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    The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway depicts the dismal reality of life’s cruelty‚ portraying how circumstances sometimes have inevitably dire outcomes regardless of the precautions we take or the effort we exert. But though the depravity of life controls our fate‚ it doesn’t determine our intestinal fortitude. Santiago was an extremely diligent and hardworking man. Day in and day out‚ rain or shine‚ he worked diligently and vigorously at the only trade he had ever

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    He is an important character of this novel‚ though he does not play an active part in the adventure of the old man. Manolin symbolizes Santiago’s youthful strength‚ serves as a source of comfort‚ care and happiness for the old man‚ and provides inspiration and hope to Santiago-an old‚ weak fisherman. Santiago was an old man who did not have much strength left- “everything about him was old ...” (pg. 10). Although his body had weakened‚ his courage to continue fishing had not vanished. On his adventure

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    “A man can be destroyed but not defeated” In the Old man and the sea‚ Santiago says‚ “A man can be destroyed but not defeated. (Page 93)” The true statement can be referred to throughout the novel. Santiago is in the end physically destroyed‚ but mentally he is not defeated. Santiago’s courage and pride pushes him forward throughout the novel‚ even when it looks like hope is lost‚ but is never defeated. Destruction means to completely ruin or spoil. Santiago experienced this destruction. It started

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    The Old Man and the Sea as an Allegory: Sharks The novel “The Old Man and the Sea” was an allegory for Hemingway’s life‚ meaning the book was symbolic to Ernest’s journey and struggles. In this novel‚ the old man was faced with a dramatic life or death situation when he was getting chased by sharks while catching for the marlin. “The old man’s head was clear and good now and he was full of resolution but he had little hope. It was too good to last‚ he thought. He took one look at the great fish

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    The Black Balloon and the Old Man and The Sea are both clear but complex examples of Going it Alone. Going it Alone is represented as a choice we must make with courage in defiance of the pressures of peers and society through some key symbolic scenes and reoccurring motifs in both texts. In the movie Black Balloon‚ Elissa Downs expresses going it alone through Thomas forming his own identity‚ being able to connect and embrace his autistic brother through his isolation from the general society

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    In business‚ organization structure means the relationships between positions & people who hold the positions. Organization structure is very important because it provides an efficient work system as well as a system of communication. First of all we should distinguish between the organizing function & organizing structure. The organizing function is the process of breaking down the overall task into small jobs along with delegated authority to do those jobs & then putting them back together in

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    Comparison between Demian and Siddhartha Herman Hesse‚ a German symbolist author from the beginning of the 20th century‚ was very successful in his time for the novels Demian and Siddhartha. The former‚ his first hit novel‚ was a huge success in Europe and was the novel that made him famous. The latter‚ written only 3 years later‚ consolidated his success and praise as an author. However written by the same author around the same time‚ these two novels are very different in respect to tone and

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    are completely different. The Scarlet Pimpernel took place in France during the French Revolution. On the other hand‚ The Old Man by the Sea took place in the Atlantic Ocean. In The Scarlet Pimpernel it was a much more crowded situation‚ with groups of people throughout the book. Although‚ The Old Man by the Sea was a much lonelier situation where it would be just the old man out in the ocean alone for long periods of time. While reading the Scarlet Pimpernel you learned that it was a harder language

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    Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago an old Cuban fisherman‚ after 84 days without a fish‚ catches the largest marlin ever seen in his waters and although he loses it to sharks he achieves a moral victory. What sustains him in his dire struggle is his intimate connection with nature‚ his relationship with the fish itself‚ and his complete devotion to his vocation as a fisherman. Though his gains and lost‚ maintain both challenges and soothe him. Santiago treats nature as a family. The sea is like

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    The Old Man and the Sea; however‚ both of these stories ended up exploring a similar topic. For instance‚ Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea shows one man’s determination against the forces of nature. Santiago uses his years of fishing experience to catch the marlin and trump nature. Similarly‚ Spielberg’s Jaws follows 3 men’s battle with a great white shark. In the end‚ they too accomplish their goal of beating nature. Overall‚ The Old Man and the Sea and Jaws show

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