What does it take to be a hero? Does it have to be the big things or those nice small favors that have helped you. It has probably taken a journey for the hero to get where they are now. In the case of the Santiago, it was a long journey. Even though he is an old man, it doesn’t mean he already found his ending or reward. Santiago is an old fisherman struggling to catch fish. Santiago hasn’t caught a fish for a long 84 days. He gets help from his pupil, Manolin. Manolin provides food for the old
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Have you ever been stuck between a rock and a hard place and survived to find yourself a better person afterward. Survivors have common traits that help them get through unfortunate events in their lives. Traits rooted in one’s emotional, mental and physical state such as calmness, perseverance, and physical strength are portrayed in both fictional and nonfictional stories. For example, characters in “A Boy and A Man”, “Into Thin Air” and “Soul Surfer”all have characteristics of a survivor. There
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Hemingway and Identity Ernest Hemingway had an expanse of ideas contributing throughout his two short stories, “Big Two-Hearted River: Parts I and II”. The abundant themes and motifs applied into the two stories differ due to their broad nature, but the theme of identity and renewal of the protagonist, Nick, stands absolute. In order to be given a sense of renewal, what must be done first? Essentially to expand our understanding, we can begin by looking at the root word of “renewal”, which is “new”
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“Got one,” It was not a yell, but loud enough to ricochet off the mountains in the distance. As I lean into my hook set, the power runs up my rod through the line and drives the razor sharp piece of American hardened steel through the bony roof of the fish’s mouth. The fight ensues. Just by the weight I can tell that it is a little bigger than the plethora of smallmouth I'd been reeling in all day. She's closing in, twenty feet. Ten. Five. I lift my rod, ready for an attempt at a boat flip when a
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else sees. Manolin wants to be with him no matter what bad luck he has. This shows how he sees Santiago like a idol, and how he sees him as an older brother. One example of this idolism is, “And the best fisherman is you.”(i.e.(The Old Man and The Sea, page 23, line 12) This excerpt shows how he idolizes the man no matter what his luck is. Manolin still believes the highest of Santiago even though he has gone 84 days without a fish being hooked. Another show of this is, “I have
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The novella The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway describes the journey of an unlucky fisherman named Santiago. He is unlucky because he is a fisherman who has not been able to catch a fish for eighty-seven days. This is ironic because he is a fisherman who cannot catch a fish. Throughout the course of the book, Santiago is faced with many circumstances that change him in many ways. In the novella, the theme is luck. Luck is prosperity or good fortune. Due to the challenges and circumstances
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The animals are ready to burst out of their cages and breathe the fresh air of middle school grounds. Students frantically begin to hush their peers in order to be the first let out. In the jungle, there is always two or three monkeys that decide to create chaos. Among the others they were whispering of games they would play and who was on which team. In Wilson Southern Middle School, those monkeys at recess decided to play a rule-breaking game of shark and minnows. Along with this game, they played
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In the story “Gone to Water” by Tim Gautreaux, the main character Pa Claude shows us a classic example of an old Louisiana fisherman. It’s clear in the story however that Pa Claude is suffering from some sort of dementia, and struggles with bouncing back and forth between the present and his past so much that he often forgets where he is. The result is that the family doesn’t trust him enough to leave him by himself, and always leaves someone there with him. Pa Claude however doesn’t seem to understand
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The novel Farewell to Manzanar, written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston, has many connections to 2017 modern day. In the book Jeanne’s father and other Issei men could not have commercial fishing licences, as stated here, “A California law passed in 1943 made it illegal now for Issei to hold commercial fishing licences.” (134). Having a commercial fishing licence was very important for Jeanne’s family, but they could not have it at that period of time. Luckily, at this day in age in
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again to go through the unlucky time. And he held the belief that he could do it and he will be lucky enough to fish, but meanwhile, he should do to the deeper waters. The story tells of the day that Santiago took his boat out much farther into the sea than usual and prepared for everything that he needed. A big fish which is known to be a Marlin emerged at noon. The old man was so excited
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