The Old Man and the Sea: Hero Qualities Santiago was a man who would not quit. When out fishing, the old man did not consider it work but more of a lifestyle. No mentally inept man could do the job; it took a man of good strength, courage and the ability to not go insane on the high seas; it took a hero. ... The old man set out to catch the biggest fish in the whole sea, and he was not coming back empty handed. ... The old man did not stop to worry about his hand when it was cut, and he just carried on. ...

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Interpreting < Old man and the sea > I read three different books before I started this paper. Finally, I gave my choice to the novel which is . (The other are and ) was recommended to all the teenagers in China and I read the novel in Chinese when I was still young. ... After the reading of this time, I got a complete different feeling that was not only the beautiful sea and bank I want to see, but also I really admire that old man in the story. ... It is night and the old man goes to bed. ...

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The book The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, is about an old man, Santiago, and his genuine fondness of the sea. ... But they were the falsest thing in the sea and the old man loved to see the big sea turtles eating them." ... All of these are examples of how much the old man appreciates the sea. ... The old man has fished for all of his life, which shows that he has appreciation for the sea. ... Hemingway's descriptions add significant details to the book, The Old Man and the Sea. ...

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Many themes are present in Hemmingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea. ... The old man is a representation of a human. ... The sea is a vast playing field on which the struggle takes place, but is also the get away or safe haven for the old man to which he looks towards as a good place. The reference to the bright "cheerful" sea-colored eyes leads the reader to believe that the sea is a place that makes the old man happy. ... Manolin, the boy, is the old man's outside support, his purpose. ...

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The Old Man and The Sea Paper In the Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Old Man and The Sea, Ernest Hemingway does a beautiful job of tying in Christ imagery with an average man with an average life. ... "But after forty days without a fish the boys parents had told him that the old man was definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week." (9) The few people that did follow Jesus Christ and Santiago were often stopped because their ideas and beliefs were different from what pe...

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Symbolism of "The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" is a detailed story of an old Cuban fisherman, known as the old man or Santiago. ... Despite his age and fatigue while at sea, the old man is willing to go beyond the limits of what is expected from him and put his physical and mental endurance to a test. ... The symbolism of battles in life is seen when the old man reflects on Manolin while he is alone at sea. ... This quote is an excellent example of one of the main ideas of "The Old Man and the Sea." ... "The Old Man and the Sea" shows that defeat...

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A man's struggle is the main theme of the Old Man and the Sea; Santiago has an epic battle with a swordfish, and although his prize is taken away and he is defeated physically, Santiago received what he had strived for and earned his respect. ... The old man, Santiago, receives the biggest catch of his life, which is taken back by the sea, and his own life almost becomes forfeit to the sea also. ... (p70) An old man with seemingly no luck and a ruined reputation goes out fishing early in the morning determined that this will be his day. ... Yet, even the bones of the fish portray the ep...

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According to Hemingway, he did not intend symbolism in his book, "The Old Man and the Sea." ... "Old" in this novel more represents experienced then weak. ... The word "Man" directly relates to the word "Old"; not only to express that is an old human, but also how this human represents the whole of humanity, all of "man." ... The first sets the "Sea" as a lover to Santiago. ... The other definition defines the "Sea" as the world. ...

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In the book, The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway tells a story of an old fisherman. ... The old man had caught a huge marlin that was now pulling him out to sea. The fish continued to pull the old man out to sea for about 3 days. ... The first, and main character in the book The Old Man and the Sea is in fact the old man, Santiago. ... The Old Man and The Sea is a depressing book. ...

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In the books that we have read this semester there are two books that I chose to write about the first being The Old Man and the Sea and the second being The Crucible. ... The old man, Santiago, a fisherman who was having bad luck had gone forty days before the boy's parents forbade him to fish with the old man. ... The old man becomes determined to catch a giant marlin that seems to antagonize him out at sea. ... Unlike The Crucible where the forces inside many of the people were used for evil, The Old Man and the Sea shows us how the forces inside each person are different, also tha...

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"I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and a real fish and real sharks. ... A very strong and far from stereotypical friendship is seen in the novella The Old Man and the Sea. ... Hemingway is able to convey both the positive and negative aspects of the character Manolin in The Old Man and the Sea. ... Even though Manolin is only present in the beginning and very end of The Old Man and the Sea, he does play a very imperative role in the book since he is such an important part of Santiago's life. ... The Old Man and the Sea is a historical fiction piece about a good f...

