This phrase is from Ernest Hemingway's fictional novel The Old Man and the Sea. ... Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea uses literary devices to make it a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of literature. ... In The Old Man and the Sea the book itself is a symbol. ... "A man is never lost at sea." is an example of a metaphor used in this novel. ... The Old Man and the Sea is a story of an epic struggle between an old worn out fisherman named Santiago and the greatest catch of his life, "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Key words: Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, true winner Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) is regarded as a 20th century's important and outstanding writer in the world. ... The main hero in The Old Man and the Sea, which is a well-know book, shows fully Hemingway's psychological struggle in time of difficulty. ... The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952. it is a short and fable story, about an old Cuban fisherman Santiago and his battle against a giant marlin. ... Hopefully, the old man sails silently on the black sea. ... The old man believes in simplicity. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The environment is unspoilt to symbolise man kind's struggles in a perfect world of nature. In the beginning of the novel Ralph gazes out over the beach in the direction of a "coral reef" and past that, the "dark blue" of the "open sea." ... Golding has portrayed a dark forest, which represents danger, a sunny shimmering bay which represents excitement and an extensive open sea which represents remoteness. ... The older boys start to realise they can get what they want by imposing themselves physically and to use violence on the younger characters/littluns and the cruelty kicks in as the ...

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But soon Jody sees the parallel between him and the old horse, Easter. ... The buzzards, (p 35), the old cypress tree, and the bird he kills with his slingshot. ... "Then we came down to the sea, and it was done." ... By the end of the novel, Jody has grown into a young man, able to learn from the older generation in order to be prepared for life. ...

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Upon his arrival, he arranges to meet with some old friends, one of which is Genevieve. This young woman is the love interest of every man in the town. ... She engages with a man, and they have a son together. ... The bond that they share is much like an old couples love, after 50 years of marriage. ... He attended schools at Sainte-Croix-du-Mans and Switzerland. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The novel Lord of the Flies and the TV show Survivor show how every human being, whether young or old, want to gain power and have control over other human beings. ... Lord of the Flies is set on a deserted island, while Survivor is set on an island in the China Sea. ... At the end of the novel and at the end of the show, everyone will come to realize that it didn't matter if they had and alliance with someone else because it's "every man for himself." ...

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Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another thing adding to the fear of Americans was the BRAVO test in 1954 that contaminated 7,000 square miles of land and sea which included islands, people, and fish brought in by fisherman of that area. ... In particular the novel focuses on the main character Randy Bragg who at the opening of this novel was a young and sheltered from many things but through the course of the novel is forced to mature and become a man and a leader of his group. ... An example of this is when Randy takes tubing from an old car to connect to a well for a water source. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kutuzov is portrayed as an old, wise man who knows through experience that no strategic plan can help predict or lead to the outcome of a battle. ... On the front, panicked soldiers from an unexpected attack suddenly turned around and galloped into a sea of bullets. ... "Very much a Russian and of the old stamp, he instinctively distrusted all liberal innovations, and the constitutional ideas which came from the West- This can be seen in the novel through Tolstoy's portrayal of foreign genearls. ... The gnarled fingers, the scars, the old anguish and mistrust w...

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• Grade Level: High School