The Old Man and the Sea is a story about an old fisherman who has not caught a fish for eighty four days, but gets a hook in the mouth of the greatest fish he has ever caught. This fish takes the old man on a journey that he will never forget. At the beginning of the novel, Santiago has been fishing for eighty-four days and has not caught a fish. This symbolizes defeat in Santiago’s life. Santiago does not intend on giving up, but instead he has determination and tells himself that he will go fishing
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In the story the old man and the sea I learned that anythings possible if you just put your mind to it. You should never let anyone tell you that you not capable because only you and God knows. Be confident and live life, because you'll only live once. With passion, strength, and sacrifice he was able to prove that anythings possible. The old man was very passionate about fishing and everyday for 84 days he went out to try and catch a fish and was unsuccessful. People talked about him daily
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the novel The Old Man and the Sea. This novel is only 26,500 words but it teaches and gives us an extraordinary look on life and its troubles. The Old Man and the Sea was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway. Hemingway’s story won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. The American Academy of Arts and Letters also rewarded him with the Award of Merit Medal in 1954. At first sight, the story seems to be the utmost easy novel of an old fisherman named
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In Act I of The Old Man and the Sea the reader is introduced to Santiago, an old man who loves fishing. Also in act one, the reader is introduced Manolin, a boy who is not related to the old man, but was taught to fish by Santiago. Santiago has not caught a fish for eighty-four days and it is bothering him. The other fishermen call him unlucky and make fun of him. Santiago ignores all of the comments and remains unfazed, but the question whether he is too old to catch a fish arises. The boy goes
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Monserrat Solis English III J. Rogers 20 March 2014 Old Man and the Sea There are plenty of tales of tales about the big fish that got away. However, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is not one of those exaggerated stories of a huge fish that cannot be proven to have ever been caught. In fact, Santiago, the protagonist, truly hooks and kills the biggest marlin he’s ever seen, one that is well over 1000 pounds. Unfortunately, after winning the fiercest fishing battle in his career
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a reporter during the civil war in Spain as the background for his most ambitious novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). Among his later works, the most outstanding is the short novel, The Old Man and the Sea (1952), the story of an old fisherman's journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, and his victory in defeat. Hemingway - himself a great sportsman - liked to portray soldiers, hunters, bullfighters - tough, at times primitive people whose courage and honesty are set against
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Caleb Friginal Mrs. Chupp English II Honors 11/2/11 Pain is a Useful Thing Have you ever had to do something hard to get somewhere? Well in one way, shape, or form all of us have had to do something difficult to get where we want to be. Whether a student stays after school to get help from a teacher or an athlete wakes up for an early morning jog they are showing Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “No Gains Without Pains” that he wrote in Poor Richard Almanac. Franklin tried to show the people that
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I’m Maria Alexandrea D. Seraspe, 16 years old, Paranaque City. I love to sing, to draw, to paint and to dance. I dislike reading fictional stories. I prefer non-fictional stories because I find it more interesting. Yes, I’m not good in writing essays but I love writing essays. ------------------------------------------------- THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA Ernest Hemingway “ There was an old man that goes by the name Santiago. Santiago had been labeled as a "Salao" or the worst form of being unlucky
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In the novella, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the movie The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger have many similarities in the main characters. The main similarities that Santiago and Billy Tyne share are their pride, the losses they both have, and how they are both treated throughout their days of being a fisherman. Santiago is the main character in the novella, The Old Man and the Sea. He is an older man who is a fisherman where recently he has not caught any fish for eighty-four
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that has a thousand meanings. Hope can be expressed in many different ways. Google.com describes hope to be a feeling of excitement while waiting for something significant to occur. Every person experiences hope at least once a day. In the Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago was desperately trying to catch a marlin. This marlin represents hope. The marlin represents hope because it is the one thing that Santiago will not let go, it gives Santiago strength, and in the end, is mostly
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