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    to not give up even through pain and struggle. Throughout the book‚ there multiple occasions that Christianity is portrayed through Santiago to give the reader a better understanding of the struggle that Santiago had to overcome. One way that the christian religion is displayed through the character Santiago is the pain of his cramped hand. Hemingway compares Santiago with Jesus to assist the reader’s knowledge of the struggles that he has to overcome. “He could feel the steady hard pull of the line

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    named Santiago achieves his Personal Legend with some help from three major characters who teach him many important things. The crystal merchant is one of the characters that helped Santiago by encouraging him and helping him earn back his money. Another important character who helped Santiago in his journey was the English man. He helped Santiago understand many things that he did not know before. The alchemist is an important character who helped Santiago in his journey. He made Santiago realize

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    Nido de Aguilas: Santiago‚ Chile. It had been a week since I’d gotten the news that I was moving schools and that I would be leaving my friends forever to move to a quiet country in the middle of Europe: Switzerland. I silently sat in my designated chair‚ waiting for my last day to begin. I’m six years old‚ and I’m secretly watching the girls in my class loudly chatting in the corner of the classroom. It’s 2008‚ and I’m quietly sitting on my desk‚ wondering to myself: "Am I not important enough

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    Revealing the Character of Santiago‚ In Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea‚” illustrates the love an old fisherman has for a boy‚ and the sacrifice he is willing to make for him to become his fishing partner. John Clark Pratt‚ in his peer article‚ “My Pilgrimage: Fishing for Religion with Hemingway‚” has done research that tells us‚ “Santiago’s name refers to St. James‚ who is the great fisherman also considered by some religions to be the brother of Christ

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    Character Analysis of Santiago Santiago‚ a character in Ernest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ is a very interesting character who is especially worthy of an in-depth character analysis. By making Santiago really the only important and developed character‚ Hemingway focuses the mind of the reader on this one character‚ which allows the reader to fully concentrate on the actions and characteristics of Santiago. Hemingway also writes in such a way that‚ instead of offering up an analysis‚ there

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    allowed to use cell phones in school for education is for the sake of the teachers‚ a teacher should not have to fight for the attention of his or her students due to technology. After twenty years of teaching history and ESL for Lowell High School‚ Miriam Morgenstern is quitting her job for multiple reasons. One of Morgenstern’s reasons for quitting is her students and their cell phones‚ she explains her frustration‚ “The texting‚ tweeting‚ and snapchatting during class time are ‘an incredible distraction

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    The Old Man and The Sea: Analysis of Santiago Ross Mueller Mr. Harocopos AP. English 11 29 September 1996 Ernest Hemingway had a specific type of character in each and every one of his works of literature. These characters were called the Hemingway Code Heroes. Hemingway Code Heroes followed a strict code of behaviors which allowed them to live their life to the fullest. These Heroes lived simple lives without all the luxuries that others had. They concentrate on the problem at hand and do not

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    1. Is it lawful for Miriam to place her children in some alternative form of care? Yes‚ Miriam could place her children in an alternative form of care. Since Miriam is the only living parent‚ parental authority is vested solely to her. She should be able to perform her parental authority as prescribed in Articles 3B of the Civil Code and Article 7 of Children and young Persons act (Cap.285- Care Orders Act). Article 7 states that parents‚ should “provide care‚ protection and control”1 for their

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    Jimmy Santiago Baca was in an insolation due to refusal to work. In this chapter‚ he has done two years in the prison already. Also‚ he insisted that his hard work should have deserved him for learning as the reclassification committee’s promise. This was a positive transition for Baca‚ he was started self-learning to read and write by his communication(letter-writing) with his pen-pal Harry. In addition‚ the lesson from Bonafide had teaches him a new perspective of violence and the outcome of those

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    "Miriam" is a short story written by Truman Capote‚ originally published in June 1945 in Mademoiselle magazine. First edition in solo book form was published in 1981 under the title Miriam: A Classic Story of Loneliness. It is a story about an old lady‚ Mrs. Miller. One day‚ she meets a girl who is also called Miriam and this girl starts to invade Mrs. Miller’s stereotypic life. Mrs. Miller does not like it but she finds out that there is nothing she can do about it. The end of the story is

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