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ARW Blogging Assignment 6

The most useful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is Santiago as a Christ Figure. Everything about Santiago has a relation to Christ or the Bible, for example, his back against the line and his falling while carrying the mast loooks like Christ with the cross or Santiago bled and also Christ also bled. This arbitrariness inspired me strongly. Especially, the most interesting idea, which makes me admiring is in OMS, there are two Christs: the fish and the old man. They are special beings because they managed to overcome some obstructions. It gives me a scholarly shock, so that I think The most useful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is Santiago as a Christ Figure.

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Today, we practiced p&d about Meiland.
I couldn't do very well because I couldn't search the good sources about my presentation.
I thought that much information helps a good presentation strongly.
But, I thought I could look around the audience.
I found that the P&D is difficult strongly.

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Today, We took a power point, made a simple presentation sheet and practiced presentation.
I could be careful of some points indicated in the last class and did well.
I thought that the presentation of one who looked uneasy was looked bad.
I made up my mind to have a confidence and do dignifiedly.

ARW Blogging Assignment 5

The main characters in Old Man and the Sea are Santiago, a fisherman and Manolin, a boy who helps him.
Three adjectives that describe Santiago are lonely, stoic and kind; Santiago is lonely because he has no family, fishes alone in the Gulf Stream, so that Santiago always thinks fishing, though he has nothing except fishing. But, he is kind to Manolin because maybe Manolin is the person who Santiago can communicate and
"I remember everything from when we first went together."The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, confident loving eyes.(page 13) This part shows the kindness of Santiago to Manolin.
Three adjectives that describe Manolin are curious, positive and also kind; Manolin has always curiousness. Manolin often asks Santiago because of the curiousness. And Manolin is positive because of this sentence; "So I can get the cast net and go after the sardines." They picked up the gear from the boat...
This part shows the activeness of Manolin. And we could think Santoago and Manolin are parent and child, from their conversation because Manolin is kind to Santiago.

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Today, we got how to make a good presentation and practiced the part of presentation.
I thought I knew well about the order of the performing presentation well. But I found some mistakes in my image. This class was very helpful for me.
In practicing to see audience, I felt little nervous, because I was tend to be shy.
But in the real presentation, I should not feel nervous, so that I want to try hard.