The Hemingway man believes that life is everything and death is nothing. ... The Hemingway man does not want to die, but he is not afraid of dying. ... While deep-sea fishing one summer in Cuba, Hemingway spoke of the immense pleasure he took in "being on the sea, in the unknown wild suddenness of a great fish; in his life and death which he lives for you in an hour while your strength is harnessed to his; and there is satisfaction in conquering that which rules the sea . . ."" ... There were still dangers involved when fishing far out at sea. ... Another of the matadors is trying to concea...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

He surprised many of the critics when the novel, The Old Man and the Sea, was published.. ... Two years later he received the Nobel Prize for his "powerful, style-making mastery of the art or modern narration- (Griffin 1) for The Old Man and the Sea. ... Santiago from "The Old Man and the Sea- is a hero because he was courageous and was not afraid of death. ... Most of the source material for The Old Man and the Sea comes from Hemingway's own experiences fishing off the coast of Cuba. ... Hemingway witnessed a man and a boy in a small boat being dragged by a fish that the man had hooked. ...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Only one man has the insight and the genius to portray this regime for what it was, a failed experiment of fatally flawed dogma. ... To truly understand the role that these two books, 1984, and Animal Farm played in our society, we must first understand the man that wrote them. ... Eric also has a sister, Marjorie, who was five years older then Eric. ... It seems that his influences in the manner were quite strange for the time, as stated, When he finished at Eton, Eric signed on with the Burmese police, partly because his father had influence at the Colonial Office, partly because he ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School