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Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea is the classic tale of an epic struggle between an aged, down-on-his-luck fisherman and a huge marlin. The old man, Santiago, has suffered through eighty-four long days without a catch. ... Instead, Santiago is highlighted as a determined and heroic man. The old man sets out to kill the marlin for practical reasons, but the struggle turns into a battle of pride. ... Hemingway treats the concept of pride ambivalently in The Old Man and the Sea. ...

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"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel that shook the literary world in the 20th Century. ... The old man, Santiago, who is considered unlucky, faces his greatest opponent he could ever wish for. ... Neither the old man nor the fish will back down. ... Santiago is a wise man who finally understands his relationship with the inhabitants under the sea and how everything is interrelated. ... The old man's choices and his responsibility for making those choices are tied in with what moral and spiritual lessons has he learned from the creatures of the sea that exist in a physical and natura...

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Relate the events in your story to the experiences of the old man. The old man and the sea tell the simple story of Santiago a fisherman wanting a large catch. ... Most of Santiago's life dealt with pain and suffering throughout his adventure at sea and on land. ... As the old man, Santiago said, "a man is not made for defeat" (103). The world defeat "to win a victory over someone in a war" cannot be used to describe the old man and Dominik. ...

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As Ernest Hemingway suggests in The Old Man and the Sea, believing in yourself is what a person needs to do in order to keep on going; never giving up takes courage, inner strength, and pride. ... For example, "...he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water...and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea..." (61). ... In addition, at the end of the book it says, "The old man was dreaming about the lions" (127). ... In The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway, Santiago accomplished his goal of catching the marlin because he possessed...

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Through the Valley of Shadow I Fear Not In Ernest Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway expresses Santiago to be an artistic visionary of realms between that of sleep and awake. ... Through exile and self-awareness, Santiago learns the true meaning of his artistic integrity from his speech with the marlin to his wise words of the sea, "But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favors, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. ... "A man is never lost at sea- (89). ... Every creature ...

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The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway presented his novel "The Old Man and the Sea" in 1952. ... The old man loved Manolin. ... The boy admire the old man for many reasons, one of them was his confidence and love for the sea. ... Manolin lent a hand to the old man. ... The old man did not expected to stay on the sea more than one day. ...

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The old man Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea is a character seen in many perspectives, as a hero, an ordinary fisherman, an unlucky old man, and a wise man. ... The Old Man and the Sea" is a heroic tale of mans strength pitted against forces he cannot control. ... Through the use of three prominent themes; friendship, bravery, and Christianity; the "Old Man and the Sea" strives to teach important life lessons to the reader. The relationship between the old man and the boy is introduced early in the story. ... In the end the old mans perseverance and faith pay off. ...

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A hero follows a code that enables a man to live correctly. ... Through Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and The Sea, Santiago, the old- beaten down fisherman, earns the status of a hero for living a life in which there is much chaos, and uses his advantages to overcome them. ... He continues to fight his heart out no matter how old, tired, and beaten up he is. ... Santiago as well uses a mental approach to endure, in which he makes man feel invincible. " And pain does not matter to a man" (Hemingway 84). ... You can make the blade from a spring leaf from an old Ford. ...

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Old Man and the Sea In this book by Ernest Hemingway an old man shows that he could still fish and do his daily tasks as if he were still a young man. ... This would in turn help the old man as he aged. ... Still through all of this the boy remembers how well the old man treated him and does everything he can for the old man. The boy is very reliable in that he would always help the old man bring his fishing equipment to the old man's home. He would also bring the old man food and bait for the next day's trip out to sea. ...

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However, Manolin remained loyal to Santiago and always tried to help the old man in any way he could. The young boy frequently took food to Santiago and listened to the old man talk about baseball. ... Once hooked, the marlin swam furiously out to sea while dragging Santiago and the boat. ... When the old man awoke, Manolin told him that the village thought the old man was lost at sea and search planes had been dispatched. ... Manolin brought the old man food, nursed his wounds, and left the great fisherman to sleep and dream of the lions. ...

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