The Old Man and the Sea was wrote by the author Ernest Hemingway. Told in great power and simplicity‚ The Old Man and the Sea is a cuban fisherman with little to no luck when it comes to fishing. Yet what keeps him going is a kid named Manolin and a Marlin fish. Santiago is the name of the old man‚ and what makes him so happy to catch the marlin is because of his recent unluckiness of not catching a fish for 84 days. There is a strong sense of symbolism in the book‚ the symbolism is used to tell
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A Pride Filled Journey During a hardship‚ facing reality is very difficult. Yet this is only half the battle. Struggling to fight the force‚ one’s will eventually overpowers them. Santiago‚ an old fisherman who has not caught anything for eighty-four days‚ struggles to fight his pride. A tragic hero is a respectable character who is destined to downfall. Santiago is compared to a tragic hero; his hardships force him to face reality in its cruelest sense. Following Santiago and his hubris throughout
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"The Old man and the Sea" On the very first page we introduce the character of manolin. This boy is the pupil of Santiago and has been learning the ‘Tricks’ of fishing from him. When Santiago fails in catching any fish‚ he is driven away by his parents. So Manolin joining other fisherman to join other fishermen to catch a fish. The boy is sad to part with the old man. The boy is emotionally attached to old man because “ the old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him”. The old man is
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Generally speaking‚ Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea may be seen as a culmination of his long-drawn experiment spanning over 25 years and speculations towards finding out the means through which the “closed literature” can be converted into “an open one”‚ that is‚ to universalise the significance of the themes. He was very much aware of the danger in and difficulties with “closed literature” which in its factual texture‚ so lightly woven‚ presents such opacity of vision that the reader is unable
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“Man can be destroyed‚ but not defeated.” This quote refers to how a single man can be extremely mentally or physically damaged‚ but not beaten. In the novella‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ the character‚ Santiago displays many traits of determination‚ perseverance‚ and optimism. He battled an eighteen foot marlin for three days. Within the three days he was crushed with psychological and physical damage that he would eventually surmount. During Santiago’s time fighting with the 1‚500 pound monstrous
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Life’s Descriptions Life is one of those words that can be shaped however one may please and turned into an idea suited for themselves. For example‚ “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop” (Brown). There are many metaphors used to describe life depending on whether it is an optimistic or pessimistic view. Two comparisons some may make about life are having to do with having their life course mapped out and then‚ to its polar opposite‚ going through each day without a clue.
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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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that we create our own future. Every action that we execute affects our future. However‚ in this case I believe that every action you do‚ every decision you make‚ adds to your future. Every action you do reflects on what will happen in the future. We have the ability to shape and draw the neat curve to our life but not everything will go our way. I think of it as “Karma” with a sense of it in one life. I learned through experiences that having an optimistic attitude towards the decisions you
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Clay as a Metaphor for Life Clay is a very versatile thing much like our lives. Our lives keep on changing much like clay does. As we go through the process of creating something as simple as a pinch-pot we have to mold and refine it. Working with clay is a great creating process for me. I get to control the clay and help make it what I want it to be. In life I get to control my fate in the same sort of way and make sure that it is going to turn out the way I want it to. When I get a piece of clay
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The True Nature of Man Man is inarguably the simplest yet most complex creation whose concrete nature is still unknown. Once upon a time‚ individuals hit a snafu in regards to whether the true nature of mankind is intrinsically good or evil. At one end of the spectrum‚ the advocators of congenital human righteousness assert that as man is the creation of God‚ he must be pure and just by nature. Alternately‚ those who regard humankind as essentially foul hold the beliefs that man was created to
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