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values are important, we can abandon them when we are desperate. His story is about a boy who manages to survive after the boy and his family travels on a ship that sinks. The boy loses his family, and eventually ends up stuck at in a lifeboat at sea, with a bengal tiger, and little food. In his book, Martel suggests that when faced with a tough decision, man will choose survival over keeping morals and values. When Pi’s food supply runs low, he decides to change his diet, even though it…

The Diamond Fish There was once a poor man and a poor woman who had nothing but a Little house, and who earned their bread by fishing, and always Lived from hand to mouth. But it came to pass one day when the man Was sitting by the water-side, and throwing his net, that he got out A fish entirely of diamond. As he was looking at the fish, full of Astonishment, it began to speak and said listen fisherman, if you will throw me back again into the water, I will change your little house into a…

have yet to pass the driving test that you have taken millions of times. Your neighbor hates your guts and makes it known, your only friend is mentally challenged, and your boss is a lying cheapskate. Worst of all, you live in a pineapple under the sea. Spongebob Squarepants does not have the greatest life, but no matter what, he tries his hardest to make other people happy and he has influenced me very much. Spongebob has gone through thick and thin for people who would not lift a finger in…

the ocean, barely being able to survive? Both Ernest Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and The Sea and fictional movie All is Lost, directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Robert Redford, are stories of survival, perseverance, and strength. In The Old Man and The Sea, Santiago, the protagonist, is an elderly fisherman who struggles to survive. In All is Lost, the unnamed protagonist is a man stranded at sea when his boat sinks. Both of these protagonists are code heroes because they are intensely…

The blackfish get deported to a place where no sea is in sight, a place sitting on the same ocean as their ancestors and the other to the ocean sitting across. The blackfish encounter devastating conditions of torture and cruelty. Every day is an uphill battle with no peak in sight. The blackfish age…

Comparison Essay Challenging situations are perfect opportunities to learn about someone's true character. In the stories, “Survival” by John Hersey, and Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, both main characters, Tom Sawyer and John F. Kennedy encounter difficult and trying situations. John F. Kennedy was the heroic character and Tom Sawyer showed us the ups and downs of our adventurous side. “Survival”, by John Hersey, was a difficult book to get through because it tells the true story about events…

A Conquistador No More There’s a rustle in the trees, and the area you are in has been known for savage cannibals, while mosquitoes cover your body in the swamp. You have little food and water; you are nauseous because of hunger, thirst, and lack of blood. In this difficult situation and more, Cabeza de Vaca, a famous conquistador, overcame these hardships, along with only 3 other people who all began with 400 other men, and walked for 21 months to Mexico City. He was the treasurer of a ship…

Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea, hope is seen by Santiago overcoming all of the problems thrown his way. After struggling for three days, Santiago’s work pays off when he catches the marlin. Through his journey, if he loses hope, Santiago thinks about his past to stay positive. Although the marlin gets eaten by the sharks, Santiago is still seen as a hero. Hemingway explores the nature of hope through symbolism of the marlin, lions, and respect. The tone of The Old Man and the Sea is very…

Touching Spirit Bear Connection The book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelson reminds me of the real world. The part of the book i am relating to is when Cole Matthews was extremely hungry but ignored that necessity and just went to the shore to drink water as much as he would need to pee and be full but of water. Later that day, Cole went to the shore and saw seagulls, he realized that they were eating a fish, Cole was absolutely STARVED so he scared the seagulls away and ate a half seagle…

In the beginning, Hemingway points out the use of nothing in the beginning of the story when the waiters are trying to observe and analyze why the older man is drinking so much. Yet this small detail is important to both the dark and "empty" setting Hemingway creates, and the waiters interactions with eachother. When the author includes the older waiter`s mini-moologue about the topic of nothing, the author uses this word as his "iceburg priniciple. Hemingway isn`t making an argument because of…