Old Man Willow

A young boy Mako learns to be prepared and confident when he kills a shark (as he had been practicing for a long time) that had been terrorizing fishermen in his native Bora Bora for years. The shark, called Tupa, had killed Mako’s father years ago, and this and a grand reward lead Mako to kill the shark. His desire is also enforced when his dog is in danger of being killed by the the shark Tupa. In the short story “Ghost of the Lagoon”, the boy is eager, and later loyal to his dog Afa when he…

The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemington is an interesting tale in which Santiago, an old fisherman, has been out of luck while trying to catch fish. This story is interesting because I feel as if many of the points made in this story can relate back to the world we live in today. The Old Man and the Sea also has an interesting theme; I feel as if the theme could be respect. There could also be a deeper theme, such as loneliness. The old man, Santiago, could be…

Water was, as Pi put it, “Liquid life.” When Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with only the tiger Richard Parker for company, he soon starts to experience the effects of dehydration. The lack of water numbs his thoughts, makes him feel like “a dried out lizard,” and prevents him from functioning fully. Thus, when he discovers the locker and the supply of fresh water, his reactions is that he finds solace in it and is elated. He describes the fresh water as “a pearl of water,” showing just…

imagine going. He has caught so many big fish I would not be surprised if he held the record for almost every mouth of water he has fished in his past years. I would give anything to fish with an honest and respectable man as Bill has been known to be. Bill is the kind of man who helps ones when they are in need of most help, such as helping them learn what to use for fishing at certain times of the year or where and the depth of…

In the book "Between the Savior and the Sea", Peter, or Simon, faces many struggles. But dealing with these difficulties, he is able to strengthen his faith and become a better leader. Faced with abandoning his job, denying Jesus, and temptation from the devil, he passed all of them. Although he was just an ordinary fisherman in the beginning of the story, he grows into a strong, devoted, and faithful apostle of Jesus. The book starts off with Simon trying to catch fish in the middle of the…

of how some humans may take some situations for granted, and others will appreciate the smaller aspects in life. This anecdote had three major characters; one character was an old, wise, and broken waiter while the other character was young, cocky, and impatient waiter. The last individual was a customer who was the eldest man broken on the inside, and reeked of desperation for help to escape the reality he was living in. Ernest Hemingway (1933) composed a part of the story having the younger…

I was in cub scouts when I was little and I have a lot of pretty good memories from it. I started cub scouts in 1st grade when I was six years old and was in it until the beginning of third grade when I was eight years old. I was in two different, “packs,” when I was in cub scouts one in Illinois and one in Washington state. In Illinois I was a tiger scout which is also the lowest rank in cub scouts. I competed in my first pine wood derby that year and I came second in my division to Joey Harmon…

“There are three things that are brothers: my two hands and the fish.” Santiago, or the old man, states this in the beginning of his voyage with the mighty marlin. This begins to develop the theme of Santiago’s relationship with nature. In my opinion, the best theme in the story. In the beginning, it is briefly mentioned that some of Santiago’s, or the old man’s, fellow fisherman disrespected nature. Santiago had a positive relationship with nature. He had no trouble sleeping outside because he…

“The Open Boat” is a short story based on Stephen Crane’s own experience of a shipwreck in 1897. The story shows how with faith and not giving up in a significantly bad situation can be turned into good. As a correspondent Crane was on his way to Cuba to follow the war. His ship the Commodore sank and he was stuck on a lifeboat for thirty hours with a cook, oiler, and captain. The four individuals had to maintain a sense of hope to be able to survive the ordeal. (History.com) Looking at this…

Hooked on Fishing Some people never get to experience the thrill of fishing or they just don’t like it. I am lucky enough to have an uncle with the same interests as me. I thought that getting up early on the Sunday before the last week of school would be horrible. I was at my grandma’s house and was getting up to go fishing on my uncle’s boat. I had gone fishin previously, but only in small ponds with small fish. We drove all the way to Lewiston on a windy day and put the boat in the water.…