Argumentative Summary: Walter Day

Lena Warren January 7th, 2017 Writing 9/10 Old Man and the Sea Essay The Old Man and the Sea : The symbolism of the Marlin In the literary fiction, The Old Man and the Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway, creates a battle between a fisherman and a marlin, presenting the fisherman as the ideal man. The successful fisherman, Santiago, sets out onto the sea to find his big break, in this case he encountered the marlin.

Randy Bragg, a young man in Fort Repose, must rise up to save his town from their crisis and help rebuild it. This novel tells the story of how the community of Fort Repose puts aside their normal social boundaries and prejudice to come together to achieve a common goal: survival. Pat Frank uses difficult settings, challenging conflicts, and indirect characterization to convey his theme that during a catastrophe, a community must work together to survive. First of all, the formidable settings help convey the theme by showing that the characters are working together. For example, during the August heat, the fish stop biting because they swim to the bottom of the river bed to keep cool.

Marlin recognizes that there is a difference between overprotective and being an excellent parent. He transformed from an easily frightened clown fish to a fish that is able to go out and do whatever it takes to protect his son Nemo. Marlin also learns that Nemo must learn some life lessons on his own. When the movie had just begun, Marlin did not trust his son and always made decisions for him. Now that he has a more open mind regarding the big decisions in his Nemo’s life they will now have a stronger and everlasting relationship.

He also distances himself from an argument by presenting factual information, but reiterating his position as an observer rather than an expert. Throughout the essay, Wallace keeps himself at the forefront of of the argument; he uses names like “your correspondant” to emphasize his position as the eyes and ears of the reader- creating a relationship between the author and audience. “For 56 year the Maine Lobster Festival has been drawing crowds with the promise of sun, fun, and fine food. One visitor would argue that the celebration involves a whole lot more.” David Foster Wallace places himself in the essay before it even begins.

The father’s rod is said to be “the only extravagance his father had had in his whole life” (45-46), meaning that the rod is of great significance to the father. Almost a whole paragraph is about how important the rod is to the father, and that’s not a detail included for decoration in Trumbo’s writing. Knowing that the father values his rod and invests time and money in it to

Manolin must rather fish with successful fishermen. So Santiago must fish alone. He decides to go far out into the Gulf Stream and tells Manolin his plan explaining that his bad luck is over. On the 85th day , at noon a massive marlin takes his bait. The fish pulls the boat for 2 days and 2 nights and the old

The story states, “Just then, Ralph spots a huge conch shell. Piggy realizes they can use it as a trumpet” (Golding, 15). The conch shell begins as an attempt to keep the peace among the boys. By the end of the story the conch shell is all but forgotten as the boys resort to mayhem. The conch shell is a great symbol of the underlying sense of disorder that takes place throughout the story, and shows how quickly things go wrong if the basic rules are not

Seeing peter slowly advancing upon him [Hook] through the air with dagger poised, he sprang upon the bulwarks o cast himself into the sea. He did not know that the crocodile was waiting for him; for we purposely stopped the clock that this knowledge might be spared him: a little mark of respect from us at the end.

The church just cries out give him money. “I am going to put the rest of his life trying to turn the pirates into the true path; for he could do it better than anybody else, being acquainted with all pirate crews in that ocean; and though it would take him a long time to get there with no money, he would get there anyway, and every time he convinced a pirate he would say to him “don't you think me , don't you give me credit; it all belongs to them dear people in pokeville camp-meeting, natural brothers and benefactors of the race, and that dear preacher there, the truest friend a pirate ever had!” (Twain 128) Huck fake his own death and gets away with it.

Using the conch, Ralph calls meetings and insists that only the person holding the conch could speak. His rules and ability to organize long-term goals by keeping the fire going kept the colony intact for a while. Ralph shows ego through his organizational skills willingness to assume the role of leader. When Jack “pinched Piggy’s specs” Ralph insisted that he “give them back” (Golding 204). Ralph demonstrates ego by realizing that stealing is wrong and demands that Jack return the specs to Piggy.

Pro bass fisherman Kevin Vandam was in 11th place with 40 lbs 4 oz the winner Brent Ehrler was in first with 60 lbs 5 oz. Kevin was facing grit right about now, So with 20 mins in the tournament left Kevin remained calm brought out his favorite rod and lure and hit a rocky bank with a crank bait. Kevin remains calm, doesn 't let the doubt get to him and buckles down and is ready to hit it hard because Kevin was on a good winning streak that he didn 't want to lose. first cast, lays a 6 lbs 6 oz large mouth moves him up to 7th with 47lbs he quickly removes the fish and whips his Black Mamba crank bait back out there, and as soon as the lure hit the water he sets the hook, this is unreal he brings in a 7lb 3oz largemouth. that moves him up

In the article, Sufficiency of Horseshoe Crab Eggs for Red Knots during Spring Migration Stopover in Delaware Bay USA, it is argued that the survival of Red Knots is reliant on the nutrition of horseshoe crab eggs. However, it appears that the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab eggs dictate the Red Knot population during their spring stopover. The management of horseshoe crab eggs will ensure the availability to Red Knots, which are dependent on them for endurance during their migratory flight to the Artic.

I have swum with Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas and have seen how beautiful and strong they truly are first hand. Sharks are a vital part to every ecosystem they are in and currently being killed at a rate that they cannot reproduce at. Alpha predators are a necessary component of eco-systems because they keep the populations of every trophic level below them in check. You can compare an eco-system to a skyscraper; you need every single part so the entire building does not fall apart. Sharks have the task of killing the wounded, old, and sick fish in schools to keep the stocks of fish healthy and plentiful.

Santiago was very dedicated to his hobby fishing, but he was never as dedicated as Beowulf. Santiago shows dedication towards his passion when he has “no luck anymore” he doesn’t quit fishing he tries even further and is always sure to go out and fishing so that “when luck comes you are ready”(Hemingway 32). Santiago demonstrates true dedication during this part of the novel because he knew he hadn’t had much luck, yet he still would go out try and it eventually paid off and he caught the biggest fish he had ever caught. When Beowulf was attacking the dragon he was not the same person who fought Grendel, he was a “famous old hero remembering days of glory, (he) lifted what was left of Nagling, his ancient sword, and swung it with all his strength”(Raffel 2677-2681).

He thinks that this world is developing so fast. Human needs to slow down their steps and treat things in more moral ways. Also, when the other writer called David Foster Wallace went to the Maine Lobster Festival, he saw how heartless people treat with lobsters. Thus, an essay called “Consider the Lobster” was published. Wallace