A motif is a literary device used to develop the major theme of a novel. Literary symbols are objects or characters used to represent ideas or concepts.
There are several symbols and motifs developed in Old Man and the Sea. Write an essay on the following prompt, explain the meaning of the symbol or motif and discuss its significance within the novel.
The marlin and the sharks
Writing Reminders:
Develop a multiparagraph response that clearly communicates a thesis statement.
Support your thesis with meaningful examples from the text or prior knowledge.
Organize your essay logically with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Use well-constructed sentences and appropriate language for your audience.
Proofread for coherency and edit for conventions.
The marlin represented strength, beauty and dedication while the sharks represented hunger, selfishness and relentless destruction. The marlin had a “sleek,massive beautiful body” and went on even when it was almost dead. Santiago almost died when it had been caught and the line zipped and was pulled tight, causing Santiago to almost go over, and being eaten by sharks. Then, it pulled the whole ship, causing it to lurch forward and be steadily pulled out to sea. When Santiago killed the marlin even though it had showed strength and desperation for, he was more desperate than the fish. Once Santiago killed the marlin the sharks came because he went inland, into shark territory. Santiago was fighting off the sharks but they had still destroyed the beautiful marlin and would fight over their food.
In the activity, you examined the important contributions of scientists and theorists like Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin. In the early years of the twentieth century, when Curie and Einstein were announcing their discoveries, two important leaders were debating educational theories and civil rights agendas: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Open the Web Links tab and click on the associated link to learn more about their different perspectives and use what you learn to answer the following prompt.
Compare the value of industrial education to that of liberal arts education. Use quotations from Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Booker T. Washington believed that blacks would have to work from the bottom up to gain equal rights even if that meant lower education less rights more labor and all in all, near slavery. What Booker T. Washington had planned was to make blacks an essential need for living as a white that when they ask for equal rights, they would have to say yes. Booker T. Washington even said that blacks would have to accept white supremacy in order to obtain equal rights. W.E.B. Du Bois how ever, was an early supporter of Washington and as time went on he saw more and more holes in his plan. Washington was known as a powerful tyrant who was a person full of lies in the black community where as he was seen as a respectful thoughtful man. W.E.B. Du Bois had differing views how ever and believed that blacks should get a liberal arts education instead of a industrial education. Du Bois also was not one for gradual freedom, instead he wished for equal rights as soon as possible and acceptance of equal rights. Du Bois was a known opponent of Washington and battled him until he died but that did not mean he did not respect Washington for instance he said “Washington is a misguided powerful leader.”.
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Evaluate the impact of European conquests in the last half of the nineteenth century.
The European conquests made big changes like modernization of Russia through peer pressure. Or the shaping of Italy and Germany through conquest. The biggest change was revolutionary weapons and that led to conflict with Russia for conquest of Persia. Europe was definitely in a time of conflict and industrialization. Europe was trying to extend outward it’s boundaries and it had to deal with conflict and other world powers trying to extend their boundaries. Europe was also going through industrialization, revolutions and new ideas like social Darwinism and impressionism. The most dramatic changes were in art like the impressionist movement, the post-impressionist movement, and science like longer life spans, less disease and even more like the discovery of radium. Long story short, European conquest made a major science, art and medicine leap.
food
While there are often a number of plant varieties, modern humans tend to focus on the mass production of a single strain. Identify the implications of depending on food monoculture.
A type of plant had more than three thousand variety all either wild or domesticated some were even poisonous. There is another type of plant that has more than a hundred different varieties, most of them so poisonous that they had to be dried, pressed, mashed and then they could be eaten. But now with the peanut there less than fifty varieties of itself. Luckily, there are still types of plants we don’t even know about. Someone once did an estimate and I don’t know how much of it is true but the estimate was that we have only found fifteen percent of life on earth. And at least two species die every day. Another use for chilly peppers, it’s spicy element may also be able to be used to help inflammation with arthritis. Just imagine how many foods are able to be used for medicinal purposes.
Tomb NO. KV 1 Was built for Rameses the sixth. we don’t know much about him other than that he was a pharaoh. His tomb was unfinished and his sarcophagus was a pit cut into the ground with a lid on top his tomb had three chambers and a back entrance. Tomb NO. KV 2 was built for Rameses the fourth and was also unfinished. The tomb was quickly turned into a burial chamber as it served for something else before the pharaoh suddenly died. It was still an actual tomb with decor and everything even thought it was a quickly changed burial chamber. Tomb NO. KV 3 Was for a prince who died unexpectedly. That tomb is one of the few tombs that is decorated for a prince. The tomb was finished and was very beautiful the prince was in a normal sarcophagus.
Martin Luther King .jr
1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was considered by many to be an “above average” student. What information justifies this idea about him? At Sept. 20, 1944 he Entered Morehouse College at 15 years old. At June 8, 1948 he Graduates from Morehouse College with a BA in Sociology just at 19 years old. May 8, 1951 he Graduated Crozer Theological Seminary with a B.D. At June 5, 1955 he Earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology and at Feb. 2-March 10, 1959 he Visited India to learn more about Gandhi’s nonviolent methods of protest.
2. Dr. King’s leadership of the civil rights movement was based on his knowledge, beliefs, and understanding of complexities. What allowed him to be such a successful leader?
Timeline of Key Events in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan. 15, 1929 Born in Atlanta, GA
Sept. 20, 1944 Enters Morehouse College at 15 years old
June 8, 1948 Graduates from Morehouse College with a BA in Sociology
May 8, 1951 Graduates from Crozer Theological Seminary with a BD
June 18, 1953 Marries Coretta Scott Williams
Oct. 31, 1954 Becomes pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
June 5, 1955 Earns Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology
Dec. 21, 1956 Buses desegregated as a result of a 382-day long protest lead by King
Feb. 14, 1957 Co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Feb. 2-March 10, 1959 Visits India to learn more about Gandhi’s nonviolent methods of protest
Aug. 28, 1963 Delivers I Have a Dream speech during the march on Washington
Jan. 3, 1964 Named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year
July 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed, largely influenced by King’s Civil Rights protests
Dec. 10, 1964 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Aug. 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed as a result of King’s leadership
April 4, 1968 Assassinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray
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