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The Old Man and the Sea - Online Term Paper

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea recounts an epic three-day struggle between a strongly willed fisherman and a giant marlin said to be the largest catch of his long career. Santiago, the fisherman, has lost his luck and has gone eighty-four days without catching any fish. His young apprentice, Manolin, was cast to another boat by his parents because they had told the boy "the old man was now definitely and finally salao" (9), which is the worst form of unlucky. Nonetheless, Santiago did not lose hope and on the eighty-fifth day of bad luck, he set out farther than ever before, confident that his unlucky streak was nearing its end. He set his lines, and by noon on the first day of his journey, an ...

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the journey back to the shore. What he did not expect was to have sharks trailing after his skiff by smelling the marlin's blood and by nightfall, all that was left of the marlin was its skeleton. Finally, on the day of his return home, villagers and tourists alike stood in front of the skeleton, agape with ...

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Added: 4/4/2011 08:46:40 PM
Submitted By: araoxoxox
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
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