Larisa Albers Glenn-2 English 10H 26 November 2012 Old Man and the Sea Annotations 11/15 Pages read: 9-26 Plot points: * In Cuba * Boy is friends with the old man * Old man hasn’t caught fish in 84 days Characters Introduced: Old Man: * Salao (worst form of unlucky) * Sick * Blue eyes * Close friends with boy * Name is Santiago Boy: * Fished with old man for 40 days * Cares for old man * Loves old man * Name is Manolin Martin: * Owner of the Terrace Similes: “They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.” Other thoughts: The quote “When I was your age…” made me wonder how old the old man was. New vocab: Bodega- Spanish word for warehouse or winery Allusions: The name “Santiago” is a biblical allusion to Saint James who was also a fisherman-apostle in the New Testament. 11/15 Pages read: 27-44 Plot points: * Santiago sets out to sea * Santiago reminisces about turtle boating * Santiago catches an albacore and decides to use it as bait * Santiago sets his baits at exact fathoms * Santiago constantly thinks about Manolin and wishes Manolin was with him * Santiago hooks the giant marlin and it starts pulling him out to sea Characters Introduced: None Similes: “The clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them.” Other thoughts: It made me nervous and anxious when Santiago was pulled by the marlin so far that he could no longer see land. 11/16 Pages read: 45-54 Plot points: * The marlin tugs Santiago’s boat northwest * Santiago has to constantly convince himself that the position that he is in while attempting to hold the line is comfortable, as he is holding it for several hours * Santiago still wishes Manolin were with him * The fish can kill Santiago at any time if the fish decides to dive or jump * Santiago reminisces about a time when
When the restaurant closes, Tyler heads home in his car. He usually stops to get some dinner, even though it is 11:30 p.m. He typically picks up a large pepperoni pizza that he consumes in one sitting. Sometimes, he follows the pizza with handfuls of cookies that he eats while lying down on the couch and watching late night television. Lately, he finds it difficult to fall asleep though.
Conclusion Awakening for Reform 6: Thoreau talks about how it took him a week to wear a path from the door of his cabin to the pond, and even five or six years later the path remains. This is also true of the paths in men's minds. Once traveled, a path stays open for a long while. Awaking for Reform 7: Common sense is dull, and is like men snoring and
He got to his house and Joel took him up to his room ere they could talk in private. Joel didn’t have much time to talk because it was almost supper but Joel still doesn’t know about the job because they were talking about Samson while they were in his room. At supper they ate in peace but then Joel’s dad started to question him he blew and went on a tangent about the Romans and got kicked out of the house and didn’t complete his mission. Daniel was embarrassed and angry that he had failed so on his way back he ran into a roman while drinking water and Daniel gave the horse water and gave the man the same water so he kicked the bowl out of his hand. That made Daniel furious so he hurled the bowl at the Romans face and dashed away but while he was running he got nicked with a spear and hid in house for a while.
The white grandparent is just tired of having a normal life without anything out of the ordinary. "So many ships, so many ships! So many Blacks, so many Blacks! So much resplendent cane! How harsh the trader's whip!
In the Heart of the Sea 1. Nantucket was a Quaker community, these groups of people reconcile their beliefs in non-violence with their occupation in the incredibly violent world of whaling by they had hoped to support themselves not a fishermen but a farmers and shepherds on this grassy, pond-speckled crescent without wolves. Pacifist killers, plain-dressed millionaires, the whalemen of Nantucket were simply fulfilling the Lore’s will. 2. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival.
Jindabyne to Stewart is where he lives and works. Yet he once lived in the limelight, a racing driver who was famous and loved by all, he is now older and hidden in the shadows, his racing almost forgotten by all but a few. When Stewart, Carl, Rocco and Billy go on the annual fishing trip, they travel to an isolated area for a boy’s weekend. Surrounded by nothing but raw nature, with no worries or hassles to think about, has an immediate relaxing effect on the men, but when a body is found they are plunged into a major dilemma of what to do. Stewart wakes the morning after and instead of worrying, he goes fishing and the others soon join in, it isn’t until the next day that they head back and report the body.
He then finds himself very lonely homesick. So he says good bye to the sad wild things and begins his journey on his wooden boat back to his room; where he finds supper waiting for him. “And it was still hot.” Once I watched the movie I was so happy with the way Spike Jonze re-wrote the story line. It is very similar yet somehow so different from the book, I quickly learned that the movie wasn’t as kid friendly as the book. It was very deep and symbolic and not
Adam Hamwey 5/30/11 Yarmouth, Massachusetts, what a beautiful place he thinks in his head as the sand at his feet flies up, and sea water crashes along the edge of the beach, his most trusted companion- his dog by his side running along with him. The dog starts to slow as his age may be finally catching up to him. They sit together as the fresh soldier, who has just come home from Iraq looks out into the rising of a beautiful sun., Suddenly he sees something in the abyss of blue - he sees a mother and child. As he squints slightly, his mind flashes; his body begins to get warmer and warmer, and he looks down to see his hands holding
A small fire was built as they fished and told stories. The sky was pink; with streaks of orange the lined the edges of clouds like a golden lining. Things seemed perfect. Later that night something could be heard stirring around in the woods. Vinny had already fallen asleep about two hours before, but his grandfather lay restless.