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Old Man and the Sea: A Tragic Vision of Man
1. What is the thesis of the essay, found a the end of Part I?
2. (p. 448) According to the author, how does Santiago commit man's inevitable sin of going beyond their true place in life?
3. (p. 451-53) Pick one aspect of OMATS that is symbolic and explain what it symbolizes. 
4. In the first paragraph of part III (p. 453), how do many critics interpret OMATS vis a vis Hemingway. 
5. Make any connection whatsoever between the themes of G's Modernism: Make it New and Burhans Essay.

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1. Find a sonnet here
2. Annotate the sonnet:
   a. Four annotations on the left side, explaining the poem
   b. Five annotations on the right side, identifying literary devices, such as metaphor, antithesis, simile, juxtaposition, imagery, etc. 

Man vs Nature?
Man vs. Himself?
Christ Figure?
Existentialism? i.e. meaning in life?
Masculinity?
Marxist?
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pretty much what Santiago was dealing with:

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MAJOR WRITING 1: COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE STORIES "A SOLDIER'S HOME" AND "SPEAKING OF COURAGE":
1. Follow along this reading of "Speaking of Courage. 26 minutes.  
1.1 As a follow up, follow "Notes," the next story in the collection.
2. Follow along "A Soldiers Home,"
3. USING G'S 12 STEPS TO WRITE A COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY, complete the writing. (1.5 HOURS TOTAL)

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"The Conversion of the Jews" by Phillip Roth
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“Cathedral” by Ramond Carver
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“The Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick
The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud

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