UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLGY NEYYATTINKARA CENTRE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Is old age a curse??? SEMINAR REPORT -2010 SUBMITTED BY‚ AJIN.A.S.THAMPY S5‚ B.SC CS ROLL NO : 3 TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.. Dear warm-hearted stranger‚ I am an 83-year-old man and my wife is 70 years old. We had one daughter‚ who didn’t find enough space in her home to dump us. I am saying ’had’ because although she is alive and
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I have always wanted to see this movie‚ but never had the time to get around to it. There was so much hype going around about it. When I first heard about the movie coming to theaters‚ it did not sound like a movie I would like. However‚ when the word got around to me‚ I knew I just had to check it out. I must say that I am glad I sat down and watched it in its entirety. My first opinion was totally wrong. After watching the movie‚ I now understand the buzz that followed it. It was a classic story
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Old Man and the Sea Essay In Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ a Cuban man named Santiago goes out on a fishing voyage trying to break his bad luck of going 84 days without a catch. Santiago is only dependent on his strength and willpower‚ while alone at sea. During this time‚ Hemingway portrays the old man as someone dissatisfied with isolation‚ creating for himself the illusion of company by prattling amongst himself. At the start of the text‚ Santiago is joined by a fisherman
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Old Man and The Sea - Rough Draft Human beings need to live in a group where everyone respects them and treats them equally. No human being can live alone isolated from other people because one hand can not clap by itself. In The Old Man and The Sea‚ the author uses setting‚ character and symbolism to show that people who society perceives as different are usually isolated. Once one is able to discover the reason of their existence‚ they are able to accept themselves in order to fulfill their
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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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	Most people‚ when forced to give up the one thing they truly love‚ would rather see it be destroyed than in the hands of another person. In "Old Woman Magoun‚" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman‚ the old woman is in that position. She is burdened with relinquishing custody of her granddaughter‚ Lily‚ to the child’s father. Throughout the story‚ the old woman faces an inner struggle over caring for and‚ ultimately‚ losing her granddaughter. She deals with her struggle in a very realistic
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Old English (450-1100 AD) Old English was the language the invading Germanic Tribes spoke in Britain. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Nevertheless‚ about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English were derived from Old English words. Some example of words taken from Old English are be‚ strong and water. Old English was popular until around 1100. When the Romans withdrew from England in the early 5th century‚ they left a political vacuum. The Celts of
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circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all‚ I can choose my thoughts.” (Elizabeth Gilbert). In the movie‚ “No Country for Old Men‚” A character by the name of‚ Llewelyn Moss‚ is caught in the cross fires of money‚ his actions‚ his thoughts‚ and most of all his own fate. Throughout the movie he is in a constant rat race with a man who goes by the name of‚ Anton Chigurh‚ who
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The Old Man and the Sea I chose The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway for my summer reading book. The Old Man and the Sea takes place in a small fishing village near Havana‚ Cuba in the late 1940s. The most important characters in The Old Man and the Sea are Santiago—the old man—Manolin‚ and the marlin. Santiago is the protagonist of the story. He is an old‚ Cuban fisherman. He is very knowledgeable of his skills and takes pride in them‚ despite his physical restrictions. He has
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away‚ like a box full of old toys under a bed. Hidden away but not forgotten about. Memories flooded my mind‚ drowned my thoughts; suffocated my body. The camping trip. April 18th 2003. Memories flooded through me‚ a storm erupting in my mind. Feelings sunk into my chest like a brick being dropped in a river; smashing into the water‚ crashing to the bottom helplessly. I was just an 8 year old boy. An 8 year old boy who craved love and attention off his dad‚ an 8 year old boy who would have run marathons
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