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He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say. This is Jay Chou, the 29-year-old pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing. Those songs are from his new CD. Chou grew up just with his mother. He didn’t talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,” said a Junior 1 girl in No. 101 Middle School in Jiangsu Province.【小题1】Jay Chou was a &&&& boy.A. shy and quiet& B. quiet and veryhandsome& C. shy but very strong【小题2】Who is very excited because Jay will sing songs in Beijing?A. Jay Chou’s mother& B. Jay Chou’s fans& C. Jay Chou’s wife【小题3】Which of the fllowing is right?A. Jay Chou was born in 1976.&B. Jay Chou was good at subjects.C. Jay’s mother found his special interest in music.【小题4】What does the underline word “attractive”mean?A.讨厌的& B. 有决心的& C. 有吸引力的【小题5】Jay Chou began to &&&& at the age of three.A. play the piano& B. sing songs& C. learn EnglishA&
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这篇文章主要介绍了周杰伦。他是个安静和害羞的人，却很懂得音乐。从小他就对音乐感兴趣，妈妈也从小让他练习钢琴。现在他有很多的歌迷，他的音乐让很对人对他着迷。【小题1】细节理解题。根据文中第一段内容He is quiet and shy.他很安静而且害羞；故选A。【小题2】细节理解题。根据文中第二段内容His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing.他的粉丝很兴奋因为他要在北京演出；故选B。【小题3】细节理解题。根据文中第三段内容His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music他妈妈发现他对音乐有特别的兴趣；故选C。【小题4】词意猜测题。结合前后文He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me他很会音乐，这让他对我很有吸引力。Attractive 有吸引力的，故选C。【小题5】细节理解题。根据文中第三段内容and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old.并在他三岁的时候送他去学钢琴；故选A。
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Why is it that everything in life has to have a conflict?
Whether it is good or bad, something has to trigger it.
In The Old Man in the Sea, a character, named Santiago, fell into a conflict of inadequate proportions.
He went out into the sea, searching to find something that might take his life complete, to maybe find some serenity.
Not only did he find it, but there was a catch.
Was Santiago strong enough to keep it?
Was he strong enough to take on the beasts...
English-language films,
“The common man is a potential subject for tragedy, [but] the one thing a tragic protagonist cannot be is common” (Arthur Miller). In the novella “The Old Man and the Sea”, written by Ernest Hemmingway, we are introduced to a character, Santiago, who one could consider to be even lower than the common man. He is a lowly fisherman who has found himself out of luck. With that in mind, how could one ever confuse Santiago with being a tragic hero? A tragic hero is normally of noble status and heart and...
Ernest Hemingway,
Santiago, an old fisherman, has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish. For the first forty days, a boy named Manolin had fished with him, but Manolin's parents, who call Santiago salao, or &the worst form of unlucky,& forced Manolin to leave him in order to work in a more prosperous boat. The old man is -wrinkled, splotched, and scarred from handling heavy fish on cords, but his eyes, which are the color of the sea, remain &cheerful and undefeated.&
Having made some money with the successful...
English-language films
Alyssa Colletti
Professor Timmons
April 15, 2013
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Port, Illinois. Throughout his high school career he excelled in sports, and English class. For fun Hemingway enjoyed the outdoors, which got him into fishing and camping. When he graduated he started to work for The Kansas City Star as a junior reporter. Hemingway got his style of writing from the Kansas City Star’s Style Guide for writing:
“use short sentences...
Ernest Hemingway,
Iceberg Theory
The plot summary of the old man of the sea
The Old Man and The Sea is the story of an epic that makes a very great effort between an old, who has a lot of experience of a particular activity and he is the epitome of a modern human life, it was happened in a small fishing village near Havana,Cuba, The waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in the 1940,s
in the twentieth century. The writers of modern age focused on man as well as psyche of man rather than society, so that Ernest Hemingway...
Ernest Hemingway
Finding Faith in “A very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
It may be safe to say that everyone at one time or another has seen something out of the ordinary. Some would even call these rare occurrences “miracles.” What qualifies as a miracle differs from person to person based on their own beliefs. Some believe in fate, and predetermined destiny, and some would write off extraordinary and seemingly supernatural events as merely coincidence. Many find solace in religion, and believe that many happenings...
