleeping pills. What he was lost was that he died from taking too many sleeping pills and having too much alcohol. His flaw was limited and common in time‚ his downfall was that he lost everything‚ his life‚ from drugs and alcohol abuse. Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 7th‚ 1942 in Seattle‚ Washington. His mother was 17 year old when she
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The Mexican American War lasted for 2 years and this marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. The U.S. president at that time was James K. Polk had a believed that the United States manifest destiny is to spread across the world. There were a lot of U.S. victories around a border skirmish along the Rio Grande. Mexico lost about one third of its territory that include California‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ Arizona and New Mexico (Mexican-American War‚ N/A). Mexico Severed relations
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“World War II and Mexican-Americans (1945)” describes the founding of an organization that confronts against the anti-Latina discrimination and fights for equal rights for Latinos. The League of United Latin American Citizens or known as LULAC specifies why there’s mistreatment of “Mexicans” when they are people that risked their lives to help during WWII. They define that in the United States there’s an ideal that the “American Culture” is remarkable and that others like the Mexican Culture are inferior
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TOMORROW IS FOREVER: EXAMINING NARRATIVE STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL ARCHETYPES IN THREE MEXICAN TELENOVELAS CONTENTS ABSTRACT ................................................................................................ ii DEDICATION ........................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...........................................................................v LIST OF TABLES .........................................................
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into a calm and humble man The first factor which distinguishes Santiago from his younger colleagues is the wide knowledge that he has of the local marine environment. It is undeniable that having devoted himself entirely to fishing has provided him with a deep understanding of the seascape and a “preterite ability to see through and beyond what is immediately apprehended by the physical eye” (Strychacz 243). As Gurko claims‚ Santiago is “a superb craftsman who knows his business thoroughly and practises
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Multiple times throughout the story‚ Santiago is tempted to live by fate rather than pursuing his Personal Legend. One example is after he earns money working in the crystal shop and is tempted to go back to being a shepherd instead of finding his treasure. A different instance is when the tribal chieftain asks the boy to be counselor of the oasis. He debates staying with Fatima‚ even though it would mean leaving his dream behind. In some ways‚ if Santiago had stayed as counselor of the oasis
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a deeper story about a man attempting to prove to society that he is not useless This novella is an example of Man’s struggle to maintain dignity in the face of adversity. The old fisherman (Santiago) could have easily given up against the giant 18 foot marlin‚ but he could not stand going home one more day being looked at as an aging failure by his friend and the other fishermen in the village. Ernest Hemingway relates this novella to himself and his life. Throughout this story
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Distinguish a Job Description From a Job Analysis Although a job description is similar to a job analysis‚ they are different in their purpose. The purpose of a job analysis is to analyze the requirements and responsibilities of a job so an accurate description of the job can be written. Once you complete the job analysis you will be able to use the information to write the job description. Typically‚ the description of a job is a composite or summary that is derived from an analysis of the job. Instructions
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Once wars are done treaties are signed. The Mexican American war is a war where the U.S provoke Mexico into war mainly for territorial growth which occurred when the U.S won the war. Many other things went into provoking Mexico to go to war. The U.S believed that Texas belonged to them so they tried taking over in wat‚ but were unable to. The Mexican government opened Texas to Euro Americans as long they obeyed the laws. As the number of Euro American grew in the Texas‚ they felt resentful when
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