No man's land

Though santiago seemed like a weak old man, while he was alone at sea trying to catch a fish;he demonstrates how strong,positive,and undefeated he is. While santiago is in land he is a fragile old man and depends on the boy. “The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair of the old man’s shoulder”.When santiago is at sea he has no one to depend on and works really hard in order to accomplish his goal of catching the marlin. “He held the line tight in his right

leader's religious beliefs and varying theories began to shape the African-American's view on which way freedom could be best achieved in the 1960's. Cone's last analysis of these two men is of the strengths and weaknesses in each man's philosophy and the effects they had on society then and now. Cone concludes that the different social and economic backgrounds are what led these two men to practice their respective religions. The author then argues that their religions

transition into the U.S production. The south, however, lacked many key factors into rapid industrialization. One of which included a mass population of technologically advanced and skilled workforce. Yes, the slaves offered work, but it was more cheap land labor and brute

Europe played a big part in Africa during the late 1800s and early 1900s. When Europe discovered Africa, they took the people as slaves, but when slavery was banned it became a scramble for land. Soon after the countries were competing against each other for the land of Africa because it contained many natural resources that they could sell. However, some countries had different intentions, some wanted to help people in Africa by feeding them or building schools. The main driving forces behind European

Literal Interpretive Evaluative "The White Man's Burden" Why is this in the poem? What is the message about the British Empire? Description of characters/speakers represented in the poem: Rudyard Kipling is the writer and the one talking. He is speaking about the deprived treatment of soldiers It shows his individual beliefs on the British Empire His views on British expansionism Plot/Topic of Each Stanza: Stanza 1: send the best men abroad and your sons into exile to serve your captives

were heading home when their ship got off track. They ended up in the land of the Cyclops. They were held captive by a god's, Poseidon Earthholder, son. Odysseus came up with a plan to get out of there which involved poking the Cyclops' eye out. The Earthholder got mad and vowed Odysseus and his men would not make it back home to Ithaca. If Odysseus was to make it home, he was to arrive "There late and in misery, in another man's ship, ' lose all his companions, and ' find

Chrysanthemums, as a visual illustration to answer the adage, “Is the grass “really” greener on the other side?“ During The Great Depression, the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. What was once the land of hope and optimism had become the land of despair. The American people were questioning all the maxims on which they had based their lives - democracy, capitalism, individualism. By the beginning of the next decade the United States

people of Umuofia struggle to understand the forced entrance of the white men. The effects the white men leave change the clans way of life. The people of Umuofia were not surprised when the missionaries asked for land; in fact, the clansmen laughed and allowed the men a patch of land that was considered cursed. After they sent the white

Our seventh President, Andrew Jackson is recognized as the common man’s President, coming from an underprivileged background, with little education, who gained popularity for his heroic leadership in battle. Regardless of how popular he may have been with the common people, it does not diminish the selfish and cruel acts that he so staunchly enforced. For instance; his malicious removal of Indians from the land they lived on for centuries, his barbaric treatment of slaves, how he threatened South

Throughout human existence war has been a glorified way of settling disputes and asserting dominance, a place where powerful men have proven themselves, a place where glory and honor were achieved and a place where noble heroes died. Continuously through history humans looked past the horrors of war and misleadingly saw it as a glorious manner. This glorious view on war went unchallenged for centuries when finally the general William Tecumseh Sherman spoke out about the horrors of war and famously