Gabriel García Márquez,
different types of characters in a story- some are active in the plot while others are not. One character that is introduced at the start of the story is Manolin. Manolin is the young boy pupil of Santiago who has been learning the ‘Tricks’ of fishing from him. He is an important character of this novel, though he does not play an active part in the adventure of the old man. Manolin symbolizes Santiago’s youthful strength, serves as a source of comfort, care and happiness for the old man, and provides...
&The Old Man and the Sea&
The Old Man and the Sea is a heroic tale of a man&#8217;s strength pitted against
forces that he can&#8217;t control. It is a tale about an old Cuban fisherman and his
three-day battle with a giant Marlin. Through the use of three prominent
themes: friendship, bravery, and Christianity. The &Old Man and the Sea&
strives to teach important life lessons to the reader.
One of the most important themes in this story and in life is...
Ernest Hemingway,
Joe DiMaggio
Olivia Mirek
The Enduring Spirit through Inevitable Struggle
In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, the endurance of the one’s spirit through constant suffering demonstrates that the success and the importance of the human soul are determined by perseverance, rather than the physical losses and gains in life. Although Santiago is unable to bring the marlin back to land as a whole, the relentless demonstration of his worthiness through his fight with a noble opponent shows...
Ernest Hemingway,
&The Old Man and the Sea& is a heroic tale of mans strength pitted against forces he cannot control. It is a tale about an old Cuban fisherman and his three-day battle with a giant Marlin. Through the use of th friendship, bravery, and C the &Old Man and the Sea& strives to teach important life lessons to the reader.
The relationship between the old man and the boy is introduced early in the story. They are one is old and the other young, yet...
Ernest Hemingway,
review: The Old Man and the Sea.
Written by Ernest Hemingway in 1951 (published 1952). The Old man and the Sea is perhaps one of his most famous works, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
“You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?
-You think too much, old man, he said aloud...
American literature,
Ernest Hemingway
overcoming an obstacle can lead to great success in a new opportunity, is something that everyone can learn.
In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago is challenged to fight his way through multiple forces. Him trying to overcome these obstacles are not just because of the threat to his survival, but also for his own personal content and confidence. All throughout the book, the Old Man has to face the power of the Marlin, the sharks and ocean, his own loneliness without the boy there with him, and his...
Dariush Mehrjui,
The Old Man and the Sea,
To Stay Alive
of stages in life.
Infancy, Youth , Adulthood, and
Old Age are all key stages.
As one grows, they mature through these various stages.
reaches old age, there is often a lot of doubt surrounding their lives.
Serenity, and independence
are often the two most questioned.
These are some questions that Santiago has to ask himself as
&#9;In the novel The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway develops the concept of
man coming to the realization that as he ages, his dependency...
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Ernest Hemingway
Magic Realism
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is a short story that falls within the genre of magic realism (Horrible, 2011).
The tale focuses on an old man with wings who stumbles upon a couple’s courtyard with the assumption that the old man is an angel who has arrived to take their sick child to heaven.
Not knowing what to do with the old man, the couple consults with a neighbor that suggests the angel should be clubbed to death, though the couple decides to house the angel outside...
Capitol Records,
The poem July Man seems to be a slightly muddled expression of sadness at first reading.
Clearly the focus of the poem, identified in the simple couplet from l19:
“In the sound of the fountain
you rest, at the cinder-rim, on your bench”
is an elderly man taking his ease in a city park or piece of open ground.
He sits on the cinder rim of a fountain suggesting both old age and the endless rushing of time in the metaphor of the fountain which is heard behind him.
Possibly the fact that it is...
Gerontology,
Human condition
|“Old Man at the Bridge”: A Symbolic and a Hybrid Text
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|Ines Belkahla
|12/8/2012
Ernest Hemingway,
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote a short titled story, “ A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” This story examines the human response to those who are weak, dependent, and viewed differently. Throughout the story, there are moments of cruelty, and callousness, beginning when an old man is found lying face down in a pile of mud with huge buzzard wings. With no knowledge as to what kind of creature the man is, the family took him in to be examined, used as entertainment, and eventually used his un-canning...
