between an old‚ experienced fisherman‚ Santiago‚ and a large marlin. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and been told to fish insteadwith successful fishermen.The boy visits Santiago’s shack each night‚ hauling his fishing gear‚ preparing food‚ talking about American baseball and his favorite player Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next day‚ he will go far out into the Gulf Stream‚ north of Cuba in the Straits of Florida
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Our first experience in a township was in Cape Town‚ South Africa. My group of 18 women piled into a van to “tour” a township. As we turned a corner‚ I got my first glimpse of township. I felt shocked that people lived in these tiny‚ mulit-colored shacks made of a slab of wood‚ and a sheet of aluminum. The majority of these homes have no running water‚ electricity‚ or a roof that would be reliable in any sort of rain or wind. As we continued to drive through the area‚ I saw little kids running around
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boss.After searching a restaurant i heard a gunshot so i ran in the back and realized that it came from the alleyway in the back of the restaurant i quietly opened the door looking in the alley and saw a person getting looted.I snuck up on the guy and hit him in the head with my crowbar i gave him a concussion then i killed him.I looted him got his gun and a backpack with some food in it and a portable water filter the only things i need but realized there was ammo in the backpack it was M1911 ammo
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Across a Hundred Mountains Notes and Quotes Summary • Eleven-year-old Juana lives with her Amá and Apá in their little shack at the outskirts of their village in Mexico. • On the night of a flood‚ which enters their shack‚ her mother leaves Juana on top of the table holding the baby‚ Anita‚ to go look for her husband. • Juana falls asleep and loses hold of the baby‚ which drowns. Now in debt again to the wealthiest man in the village‚ Don Elías‚ who paid for the funeral‚ Apá decides
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Invaders? Gentrification is affecting the African American community in Harlem negatively because it is slowly wiping out black owned businesses. A lot believe it negatively changes the culture of neighborhoods. People might argue that it creates more jobs and brings in a more educated and wealthier population to the area being gentrified‚ which can improve the community in the long run. Gentrification is the enemy of the poor‚ and does little to aid those who are forced to move out. Those
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Afghan People are all Equal‚ But Some are More Equal than Others “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” As Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ the world must go far beyond than our differences and we must love each other for what we are. And Afghanistan religion is not an exception. Amir is the son of Baba‚ a wealthy businessman and a Pashtun Muslim‚ he also goes to school‚ owns books and wears fancy outfits. Hassan‚ on the other side of the coin‚ is the
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his hubris throughout the novella‚ Hemingway depicts hubris to lead to Santiago’s eventual downfall. Through the glowing streets of Havana‚ the city of gold‚ a wistful wind blows on a humble shack. It is small but a lugubrious atmosphere hangs over like the clouds do on a rainy day. Inhabiting the shack‚ Santiago looms inside. Manolin‚ a young boy who practically worships Santiago‚ comes to help him with his needs on every occasion. Manolin is the only person who talks to him because “… [younger]
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continuing. Day was just beginning to come to a close when I found a cleary that had two buildings in it; one smaller than the other. I saw that the larger one had someone in it so I settled into the small one. It was a lot dustier then my previous shack and it had cobwebs everywhere but it would have to do so I settled myself into a corner‚ pulled a coat over my back and tried to sleep. I couldn’t sleep at all‚ I kept waking to find a spider on me or dangling in front of
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Geography Project – Controversies surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam Most of the SSP’s advantages will benefit Gujarat (downstream)‚ while most of the disadvantages will be felt upstream of the dam in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. According to the initial plan‚ the main dam will house a 1200 megawatt (MW) powerhouse‚ while the canal will have power generating units totaling 250 MW installed; this brings the total installed capacity to 1450 MW. The 1450 MW figure hides the fact that most of this
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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