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 addition, the book notes, "You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. ... In The Old Man and the Sea, by ...

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Recognition of his position in contemporary literature came in 1954 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. ... From these introductory remarks, it seems that this paper will look at the works of Hemingway, particularly The Old Man and the Sea and Fiesta (The Sun Also Rises), and expose some notions about his style. ... The old man is an old man. ... In his discussion of the prose style of The Old Man and the Sea in "Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Old Man and the Sea-, Malcolm Cowley notes that Hemingway "uses the oldest and shortest words, the simplest c...

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While, "Modern man finds himself on the brink of a catastrophic precipice, below which is a gap to the absolute void, an uncompromised black, nothingness- (Spark Notes) . The kind of alienation, man's estrangement from his own true self. ... Because he wants to go home to bed, he says to the old deaf man, "You should have killed yourself last week."" ... Existentialism is brought forth in the story when the With allusions to the philosophies of existentialism and nihilism Hemingway's nihilistic view of a world in sea of dark nothingness with "no hope, no solace, no escape except ...

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Paggallous was the only child of King Meggellous of Idonia, a little country near the sea. She was beautiful, inside and out, intelligent, humorous, and can hunt as well as a man can. ... Before she left, she wrote a note telling her father everything and promised him one day, they would be back. ... Paggallous hunted for food, used her old clothes to make clothes for Paggeus. ... The creature lived far away under the sea. ...

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He was looked at from many different respects from writers and critics alike: "an old wise man, a brilliant stylist, a "culture hero," a fraud and a phony, an anti-intellectual, a courageous man who took chances with the violent world around him, a drinker with a metal stomach, a fun loving sportsman, and a strange primitive man." ... He continued to say, The Old Man and the Sea could have been over a thousand pages long and had every character in the village in it and all the processes of the way they made their living, were born, educated, bore children, etc. ... The Old Man and the ...

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While he appears to place his trust in Crusoe, he suspects that real power does not lie with the man but with his mysterious weapon," (Loar, 2006). Friday's suspicion of the gun's power over the man seems to be a true observation. ... "And speaking of the Bible, it is interesting to note that while the devil is alluded to twenty times in Treasure Island, the Savior is never mentioned," (LeVay, 1989). ... If Stevenson had used the same approach as Dufoe, the novel would have lost a lot of the momentum of the adventure that had been building ever since Jim had met the ol...

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Santiago as a Christ Figure On its surface, Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has been 84 days without a catch; Manolin, the young man who loves him; and Santiago's tremendous struggle with a gigantic marlin. ... Soon sharks appear, and the old man breaks his knife after he kills just a few. ... Teaching "The old man taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him," writes Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea, page 10). ... It's interesting to note that Santiago often dreams of young lions on the beach in Africa, w...

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She was even compared to God by the people she helped, which all three authors note: "As one poor man replied to the question how would he survive the answer was simple: to trust in God and Miss Barton" (Burton 125). The authors all explain that Barton did all that she could to raise money to help the Sea Islands. ... Barton was seventy-two years old at the time, and she was getting sick. ... Here Barton was recalled as an old woman who did nothing but fret over little things. ... But then he also includes an excerpt from The Review of Reviews which notes that Barton did not have any paperwork...

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She was even compared to God by the people she helped, which all three authors note: "As one poor man replied to the question how would he survive the answer was simple: to trust in God and Miss Barton" (Burton 125). The authors all explain that Barton did all that she could to raise money to help the Sea Islands. ... Barton was seventy-two years old at the time, and she was getting sick. ... Here Barton was recalled as an old woman who did nothing but fret over little things. ... But then he also includes an excerpt from The Review of Reviews which notes that Barton did not have any paperwork...

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Marco Polo had the usual education of a young man of this period. ... Marco Polo was six years old when his father and uncle went east on their first trip to China he was 15 years old when they returned to Venice, and his mother has already passed away. ... Travelling by sea to Iran they reached by a way of Sumtura, South India, India Ocean and the Persian Gulf. They then proceeded over land past Tabris in North Iran along the east coast of the Black Sea and past Constantinople. ... Marco Polo also did island hopping which is you head out to sea keeping a careful note of course and look o...

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The line is; Bent double, like old beggars under sacks which is already a rather miserable tone. ... He describes the soldiers" crooked stance and compares them to old beggars, uncomfortable and undesirable. ... Again the undesirable, slightly unpleasant note is illustrated through the diction. ... The man is giving up the fight, onomatopoeic of the desperate fight for air under a sea. ... Although in this case gas replaces sea, the concept is still basically the same - suffocation. ...

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Many dared not to even think of the man. But soon enough, the police discover that the man is dead. ... He is 50 yesra old. ... She is 13 years old. ... With great inquisitiveness, I couldn't help but note down the clues myself and try to solve the secrecy. ...