Chicken coop,
Gabriel García Márquez
This term we`ve read the short story “The umbrella man” by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is a British writer, who is well-known for creating wonderful children`s fiction.
He was born in Wales on 16th September 1916 to Norwegian n?:'wi:d??n parents. His father died when he was 3 years old and he was brought up by his mother. He had a fairly unhappy time at (the) boarding school which he later described
as &days of horrors& filled with &rules, rules and still more rules that had to be obeyed,& which inspired...
Children's literature,
‘The Old Man and The Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and The Sea’ is set in Cuba during the 1950’s. The main characters that are portrayed in this novel are Santiago, the old man and the main character of the story, Manolin, the young boy who looks up to the old man for guidance and also helps Santiago in any way he can and the fish, a marlin. The sharks also play a significant part of this tale. There are many themes that run throughout this novel including determination...
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Disappointed Old Man
The text I am going to analyse tells some kind of diary of a character that is inspired by Andras Tamas. Andras Tamas was a Hungarian soldier who was wrongly taken prisoner during the Second World War. The funny thing about Tamas is that he was thought to be crazy because of the fact...
Big Day Out,
The Seventh Day,
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
October 26, 2012
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic battle between an old, experienced Cuban fisherman and a large marlin. The novel opens with the explanation that the fisherman, who is named Santiago, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. Santiago is considered &salao&, the worst form of unlucky. In fact, he is so unlucky that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with...
Fisherman,
Joe DiMaggio
ways in which Thomas presents memory in ‘Old Man’ explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form.
Jan Marsh says ‘the sense of searching (for the) mislaid key, is the central theme to Thomas’ life and works’ This critical quotation is accurate as this central theme is portrayed throughout Thomas’ poetry. In Old Man Edward Thomas contrasts age with youth and explores memory as he looks back on his daughter plucking the old mans bush. The lack of consciousness within his...
Emotion and memory,
Iambic pentameter,
The Old Man and the Sea includes many symbols and metaphors within the story line. Hemingway uses the technique of comparing two items as symbolism in his story to make this story personally unique and to share his point of view of many different worldly topics. Some of the metaphors Hemingway uses as symbols to relate the story to real life are the similarities between the marlin and life, life and the sea, and the poor and the rich.
Ernest Hemingway wrote about the marlin as if it was a human...
Ernest Hemingway,
Hemingway Hero
Most people that are old have little ambition to do anything, complain about everything, are brittle, and even senile. So one could reasonably ask how the stoic but old Cuban fisherman Santiago could possibly go without catching a fish for 87 days and then fight a fish two feet longer than his skiff and probably ten times Santiago’s weight for three days while remaining calm, collective, and strong. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, one learns the tale of Santiago’s...
Endurance,
Ernest Hemingway
not a man to be laughed
6. My friend would go to watch a movie if she
a. has time.
b. had time.
c. has had time.
d. had had time.
7. Karma is looking forward
a. to reading of her article.
b. in reading of her article.
c. for reading of her article.
d. on reading of her article.
8. Returning home after school, I saw
a. old man again.
b. a old man again.
c. the old man again.
d. one old man again...
English-language films,
Tony Stark’s Character Growth in Iron Man
In the beginning of Iron Man, the main protagonist, Tony Stark, was generally a bad person.
He was an extreme example of the celebrity stereotype-- flashy, arrogant, self-absorbed, and rude.
Stark took personal honors, as well as relationships with others, for granted.
But that all changed when Stark was kidnapped by a terroristic rebel group.
During his time as a prisoner, Tony saw what horrors his technology could be used for, and later escaped captivity...
Happy Hogan,
Iron Man 2
Invisible Man Essay 1 – We Wear the Mask
Quite simply, everyone in the world wears a mask, and, in most cases, they wear multiple ones, switching between them freely, depending on their surroundings. It's needed in our day and age, just to survive. People, as a whole, as a society, will rip you to shreds if you happen to show yourself fully and openly, with absolutely no regard for the standards set by society. They stifle creativity, they smother originality, they crush anything that doesn't...
Black people,
Invisible Man,
throughout the South through cooperating with the white people
6. died in 1915
To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbour, I would say: “Cast down your bucket where you are”—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.
Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic...
African American,
Black people,
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