The Old Man and the Sea Essay

Life leaves people battered with the obstacles one faces, but such experiences leave us all the wiser for it. In Elizabeth Bishop's “The Fish,” she utilizes the fish to represent how people struggle and get scarred throughout their life, but these barriers give us wisdom and courage to pick ourselves up and face what's ahead. The title of the poem is representative of the crucial nature of its central symbol, the fish while using free verse throughout one large stanza to do so; Bishop has the…

Value 1: Hardworking, Dedicated Text 1: “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford “In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a knot of sail, but were forced to hull for divers days together.” “Would they do what could be done for their wages’ sake and on the other hand they were loath to hazard their lives too desperately.” In “of Plymouth plantation”, William Bradford acknowledges their determination and hard work for what they wanted…

Mary was nowhere to be seen, he thought that maybe the boat had dissolved from view. He was unknowing that a man was fighting for survival. In a astonishing twist of fate Jose saw something that would save his life. A piece of wood that he was going to use to fix up the boat was floating towards him. With all the energy he had Jose latched onto that piece of wood. He floated to wherever the seas would take him. There were no noises, nothing in sight. The night was still over him as he…

chose to shadow my father. My father is a CPA and a contractor. He is a very hard worker and deals with all kinds of people from clients regarding their tax returns to sub-contractors wanting to get paid. Because he is a very likable and respectable man, I look up to him thus I chose him to shadow. I shadowed my father for eight hours and learned some of his quotes, the way he acts, and how he speaks. My family and I went to the beach with some friends for two weeks and this is when I…

In the short passage by Dalton Trumbo he shows that the father and son have a trustworthy relationship. The author showed this mostly when the son said that Bill Harper was coming and they were going to go fishing. He also shows that they have a strong bond with each other which helps his father have a trustworthy bond with his son. Bill Harper had no fishing rod so the son told his dad and then his dad said that Bill Harper could use his sons rod and his son can use his rod. This shows that…

in the story, in order to give representation that once a person reaches a certain age, there's nothing left. The story is about two waiters, who are waiting for one old man to leave, before they can close the cafe. In the story are three main characters that the it revolves around, a young waiter, an older waiter, and some old man who recently attempted to kill himself. The characters are given little description, only small details are told about their lives, points that are only necessary to…

(Hemingway). The main theme is about the abortion. The man and the girl are discussing their future. Neither the man nor woman mention the pregnancy or abortion. When the girl says that “The hills look like White Elepahants” she thinks about her baby. White Elephants symbolise a useless or unwanted object which is difficult to dispose of. The man says that he “has never seen one, she responds “No, you wouldn’t have.” (Hemingway) It means that the man is not willing to have a baby, he is…

'twixt the moorland villages of Clapptrap and Skandal there runs a lovely stretch of the Twaddle. The lively river flows through the limestone gorge at Poppycock Cut, and once past Yakking Mouth it discharges its clear waters in spectacular fashion at Fayrelady Falls. Tis a sight for sore eyes to behold such wild, foaming torrents - I courted my dear wife there and it's a good spot for trout. I usually commence fishing at the foot of the falls, and then make my way downstream until I reach a…

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated" (Hemingway,51). This is an often-debated quote as to whether Santiago was truly defeated or not by the end of the story. Another debated topic is the difference between being defeated or destroyed. The old man may have had a conflict in his own mind about being destroyed or defeated because when it comes to the definitions of these words they are quite similar. Destroyed means to put an end to the existence of something by damaging or attacking it.…

survival was enough at one point in the movie. That fact was agreed with by the British citizens and even the newspapers. One of the British citizens, a man, who took a boat out to help like many others were asked to do. He showed great character in the middle of this even though knowing a good deal about what he was getting into. The man still went after a downed pilot in the water knowing his chute didn't open. His young son who was with him on his boat. He displayed great…