People make millions of trillions of decisions in their entire life, and for every action or decision they make they will have to face a reaction. Now that reaction could be good, bad, neutral, or have no affect on you because some of your actions affect people that you don’t even know. Like when your on the pitchers mound at a baseball game, you have a decision, you could throw a fastball having the ball move faster is harder to hit, but if he does hit it, it’s gonna go far because for every action we make there is an equal and opposite reaction. Now in the book The Old Man and the Sea a fisherman named Santiago is trying to catch this big marlin. He makes some choices that ultimately decide his fate for him.
The first decision that Santiago made that ultimately sealed his fat to a poor life was his decision to become a fisherman in Cuba. "he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches..." (pg. 24). A fisherman’s life can be very hard. There are many thing to be cautious about when becoming a fisherman and having to go out a sea almost every day, like being killed by the fish your catching, being eaten by sharks, being stranded out a sea, and sinking. The old man new all of these risks but still wanted to become a fisherman for it was a peaceful life and it made him happy. Santiago’s decision to become a fisherman led to him becoming a poor fisherman and in his later years having no luck to catch fish and supply food for even his own life.
The next decision that Santiago chose to make was denying the boy of coming out to sea with him. "No. Go and play baseball. I can still and Rogelion will throw the net." (pg. 12). Fishing in general is hard not to mention put an old man up against a thousand pound marlin and the conclusion does not look good for the old man. The old man could have used the boy for so many things. The boy could have helped keep the other lines steady, could have given food and water to Santiago and could have helped Santiago club at sharks when they were ripping off chunks of the marlin with their sharp teeth. The boy would have also made the mood of the situation more soothing, peaceful, and less lonely. Because the old man was arrogant and refused the boy’s help he lost the fish and later would be regretful of his silly decision.
The third decision that Santiago made was going out to sea very unprepared. "You should have brought many things, he thought." (pg. 110). When you go out fishing in any oceans especially when you are going out far or have the possibility of going out far you will have a good chance that you will sea sharks, and if you have a thousand pound dead bleeding marlin hanging to the side of your boat with blood spilling out into the water there is a 10x greater chance of seeing sharks attack your catch. Santiago's sloopy and careless behavior made himself unprepared when the multiple of sharks came for his fish that he spent days catching.
The fourth decision that Santiago made was letting the big marlin carry his little boat out so far into the Atlantic Ocean. "I went out too far."(pg. 120). The old man caught the huge marlin and then after a while it started pulling Santiago further and further out into the huge Atlantic Ocean. What Santiago also did was cut the three other lines he had. With that he couldn't cut the line with the marlin attached or he knew it would be impossible to bring anything home. So because he decided to cut the other lines and let the fish bring him so far out he put himself in a great danger zone and also that he couldn't catch anything other than that marlin. And in that danger zone he would have to fight creatures he was not prepared to fight, because the marlin brought him out further into a threatening enviornment.
In conclusion the old man made some decisions that ultimately decided what he chances and what road he was going down. Becoming a fisherman lead him down a path of poverty and starvation. Refusing the boy's help provided him with no help or support out at sea. Going out unprepared let things take advantage of him because he didn't have the tools to fight what he was up against. And letting the marlin bring him far out at sea took him far away from any help and in a place full of dangerous fish.
The first decision that Santiago made that ultimately sealed his fat to a poor life was his decision to become a fisherman in Cuba. "he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches..." (pg. 24). A fisherman’s life can be very hard. There are many thing to be cautious about when becoming a fisherman and having to go out a sea almost every day, like being killed by the fish your catching, being eaten by sharks, being stranded out a sea, and sinking. The old man new all of these risks but still wanted to become a fisherman for it was a peaceful life and it made him happy. Santiago’s decision to become a fisherman led to him becoming a poor fisherman and in his later years having no luck to catch fish and supply food for even his own life.
The next decision that Santiago chose to make was denying the boy of coming out to sea with him. "No. Go and play baseball. I can still and Rogelion will throw the net." (pg. 12). Fishing in general is hard not to mention put an old man up against a thousand pound marlin and the conclusion does not look good for the old man. The old man could have used the boy for so many things. The boy could have helped keep the other lines steady, could have given food and water to Santiago and could have helped Santiago club at sharks when they were ripping off chunks of the marlin with their sharp teeth. The boy would have also made the mood of the situation more soothing, peaceful, and less lonely. Because the old man was arrogant and refused the boy’s help he lost the fish and later would be regretful of his silly decision.
The third decision that Santiago made was going out to sea very unprepared. "You should have brought many things, he thought." (pg. 110). When you go out fishing in any oceans especially when you are going out far or have the possibility of going out far you will have a good chance that you will sea sharks, and if you have a thousand pound dead bleeding marlin hanging to the side of your boat with blood spilling out into the water there is a 10x greater chance of seeing sharks attack your catch. Santiago's sloopy and careless behavior made himself unprepared when the multiple of sharks came for his fish that he spent days catching.
The fourth decision that Santiago made was letting the big marlin carry his little boat out so far into the Atlantic Ocean. "I went out too far."(pg. 120). The old man caught the huge marlin and then after a while it started pulling Santiago further and further out into the huge Atlantic Ocean. What Santiago also did was cut the three other lines he had. With that he couldn't cut the line with the marlin attached or he knew it would be impossible to bring anything home. So because he decided to cut the other lines and let the fish bring him so far out he put himself in a great danger zone and also that he couldn't catch anything other than that marlin. And in that danger zone he would have to fight creatures he was not prepared to fight, because the marlin brought him out further into a threatening enviornment.
In conclusion the old man made some decisions that ultimately decided what he chances and what road he was going down. Becoming a fisherman lead him down a path of poverty and starvation. Refusing the boy's help provided him with no help or support out at sea. Going out unprepared let things take advantage of him because he didn't have the tools to fight what he was up against. And letting the marlin bring him far out at sea took him far away from any help and in a place full of dangerous fish.
1. The essay's thesis is that people make decisions that impact the ultimate fate of their life. It is pretty clear to the reader what the thesis of the essay is. It's pretty intriguing to the reader.
ReplyDelete2. There aren't any quotations in this essay. I would recommend putting them in so the essay is complete.
3. The introduction and conclusion of the essay was well done. The opening is intriguing to the reader. The conclusion does a good job of summarizing the points of the essay.
4. The weak point of the essay was the quotations. Mainly because they were not there. I would put them in so that you essay is more complete, finished, done, ended, final, no more, the end.
1~ The thesis is “People make millions of trillions of decisions in their entire life, and for every action or decision they make they will have to face a reaction.” It is right with the essay and it is clear what he is going to talk about. And I feel its really good and I want to read on, it sounds interesting.
ReplyDelete2~ There are no quotes so there is no really good one.
3~ In this essay what is very well I believe is organization. With having the examples in the middle and opening and a closing that fits really well like the opening sentence “People make millions of trillions of decisions in their entire life, and for every action or decision they make they will have to face a reaction.” Is really good start and is very well done/picked.
4~ The weakest thing about this essay is the quote you don’t have any so just go thru the book and fine some really good one to use.