victory. Santiago did this in the book the Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway. He is victorious at the end of the story for multiple reasons-he has endurance‚ he is never defeated‚ and he does not lose faith throughout the entire story. Santiago’s ability to endure the harsh life he lives gives even more meaning to his belief‚ "Pain does not matter to a man”(84). If DiMaggio can endure his bone spur‚ if the great fish can pull the weight of his boat‚ therefore a simple old man can at least
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regards to a specific part and may have nothing to do with what the old man took to get there. Confidence is very important to have all the time. Especially when you have a hobby. It will help you do much better because you will feel better. Luck also plays a major role in The Old Man and The Sea‚ and in our everyday lives. Luck is what most fishermen depend on. In Santiago’s Cuban fishing village he is known as “salao‚ which means the worst form of unlucky‚” after going eighty-four days of not catching
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All Over but the Shoutin’ All Over but the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg is an autobiography that starts from Mr. Bragg’s impoverished childhood in a family that included an abusive‚ alcoholic father‚ an incredibly powerful angel of a mother and his two brothers‚ and follows him through his Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistic career at the New York Times. The author states at the beginning of the book that readers will laugh and cry reading it. He was right on the money with both of these points. The
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9 September 2013 All Over but the Shoutin’ In the excerpt from the memoir All Over but the Shoutin’ ‚ the author Rick Bragg highlights the moment when he paid a final visit to his father’s deathbed. In the excerpt‚ Bragg briefly described his childhood‚ saying his father abandoned his wife and sons‚ and left them to beg‚ and scrap for food and money. He saw his father as a drunken monster‚ not caring for anyone but himself. Initially when Bragg arrived he was hesitant. He did not know the person
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“Danny Thomas” A man named Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz once said‚ “Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” And then he helped built a hospital‚ people know him as Danny Thomas. He wanted a hospital where kids could go to for free when they’re sick. Because of his strong promise to St. Jude Thaddeus‚ of hopeless causes he was able to build his dream: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Since Danny Thomas has built this hospital
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1. On January 16‚ 1992‚ two agents from the United States Department of the Interior‚ Elliott and Dan Haas used a thermal imaging device to scan the home of Danny Lee Kyllo of Florence‚ OR. The device was known specifically as an Agema Thermovision 210 imager‚ which detected various levels of radiating heat. The two agents had suspected Kyllo of growing marijuana in his portion of the triplex he lived in due to information they had received from neighbors. At 3:20 am the men took several minutes
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wait for him‚ that means she did not truly love him‚ and he should forget about her. As they left the oasis‚ the Alchemist advises Santiago‚ “Don’t think about what you’ve left behind” (Coelho 123). The Alchemist noticed the regretful expression on Santiago’s face when they left‚ signalling that he thinking about Fatima. If Santiago continues to be distracted by Fatima‚ he will eventually lose his determination to finish his quest‚ since he would be most likely heading back to the oasis‚ abandoning his
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Santiago’s Awareness of Surroundings Dreams are not only about whether they have been achieved or not‚ but also the process to achieve them. Have you ever wondered how important the process is? For example‚ a student never paid attention to the teacher and never studied before the test. He was cheating during the test. If he was lucky‚ he would get good mark but he did not learn anything. That boy would have lots of trouble to reach his dream in the future if he did not change the bad habit of
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The Cove - Worth an Oscar This paper will comment on an article called “Town upset over ’The Cove ’”. Drawing upon the scenes from the film‚ some lines from the article Bill Nichol’s “Introduction to Documentary” this paper will begin by telling the audience why the film was made very well and why it deserved an Oscar. It will then enlist specific scenes in the movie that show the reasons it is a good movie. This paper will argue that it is right for the cove to win an Oscar. It will raise
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body told him to. Third‚ his spirit is hurt by all of the younger fishermen and the words they say and also by Manolin’s father sending him with another fisherman. Santiago goes through a lot of physical suffering. The first physical damage that Santiago suffers is the "line burn that had cut his flesh." The cut "was in the working part of his hand." (57) It
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