Despite his old age, the old man survives with incredible endurance, will to withstand hunger, physical pain, and isolation from the rest of the world as he battles the fish. Endurance is seen as a connection between the old man and the fish he fights, which separates them from other people and creatures. “I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.” In The Old Man and the Sea, the ability to withstand physical pain is a major style of Santiago’s defining characteristics. Suffering is an important role in his battle with the fish.
This is a great example of Man Vs. Self because he is coming to terms with his own spirituality and his belief in a higher power. One of the more important conflicts in the novel is between Santiago and the Marlin because of the realization it causes in Santiago. Santiago comes to view the marlin as his own brother and this strange friendship that forms between the two motivates Santiago for the rest of his journey. He treats the fish as his equal and he attempts to honor it in their battle and becomes stronger in his victory. He is saddened by the fact that such a noble creature should have to die but through it's death Santiago becomes much stronger as a person.
This quote means that in life, the choices we make create the mold for our lives. Sometimes the choices we make can improve our life to create a positive mold but the risks we take to get there are our own responsibilities. In the novel by Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea, the main character, Santiago, has a journey out at sea filled with an intense experience that ends his 84-day bad luck streak. This journey reveals a lot about Santiago and his traits that helped him continue this journey. Through his experience of catching a 1500 pound marlin enduringly, Santiago “creates the mold” for his life.
Being able to have endurance is an important part to staying strong. After the first shark attack towards the old man and saying, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated”, proves to the readers that he has the ability of strength to last him his whole journey. Although the old man’s body hadn’t been as strong as it was before, his heart was as great in strength and he was able to eventually defeat the Marlin. As the days started to pass without food and water, the old man had been growing weak and tired. Finding his way back to the
In Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat” there is four main characters an Oilier, Captain, Correspondent, and a Cook who formed a brotherhood in a time of crisis. Throughout the story the man encounters some good and bad experience but through it all they were able to maintain a strong brotherhood. The bond that the character had created allowed them to be rescued. The story reveals a tremendous amount of brotherhood throughout the story, but in order to appreciate the crew's challenge to achieve brotherhood one must first realize the diversity of people on the boat. The crew’s willingness to follow the captain orders display how brotherhood is first display in the story.
He thinks of building shelters to protect them and to start a fire for their rescue. He becomes friend with Piggy, the fat boy that receives taunts and teases from the other boy, and gets used to rely on Piggy's intellectual reasoning. Ralph is brave when the occasion presents it, but he really miss for the secure world of adults, especially when order starts to break down on the island. He dreams about a rescue and insists that the signal fire always has to burn so that they can be seen. Ralph considers that the main reason for the disorder on the island is Jack, the antagonist and representation of evil in the novel.
Someone who doesn’t follow a religion may tend to be more of a relativist, and they may say “Murder should be prevented, unless murdering one could stop the murder of more.” Using Kant’s famous example, if a murderer with an axe came to your house asking the whereabouts of your children, you’d have to tell him so that you are being moral as the murderer is his own moral agent and you are not responsible for his choices, you are only responsible for your own and it’ll be wrong to lie, even if it is to protect your loved ones. An absolutist would say it is just as wrong
For instance, Odysseus remains strong for his crew, even in the toughest situations, like keeping his men under control while they are crossing paths with Scylla, so the adventurers have some kind of stability. The captain of the only remaining ship has to think quickly about the life or death decision he makes at the time of being stuck between the enormous whirlpool, Charybdis, and the ferocious six-headed monster, Scylla, not knowing if his men trust him to hold their fate. Odysseus remains calm during confrontation with the ship’s crew, even though on the inside he is mourning the loss of the six men eaten alive right in front of his glossy eyes, knowing there was nothing he could do to save them. In addition, while they are escaping the Cyclops, Odysseus foolishly tells Polyphemus his name out of pride, believing that escaping the one-eyed giant makes him almighty. Feeling as if he masters a puppet, Odysseus’s plan to escape the monster works out so perfectly that he cannot help but to boast about his intelligence.
Hamlet delays the murder of his uncle due to the doubt he has in the validity of the information provided by the ghost. If Hamlet completely trusted the story that the ghost provided him with, he would have easily committed the murder in a more timely manner. Clearly doubt is one of the causes for Hamlet’s delay before finally killing Claudius. Hamlet delays the murder of his uncle since he is not a man of direct confrontation. Hamlet demonstrates peaceful ways when he arranged a getaway on a pirate ship.
These Suras can create very vivid mental images which might have fueled the no mercy fighting against the non-Muslims. There are several passages which seem to imply that it is their religious duty to God to fight and kill for Him. “…You shall not kill-for that is forbidden by God-except for a just cause.” The first passage is saying that the Muslims should not kill unless they are fighting for the Islamic faith or to claim that Allah is the one and only God. “Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it. But you may hate a thing although it is good for you, and love a thing although it is bad for you.” It is constantly said that the non-Muslims, mainly Christians, will try to prevent you from practicing Islam.