This Old Man

AMULET Once upon a time there lived a family who were returning from a ceremony on a curvy mountain route. In the car, the family was chatting very loudly. Suddenly the father was distracted and didn’t notice a sharp turn in the road. The car flipped and drove off the mountain, as the family screamed. Emily, the daughter in the family noticed that her father was unconscious. She started waking up her father, but he was the same. She called her mother to see what happened to her father. Then she

AMULET Once upon a time there lived a family who was returning from a ceremony on a curvy mountain route. In the car, the family was chatting very loudly. “Emily get up. We are going t o reach our house”said Karen. Suddenly, the father was distracted and didn’t notice a sharp turn in the road. The car flipped and drove off the mountain, as the family screamed. “Emily get out” said Emily's father David. “Now you go out Karen” said David. “David Come” said Emily’s mother Karen . “i can't come. My

This story was written by Hemingway in 1933. It details an evening's interaction between two waiters, and their differing perspectives of life. Hemingway uses an old man as a patron to demonstrate the waiter's philosophies. Hemingway is also visible in the story as the old man, someone who society says should be content, but has a significant empty feeling inside. What follows is a line-by-line analysis, putting emphasis on the philosophies of the waiters.      This story

exclaimed excitedly. I gave here an evaluating look saying, "My you've gotten big how old are you now?" She held up all the fingers in her dainty little-left hand before saying "I'm five now." "Wow already five years old your growing up so fast, making me feal so old, " I said while hunching my back over to look older than I already did. She looked at me confused while saying "But, you are old grandpa. Hey is there anything that you need help with?" "No sweaty, " I stated

I live in a small fishing village near Havana, Cuba. As the name implies, it is a popular hotspot for many fisherman to go out and fish. Over the years while living here, I have developed a close bond to a friend/old man that goes by as “Santiago.” Santiago has educated me about many things in life like fishing. A form of entertainment, but passion for him. Santiago is a fisherman himself. A rather unlucky fisherman to be exact. He has went out to fish eighty three times but with each time, he has

older Jacob, and one of a younger Jacob. This choice is made by the author to help the reader fully comprehend the circle of life. Everyone succumbs to age sooner or later, and while many books conclude with the narrator finding contentment at an early age, this is not the case in reality. In the real world, most struggle to achieve fulfillment, by creating an elderly Jacob, in this case it does not necessarily mean that a live has been fulfilled. The old aged are sometimes just as clueless as the

is careful to leave his story “The Terrible Old Man” open for interpretation by his readers. The character of the Old Man in this story is very reserved and kept to himself to the point that not many people know his name or remember much about his young adult life. The reader never gets to see any part of this story from the Old Man's point of view, but it is very notable that he is an extremely weird and lonely man. But how rare is he? What does this man hide? Could he be hiding from society because

State” by Tin House, is full of reflection, guilt, and loneliness. Mainly, the story entails the journey of two brothers fleeing their hometown after their incarcerated father, Old Man, is granted mercy due to his terminal cancer to return home. The brothers, John and Daniel, would rather leave town than to live with the Old Man so they set their eyes on the “treasure state,” Montana. The story details their journey to wild destinations and fleeing their past while making it by any means necessary.

The Old Man Another day, a different date, I thought as I started another boring pattern that I have followed for years. I am unsurprisingly, unmotivated to wake up another day of my life to just waste it waking up early to go to Graden Elementary to sit in a class full of people for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 9 months at a time for 21 years! Why? Because knowledge is power! Luckily, it is only 2nd grade, where basic math principles are taught along with fancy words, like chocolate, that

“The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” by Gabriel Márquez, is related to the classical theme of human’s selfishness verses sympathy. However, Márquez uses narrative elements such as plot, setting, and different characters, to provide much more in-depth sources of evidence to support his theme. In “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” Márquez uses an Old Man who is supposed to be an angel to display human’s tendencies to show both brutality and/or grace depending on the situation. The bizarre