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    Old Man and the Sea

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    II October 26‚ 2012 The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic battle between an old‚ experienced Cuban fisherman and a large marlin. The novel opens with the explanation that the fisherman‚ who is named Santiago‚ has gone 84 days without catching a fish. Santiago is considered "salao"‚ the worst form of unlucky. In fact‚ he is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with

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    Family and Old Man

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    dominates your mind. Should you be angry at him for leaving you‚ or should you support and respect his decision ? In her essay "Flight‚" Doris Lessing illustrates the story of an old man who is learning to let go his granddaughter as she grows into an adult and is about to get married. Lessing wisely delivers this particular old man’s situation to her readers through her use of literary techniques and devices. Thus‚ she greatly succeeded at making her readers feel and live the grandfather’s difficulty

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    Unit 71

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    Assignment Unit 71 As a professional worker within Clare Lodge I have many expectations within my job role. As a secure care home I am governed by several pieces of legislation that outline the rules‚ boundaries and policies that are provided for us by Peterborough City Council. These include the National Minimum Standards‚ these are the standards that the home as a whole are expected to be working to. Some of the things outlined in these standards are wishes and feelings of the child‚ equality

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    An Old Man Analyst

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    Flight By Doris Lessing In the short story "Flight" by Alice Lessing‚ it’s the story of an old man who raises homing pigeons for a hobby and who constantly worries about his last granddaughter‚ Alice‚ leaving and getting married tothe postmaster’s son‚ Steven. The old man is very overprotective and also possessive of his daughter.In a way‚ the grandfather is also jealous of Alice’s fiancé‚ Steven. The Old man argues with Aliceabout her behaviour when Steven is with her and he complains to his daughter

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    Old Man And The Sea

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    The Old Man and the Sea is basically a story of a battle between an old‚ experienced fisherman‚ Santiago‚ and a large marlin. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice‚ Manolin‚ has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and been told to fish insteadwith successful fishermen.The boy visits Santiago’s shack each night‚ hauling his fishing gear‚ preparing food‚ talking about American baseball and his favorite player Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next day‚ he will go far

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    The Old Man and the Sea

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    The Old Man and the Sea In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago the fisherman can be viewed as either a failure or a success. In the aspects of Rishi‚ Devata‚ and Chhandas we can see that Santiago is not a failure. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish‚ and he is the laughingstock of his small village. Regardless of his past‚ the old man determines to change his luck and sail out farther than he or the other fishermen ever have sailed out before. When we look at the Rishi

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    Old Man and the Sea

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    Caitlin Couch Period 4 Old Man and the Sea 1. Symbols a. The Marlin is a major symbol in the novella. It stands for Santiago’s ideal opponent; his worthy challenger. He feels lucky to be able to fight this challenger‚ as it is his equal. Having bested your equal is much more satisfactory than whipping some amateur’s butt. I think that he feels that by facing the Marlin‚ he is giving the best of himself to his cause. He’s going full throttle‚ and by facing his Marlin‚ he is enhancing

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    Old Man and the Sea

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    In the novella‚ “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway connects Joe DiMaggio’s life with Santiago’s. DiMaggio’s father‚ like generations of DiMaggio’s before him‚ was a fisherman‚ and he enthusiastically wished for his sons to join him. While Joe DiMaggio never had any interest in fishing‚ his upbringings as the son of a poor immigrant fisherman helped form his popular image as the personification of the American Dream. Santiago‚ much like DiMaggio’s father‚ was a fisherman. One day when

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    Reading through the novel The Old Man and the Sea one‚ as a reader‚ can perceive several themes in the book. Hemingway suggests certain subjects for discussion which built up the whole plot‚ therefore giving us options to choose the one we believe is the main one. In the past weeks we have been discussing‚ in a debate‚ which is that main theme. My group’s theme was "Man Defeated" and although it is hard to affirm that this theme was the prevailing one of the book‚ we firmly defend it. Various arguments

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    The Old Man and the Sea

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    handle the destruction that the storms will cause. The individuals who are far out to sea have the knowledge that the ocean will test them with momentous storms‚ and this is why they go so far out to sea. “Live your life to its fullest before you become old like me‚ only you will know what is going to happen if anyone at all. “ (Interview) As a child Santiago visits Africa‚ and tells Manolin of the lions he sees. "When I was your age I was before the mast on a square-rigged ship and that ship ran to

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