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Man's inquiring mind consigned him to a hell of darkness, anxiety and degradation. The modernist answer to this "hell " has been supplanting the old beliefs with new ones more compatible with the self-knowledge gained. ... Then the sea becomes violent, in a pendular and unstable ebb-flow: there's "pebbles which the waves draw back and fling and bring the eternal note of sadness in " (10, 14). Elliot sees the future instability, the backlash and the sadness of human misery that the withdrawing sea will bring. ... Finally, the Sea of Faith retreats, withdraws in a melancholy roar. ...

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At a young age, she was against the idea of it being a man's world women were just there to please them and do as they say. ... Robert, a very flirtatious man, is always with a different woman every summer. ... After returning to her "pigeon house- Edna finds a note in place of Robert, he has left her and will not be returning because he loves her so much. ... The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. ... Being liberal in a conservative society and keeping all of your old friends is impossible. ...

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Further down the family tree comes a person by the name of Nathaniel Hathorne, who was a man of the sea. ... Shortly after Nathaniel Hawthorne was born, his father died at sea in 1808, therefore he didn't have a father figure in his life. ... Nathaniel didn't had the most normal boyhood, but he did note later on in his life that some of his happiest years were spent in Raymond, Maine. ... They then moved to the Old Manse in Concord. At the Old Manse, Hawthorne wrote short stories for periodicals. ...

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However, the tensions between old and new, traditional and untraditional, were great during the last years of the nineteenth century and there was a debate among male and female writers and social thinkers as to what the role of women should be. ... She is married to a man she no longer loves and she looks for excitement and passion that they do not have in their relationship. ... During their separation Edna becomes involved with another man even thought she does not love him. ... Edna leaves to see her friend, Adele, and when she comes home, there is a note that is left by Robert Lebrun t...

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Simon is younger than the protagonist, but older than the smaller boys. ... In the beginning of the novel, Simon displays an image of selfless caring by helping a few of the younger boys, also known as the "littluns" by the older boys, reach for fruit hanging from a high branch. ... Golding notes, "On the mountaintop the parachute filled and moved; the figure slid, rose to its feet, spun, swayed down through the vast of wet air, and trod with ungainly feet the tops of the high trees; falling, still fallingThe parachute took the figure forward, furrowing the lagoon, and bumped it...

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However, hubris caused man to disregard nature itself (16). ... This fact unintentionally reinforced the bravery of sea captains like Halsey (109). So, the Louisiana with its 30 passengers made its way to sea at 5:22 p.m. on September 5. ... One diner made note of this aloud, to which another replied, "You can't frighten me, I'm not superstitious- (159). ... Joseph urged for people to evacuate, but his older brother's words were more effective. ...

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In 1812 Mary Shelley the nineteen year old and her friends made a literary competition in Geneva Switzerland to see who could make the best ghost story. ... The eighteen year old writer sat amazed by the conversations between her friends and the passionate poet she adored, Percy Bysshe Shelley regarding the latest scientific experiments upon cadavers and what they might mean philosophically in terms of the limitations of science. ... "In the morning as soon as it was light, I wen upon deck and found all the sailors on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to some in the sea.... As H...

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The cow fed on the salt of the rime ice, and as she licked a man's head began to emerge. ... On the sea shore, Bor's sons found two logs and made people out of them. ... When they met, he said, "What a fine young woman," and she said "What a fine young man". ... She deferred to her father's judgment, and her father gave him both Princess Brilliant Blossoms and her older sister, Princess Long as the Rocks. The new emperor refused the older sister, however, because of her ugliness. ...

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It is said that young love burns like brushfire and old love like oak; a simple saying rendering old love forever superior--but what if that oak is rotted? What if the oak is old, decaying and wet and the brush is dry, brittle and clean? ... Across the sea I could hear the taxis, the talking, and the bustling energy of New York and knew it was where I had to go. ... A song whose notes flowed like the paint strokes of God. ... My mind flashed with old memories. ...

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Here's how its goes Proteus- Then let her alone Valentine- Not for the world: why man, she is mine, and I as rich in having such a jewel as twenty seas, if all their were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. ... This mean that you"ll always be jealous over things but as u get older u might not care anymore so u don't die with jealousy. ... Here's a fast summary on how the story went It's a dance as old as the human race. ... The pheromone-sensing organ in the nose is connected by nerve pathways to part of the brain and these are involved in emotions like f...

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However, in the trenches he realized how horrific the war was and started to make notes about the conditions at first. Then later in a military hospital he edited and collected these notes into the poetry of Wifred Owen. ... This line needs to be remembered as the poem is based on the idea of it as 'the old lie' mocking the established belief of nationalism and duty to your country. ... The line is sarcastic as Owen has now himself seen a gas attack and a man drown 'under a green sea', and has found out that dying out there in a far off land was a waste of a life and is co...

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