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Essay Instructions: What different way/s can you read "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemmingway other than just as a literal story about fishing off the coast of Cuba? Include your sense of religion and/or spiritualism in "The Old Man and the Sea." The idea is for you to carefully substantiate your answer by drawing upon the text, which means you'll have to quote from the novel to support your arguments when necessary.

Essay Instructions: Greetings, I need an essay for my advanced english class which discuss alienation theme in The Old Man and The Sea (movie). PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ESSAY SHOULD BE BASED ON THE MOVA?E , NOT THE BOOK. WE SHOULD NOT USE EXAMPLES OR SENTENCES WHiCH WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THE MOVA?E. If you only support written documents, not the movies , please send me a reply immediately.

Here is a IMDB link of the movie :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052027/

Essay Instructions: Write a research paper discussing the religious (specifically Christian) symbolism, allusions, etc. in Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea." The thesis of the research paper should prove how the religious symbols in the novella liken the character of Santiago to Christ. Cite specific passages from the novella that support your thesis. Use an additional two sources (other than "The Old Man and the Sea") to further prove your thesis.

Essay Instructions: In The Grapes of Wrath, the events in the central plot involving the Joad family are interspersed with interchapters, or intercalaries, which universalize the Joad's situation. In The Old Man and the Sea, nearly all of the information is filtered through the stream-of-consciousness of Santiago, and the author remains completely outside of the narrative frame. All the King's Men aligns past and present events next to each other through the use of extensive flashbacks to demonstrate cause and effect relationships. Absalom, Absalom! utilizes frequent shifts in point of view and setting to demonstrate how we utilize facts and information in our search for truth.

Compare are contrast these four different methods of narration. Include each of the following in the discussion:
1. A clear description of the type of narration used in each novel
2. The reasons why each author chose a particular type of narration as being most appropriate for telling his story
3. Specific instances and quotations from the novels which support and demonstrate the effectiveness of the narration
4. Select the method of narration that you feel is most effective in the novel in which it appears and defend your answer. Do not merely express your opinion but provide solid specific evidence to support your contentions.