Santiago thinks about the suffering that Joe DiMaggio constantly had to go through with his bone spurs. ... Santiago constantly refers to the Great DiMaggio throughout the novella, using him to bind him to the Earth and to try to provide him with strength to go on with his journey no matter the obstacles. ... Have faith in one that in times of great trouble and peril, go through it and come out the other side stronger. ... I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swimming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain&...

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"You must go this minute for the doctor. ... Go for the doctor, quick."" ... "things can't go on like this. ... She goes from hoping that her brother can somehow be saved to being the driving force against him. ... The sudden noise be-hind him startled him so much that his little legs collapsed beneath him. ...

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If one were to go up to a group of strangers and ask where the light of the night was coming from, a majority of their answers would be the moon itself. ... These cavemen have been in the cave ever since birth; they are chained in a manner that they cannot move their heads or legs. ... The second way to see, she argues that, "There is another kind of seeing that involves a letting go. ... The Author would say to her readers, if one wants to see truly, then they must go backward to the early stage of their lives. ... One has to eventually go back to the fundamental of human existence, whic...

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One stood in front of me and the other stood behind, leaving me with nowhere to go. ... When I bent over to pick them up Jerry Crustner, which was behind, kicked me between the legs as hard as he could. ... Late one evening, while at a college I was attending, I get to the spot where my fiancé and I would frequently meet to see one another before we go into the dormitory for the night. ... Would you go with me to get it?... Deep down inside, something told me it wasn't going to be good. ...

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He begged me to please look after his dog since he needed to go to Amsterdam, Germany for a business trip in a month time. ... Two hours after the incident, a police called me to go to the park. ... I was just going to have a meeting with him! ... Instead of being confident as usual, I could feel my leg shaking. ...

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Kay asked the bus driver if there was anywhere that they could stop to give the children a stretch there legs, he said there was and so they pulled into a lay by and there was a shop where the kids could get some sweets once they got on there they kept distracting the shop assistant and stealing the sweets on the racks, but the only reason that they had to steal was because they had no money to pay for it all with. ... Kay said to the children that they were going to have an extra treat and that they are going to let them have a couple hours at the zoo at these words the children let out loud ...

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., strong legs, good eyesight, strong heart and other positive attributes, will pass these traits on to their offspring, thus, their offspring will enjoy the same advantages. ... It can be pretty complicated and as a result, people are not always aware of what's going on in their head. ...

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Instead of going insane from the traumas of war, however, he turns to drugs to ease his discomfort. ... At the beginning of the novel, Eva cuts off her leg by placing it in front of a train so she can collect the insurance and take care of the very child whom she later murders as well as his siblings. ...

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