Old Man of the Mountain

/ fine rosettes of lime,/ and infested/ with tiny white sea-lice,/ and underneath two or three/ rags of green weed hung down." When Bishop begins to create what the fish looks like in the reader's mind, the only idea is that the fish is extremely old, now for the first lines the reader thinks that the fish is okay but when the word "infested" comes up this immediately turns the whole visual idea around. "While his gills were breathing in/ the terrible oxygen/ - the frightening gills,/ fresh…

becoming a hero was made possible by his martyrdom for those affected by HIV, and those who merely didn’t understand it. His ability to rise above the rest of us and distinguish himself from others is reminiscent of many pieces of literature. In The Old Man and the Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago’s ascendance to heroship is shown…

thinks about the average Joe as being a “hero.” In the Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway develops Santiago as an archetypal hero in order to reveal that average people can be inspirational and just as important as heroes in their lives. Hemingway reveals this by giving Santiago the character traits of being humble and self kept, being persistent and dedicated, and letting his weakness’ surface. Hemingway wrote the Old Man out to be humble, and not a man who is full of himself. When he finally…

The Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway is a brilliant story about a man (Nick) on a fishing trip (Hemingway). This story is full of vibrant landscapes as well as other mental images (Svoboda 34). The author of the story Ernest Hemingway is one of America’s greatest literary figures. He was also a Veteran of World War I and it is that experience that shaped the underlying message in this story (Adair 585). From the burnt town and surrounding landscape of Seney to the ominous swamp at the…

The Monster Fish One day my dad and I woke up and hit the road. We woke up at five thirty in the morning. We drove for about forty five minutes with nothing but corn fields and houses. When we started on the the road we stopped by the gas station and got us some donuts and the hit the water. We got on the water and then suddenly I realized that we forgot water and we were going to be on the water all day long. At this point in time my dad and I made our first cast. We were fishing with a drop…

Texas, so hot and humid. But under all that rancid heat, is something to assemble amazing memories in and to enjoy. Going to Texas, we saw a lot of beautiful things, some I’ve never seen before. I saw a lot of colorful lizards and frogs, very tall palm trees, and the dark blue ocean! When we first arrived in Texas, I got to see my grandparents and cousins over Thanksgiving. We faced divine meals and large amounts of desert, too! We also got to go fishing on a lake since my grandparents house…

Up in the North woods, where the wolves howl and the bucks run wild, there lives a man who devotes his life to living off the land. This man, Jerry Saum, a crude and renegade type character, has lived in Saum, Minnesota for his whole life. Saum, MN lies 45 miles directly North of Bemidji, and two miles East of the Red Lake Indian Reservation. I have known Jerry Saum for five years, due to my deer hunting shack that sits four miles South of Saum. In my early years deer hunting up North, Jerry…

The height of Louie’s determination began as he came free from restraints binding him to a sinking plane and out into the open waters of the Pacific. Immediately he was forced into leadership by his captain, Russell Allen Phillips, demanding his critical state left him in no position to lead. “ He could see that Louie had a nasty cut on his finger, near his USC ring, but was otherwise unhurt and lucid. He asked Louie to take command, and Louie agreed,” (132). Though his other crew members…

Santiago from the book “Old man and the sea” had love and respect for the sea. Santiago has a unique relationship with the sea. He also has great respect for the fish he catches and kills to eat while he’s on the sea. Santiago’s relationship with the fish is very different from other fisherman. Santiago has a great relationship with the sea and giant marlin. He wants to kill the marlin but he also respects its life. At times Santiago even calls for the marlin to take his life. The old…

The deck of the ship heaved disconsolately to and fro like a lazy beast, not the storm wracked intensity of the high seas but the easy rolling of a coastal current. The easy motion had long since become second nature to Kyanna and she filled her lungs with the salt sprayed air. She was no sailor herself but after the initial seasickness had worn off and she'd found her legs she could see the appeal. She knew that drive that some men felt to return again and again to the sea, drawn to it like a…