This Old Man

my companions? Puny, am I? In a cave man’s hand? How do you like the beating that we gave you, you damned cannibal? Eater of guests under your roof! Zeus and the gods have paid you.” (Homer 435) The epic story “The Odyssey” written by Homer, a young man with the name of Odysseus and his men decide to go to war, for 10 years. Later on Odysseus and his bad habits continued to curse him and left him doomed for another 10 years. Over the next 10 years he travels to many different islands and…

well as to represent a person or an object in a story. Much symbolism that is defined as such is used prominently in the novel The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway. The novel emphasizes strong symbolism featured in the relationships between Santiago and the marlin, as well as those between Santiago and Manolin and Santiago and the sharks. Santiago, the old man, is an unlucky fisherman who has not caught a fish for eighty-four days. Although he does obtain an eighteen-foot long…

Interview Novelist Manuel Puig “Homosexuality is not something we should judge. More importantly: the act doesn’t make you homosexual.” Readers of novelist Manuel Puig will never forget the novels of the Argentine man. Using innovative narrative techniques, dark comedy and particularly film, Manuel Puig has been a very successful writer. Born in 1932 in General Villegas, a small town on the Argentine pampas, Puig began studying English at the age of ten, to get a better understanding in…

Daniel the Giant Danio Introduction Daniel. What kind of name is that for a fish? A Great one. Oh well. I guess that's the story we're going with. I guess. Anyway, Daniel is a Great big fat Danio which is basically a type of fish that's pretty huge. 5 inches. Big Whoop. Eh, I kinda agree that's not so BIG. Ya know what? I'm done for the Intro. I'll let Kirby take over the next gosh darn part.Who says I'm writing the next part? Fine then. I'll do it. Daniel was in his tank at the pet…

“You can't cross the sea by merely standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore In life, there are two different types of people, the people who watch from the sidelines, and those who dare to compete. The latter type can oftentimes be found doing the extreme, i.e. extreme sports. Extreme sports can alter one’s perspective on life. These sports can assist people in stepping out of their comfort zones. In many cases, extreme sports have had calming effects on its participants and…

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 is…

journey, his appreciation and wants for water has escalated to the point where he considers the fresh water to be of equal value to diamonds and rubies. At one point, Pi even considers to drink his urine, describing it as “a glass of apple juice.” This comparison shows just how much his value of water has changed. Water is his lifeline, keeping him alive. However, water also represents an entirely different thing; his isolation. Pi describes the sea around him as “flatness and infinity, an…

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…

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…