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
Santiago respected, cared, and thought of the fish as equals. The relationship with the fish is shown through many examples and details in the following paragraphs. “Santiago truly cared about the huge Marlin fish he caught and this was a part of his relationship with fish. He would talk to his fish and treat them with his utmost care. This is shown as the Santiago states, “I wish it was a dream and that I had never hooked him.
This arrogance leads him to becoming slightly obsessed with retaining his pride and not letting anyone slight his bravado. To uphold his name and pride, he mauls his opponents without remorse, heroically takes on the river Xanthus, and even sacrifices twelve Trojan men at Patrocius’ funeral (Cook, 57). Though finally in the final chapter, Achilles shows his remorseful side when he’s reminded of his father when Priam asks for Hector’s defiled body back (Cook, 48). Achilles encompasses many traits immanent in the culture of his time period, mostly of honor and glory for his name, but he also relinquishes those traits with a forgiving side of remorse and grief, even though it usually ends in intense anguish. On the contrary, Hamlet embraces several of these characteristics in the form of a very different character.
As Abel has lived his whole life near the sea he developed a connection, when he first met Blueback it is the same kind of connection, it wasn’t an ideal greeting though, Blueback grabbing Abel’s arm in the water and dragging him around, but it was more than that, it was a handshake, a connection within only a few moments Blueback & Abel made a connection that seemed unbreakable a unique greeting, a unique connection. “… The big blue shadow suddenly had him by the hand.” (Pg.6) “… The day he first shook hands with old Blueback.” (Pg.10) This evidence shows that Abel at first was scared of Blueback and thought that he was a threat but he then realised that Blueback was nothing more but a friend. All this shows just by simply the first handshake was that their connection was unique. Dora is an exceptionally brave character in Blueback Dora’s braveness is shown to anyone around her, the plot helps us see this, as when tragedy occurs, Dora will always be there. “She plunged into the water and Abel watched her follow Macka’s air hose down into the steely deep… Abel’s heart beat so hard it hurt.
John Howard Griffin, the author of this book is a white man born in Mansfield, Texas. He is a writer, and thinks about how different life could be as a black man in the south. He was always a strong anti-segregator, but he needed a real story that could stir people’s hearts. This was when he came up with the wild idea of becoming a black man himself. He went to talk to his friend George Levitan who was an owner of a famous Negro magazine.
Tom leads with his creativity the majority of the time and this makes him a very good leader. Tom Sawyer shows his leadership through integrity. Tom has showed his integrity through testifying to Injun Joe he could’ve just let an innocent man die and he would have not had to suffer through Joe's revenge focused upon him. Also Tom calmed and safely guided Becky throughout the caves when they became lost. Tom knew that Becky was going to get in trouble for ripping the page in the book of the schoolteacher so he stood up and took the punishment.
He was very quiet at times, and was reluctant or sometimes refused to speak when he was spoken to. During his lifetime Bones was more of an egocentric man who liked things to be done his way. Nobody without immense bravery had ever dared to stand up to him as he wasn’t a man who didn’t hesitate to reveal one of his weapons when an opportunity arose. Bones also declined advice that anybody gave which was partly the cause of his death. The old sea dog has experienced the thrill and the adventure of the life of a pirate with a sabre scar on his cheek to prove it.
This came from bing.com/images/uncletom. The urban dictionary’s definition for Uncle Tom is “a black man who will do anything to stay me good standing with the “white man” including betray his own people. In the book the Uncle Tom is presented as a smiling wide-eyed, dark skinned servant, fieldworker, cook, butler or waiter. Unlike the coon the tom is viewed as a dependable worker eager to serve, unlike the brute, the tom is docile and non-threatening to whites Bogle summarizes the depiction of toms in movies: Always as toms are chased, harassed, hounded, flogged, enslaved, and insulted they keep the faith, n’er turn against their white massas and remain hearty, submissive, stoic, generous, selfless, and oh – so very kind. Thus they endear themselves to white audiences and emerge as heroes of sorts.
CD: For example, making the Cyclops blind, “Straight forward they sprinted, lifted it, and I leaned on it turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking, having men below to swing the two-handled strap that spins it in the groove” (Homer 906). CM: Odysseus was brave going through the cave and sea. CM: He also is strong hearted when he is back home on Ithaca. CD: In addition, when listening to the Sirens` song, “… let the tie you in the lugger, hand and foot, back to the mast …” (Homer 929). CM: Odysseus shows know kind of fear when losing some of his men.
By showing that he is loyal to his people, Beowulf in return achieves fame, which will help him achieve a good fate. All the people of Herot also look up to him which would make him a hero in their eyes. Beowulf is usually very loyal towards everyone he encounters, even when they are not always there for him. An example of this would be when he is fighting the dragon and all of his men abandon him, even Wiglaf. This however, does not affect Beowulf a whole lot, considering his brute strength.