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and refused to give up. Through Santiago’s struggles when trying to catch the great marlin, he kept pursuing his goal. Through sweat and tears Santiago never gives up before accomplishing his goal. He endured the pain of slicing his hands on the fishing line many of times in return to pull up the biggest fish he had ever landed. In the end Santiago had the obstacle of beating away multiple sharks

On November 3, 2006, the New York Times published a front-page article titled, “Study Sees 'Global Collapse ' of Fish Species.” Within the article, experts cited that if “fishing around the world continues at its present pace, more and more species will vanish, marine ecosystems will unravel and there will be 'global collapse ' of all species currently fished, possibly as soon as midcentury.” (Dean, 2006). The issue of overfishing, which is defined as “continuously taking more fish than can be

stop by Greece again to see our family. My parents surprised me by buying me a ticket to Greece to meet my brother when he arrived. I had been looking forward to getting that spear gun in my hand again for the past 2 years. We perfected the spear fishing techniques and I became a sharpshooter with the trident. My brother acted as my spotter, picking out targets that I cleaned up whenever I could. Working together, we returned to the beach with about 15 trophies to show Roula. Some might call us savages

In The Old Man and the Sea, a man named Santiago and a boy named Manolin have been fishing together for a long time. Santiago taught Manolin everything he know about fishing. They spend many days together fishing, but Santiago has had a very bad streak, 85 days without catching a fish even though Manolin has caught many. Santiago thinks that, on the 87th day, he will catch the biggest fish he has ever caught because it has happened to him before. So on the 86th day he decides to go out into the ocean

a single fish. One day Santiago decides to go out on a big fishing trip to try to end his streak. “But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish? I think so. And there are many tricks” (Hemingway 3). This quote shows that even though Santiago is on a streak of not being able to catch any fish, he is ready and prepared to catch a very big fish. While Santiago is stuck in the ocean he decides to start fishing. After a while of fishing Santiago hooks a very big fish. Santiago hooks a gigantic Marlin

The ocean is one of the largest sources of food and income for countries all across the globe. As the fishing industry and human population grow, more and more resources are being taken out of the ocean every year. If this process continues without any type of new regulation, our oceans’ supply of resources will quickly start depleting. Without a sustainable output from our oceans, millions of people will be losing income that they thought they could rely on forever. While most people are not

by a boy when after he has grown up and become a professor at Midwestern university in Cape Breton, east Canada. The narrator reflects on how events in his childhood have shaped the man he is today. He speaks about his family and the cold, frosty fishing community in Nova Scotia they belonged to. There is a somber tone and a presence of sadness, dismay and death throughout the extract. It is told in the first person, which allows for the emotions of characters to be expressed the most precise. This

For years I've dreamed of loading a backpack and wandering off into the wilderness to experience nature for more than just a day hike followed by a night of car camping. An excessive number of hobbies won out and backpacking was kicked to the back burner. Until now! At the end of last year, I started of thinking about how wild it would be to do a Rim to Rim backing trip on the Grand Canyon. In December, my first real backpacking pack was on its way, an Osprey Aura AG 50. Fast forward to the

volunteers went to the bar. Where they met another five fishermen, army personnel, the owner of the bar, bar’s cook, and two scientists from the pier’s museum. The five fishermen who came from sporting goods brought with them boxes of fishing nets, strong ropes, fishing harpoon and metal baseball bats. The captain divided those groups into two groups calling them: the fishermen and the prison guards. Captain Chez lead the fishermen team, and the three retired policemen were in charge with prison guards’

It all started with one fish who decide to touch the ¨butt¨. One fish at school got challenged to swim out and touch the bottom of a boat. With no fear in mind, Nemo went and touched the boat. Nemo thought he had an easy victory when something happened and changed his life forever. Nemo is the son of a brave dad named Marlin. Marlin suffered a miserable loss of his wife and all their children. Nemo is the only family member Marlin has left so Marlin pledges to keep Nemo safe at all costs. In the