Friday, May 9, 2008
Tell me what I should do
I'm currently working at both Carpets Plus and with my dad intstalling flooring. Last night I was hanging out in Appel Oil with my mom when she mentioned that Hansen Motors has a job opening for detailing cars. Since I'm going into into automotive, I figure that this would be a good start to get into the business. But I have two problems, one being my dad and the other being Steve Gunkel, my boss at Carpets Plus. I like working with both of them and I consider both of them my friends and I would hate having to stop working for them, but I'm not getting anywhere laying flooring and working in a carpet store when I'm trying to get into the automotive business. This could be my chance to get started working on cars, but I'm having a tough time leaving my dad and Steve. What would you do?
Friday, January 11, 2008
January Book Review
The main character in the novel Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is an old cuban fisherman named Santiago. Santiago is old but still strong. He has evidence of skin cancer on his face from the lack of shade on the ocean.
Santiago is very respectful of the fish he kills and often finds himself feeling sorry for them. He also shows a lot of care toward the boy in the novel.
Santiago's motivation in the novel is the need for money and food. He rows out farther than any of the other fisherman because he knows where there are fish.
Santiago comes across many conflicts in the story, the hardest being trying to bring in the fish he has hooked. It took hime three days to kill it. On the way back, his catch is attacked by sharks. He attempts to fight them off, but by the time he gets back to shore, the meat is stripped from the bones of the fish.
He doesn't go through any changes in the story. He is just the same as he was at the end of the story as he is at the beggining.
I didn't have any personal connection with Santiago.
Santiago is a very effective character in the story because he is the person that the story is written around. The story is written around facing hardships and getting past them. Santiago does this throughout the story.
Santiago is very respectful of the fish he kills and often finds himself feeling sorry for them. He also shows a lot of care toward the boy in the novel.
Santiago's motivation in the novel is the need for money and food. He rows out farther than any of the other fisherman because he knows where there are fish.
Santiago comes across many conflicts in the story, the hardest being trying to bring in the fish he has hooked. It took hime three days to kill it. On the way back, his catch is attacked by sharks. He attempts to fight them off, but by the time he gets back to shore, the meat is stripped from the bones of the fish.
He doesn't go through any changes in the story. He is just the same as he was at the end of the story as he is at the beggining.
I didn't have any personal connection with Santiago.
Santiago is a very effective character in the story because he is the person that the story is written around. The story is written around facing hardships and getting past them. Santiago does this throughout the story.
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