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    Santiago Relationship

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    In the novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway, an elderly Cuban fisherman named Santiago lives in the 1940s. After being unlucky for innumerous days, Santiago continues to venture out to sea in hopes of catching a fish. When the line begins to tug in his hand, Santiago realizes that he has caught his prize marlin, and struggles for three days to catch it. On the trip back to Havana, the trophy fish is attacked by ravenous sharks and is devoured before Santiago can kill the sharks.…

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    My Michigan hero is my Grandpa, because he was very special to me in many ways. One of the special ways is that he liked fishing and I like fishing as well. I caught my first catfish with him. Now since he is dead I fish all the time. I remember every time I go fishing in his pond I always think about him. I remember one time that we were fishing and then we saw a muskrat so he got his gun out and tried to shoot it. We never saw it again. After he died, I did not even really fish in about 2…

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    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 chose to shadow my dad. After getting some fishing bait one morning, my father, two friends and I went fishing in the inner coastal. Before we started fishing, I said to my dad that I’m going to catch the biggest fish today and he replied “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” What my father meant by this was basically don’t push your…

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    Beautiful Locations In Dominican Republic In one of the greatest university football views in new record Bobby Bowden walked out arm in arm with his staff before Thursday night's game against Georgia Tech. Does one live in the Denver region? On visiting any time soon, are you planning? If you happen to be a fish lover the number below includes wonderful places to visit. You have existed there for a little while, or whether you're currently visiting, you must know where you could get affordable…

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    Fishing. People enjoy it a lot as a hobby or career whether it’s for a bonding experience between family or friends or a way to survive. But could it be too much? We have of plenty of fish, right? Wrong. Small fishing in ponds, lakes, and sea sides by one or two people won’t make much of a difference, but with the main fishing companies hauling thousands to millions of marine life out of the oceans daily, it will be. This is overfishing; depleting stocks of fish in a body of water by too much…

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    matter how hard they embrace the code. In the novel the Old Man and the Sea Hemingway’s character Santiago is a old man who won't stop till he succeeded. Within the book Santiago is made fun of and not a lucky man. For the old man has spent 84 days fishing and was not able to catch anythings because of his unfortunate circumstance his best friend a young boy was no longer allowed to assist him. Throughout the book Santiago shows three important traits of what is like to be a code hero. Honor,…

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    Who Is Santiago A Hero

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    The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an old fisherman who struggles to get the greatest catch of his life. For eighty-four days, Santiago has set out to sea and he unfortunately returned empty-handed. In Santiago, the central character of The Old man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway has created a hero who personifies honor, courage, and perseverance. Santiago is the type of man that is willing to take chances in life no matter how hard it may be to accomplish what he wants. Since Santiago is…

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    explanation for overfishing is profit-oriented of large fishing companies. Because of their lucrative target, the prominent mass fishing recent years caused biological imbalance. In addition, overfishing leads to damage their environment in the oceans as well as their organisms. For example, thousands of tons fish are caught every year including rare species that causes these fish facing extinction. Another reason for mass fishing is the innovation of fishing exploiting techniques are now…

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    to overfishing, which occurs when fishing activities deplete the population of fish to unsustainable levels, meaning fish are being caught faster than they can reproduce. While many Americans acknowledge the fact that fish are being caught in unsustainable numbers, many fail to realize that overfishing harms marine life in more ways than one. Unwanted fish are accidentally caught by fisheries and are tossed back into the water, often as dead bycatch. A fishing technique called bottom trawling…

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    Keystone Species Essay

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    Each species in the world have a specific job in our world, a niche, some species are important and get the title keystone. Keystone species have an important life, without them the ecosystem they live in will have a domino effect that will change the ecosystem or destroy it all together (Nancy, 2013). The Sea Otter (Euhydra lutris) are remarkable creatures in that they help keep their environment in check (Konar, 2000). The genus name Euhydra and the specific name lutris are both translated…

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