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Entry eight: 3/26/12 Research Reflection #3 The author I researched was Ernest Hemingway. My project is not as good as I thought it would be. I thought I was going to do better being how much out of school time I'd put into it. Citing was my weakness but there was confusion obviously with my works cited. Two of my sources didn't have authors so for both, after asking twice about it, I was told to use "Hemingway" for the author of the citation for both un-named sources. But my paper has the second citation circled as not cited when it was apart of the citations labeled "Hemingway." Other authors were labeled as not sited but were part of the article that didn't have an author so I used who quoted the facts in the un-named article. My strengths I guess were how I formated the paper and organized it. There was a flow to how things happened in order to how his life was. I tried to use interesting and factual information. The notecards were the most helpful activity in creating the paper.

Entry seven: 3/9/12 Research Reflection #2

The author I've researched was Ernest Hemingway. I think after much work in and out of school my essay has finally come together. I believe if I didn't work at home a little bit each night, it wouldn't have been possible to make the deadline with a quality project with information and organization. Probably the most difficult things I faced doing this project were getting the search results I wanted. Secondly it was a challenge getting more specific with what the sources had in then and then having to try and group all these pieces of information so that typing would go smoothly. I was organized with my note cards in my opinion, though I could imrove on it next time, but for my first essay I felt I didn't do to shabby. Once organized, with the information on note cards, typing it all out seemed to be the easiest thing once I got in the motion of writing my essay. I think all the steps that lead to the paper were helpful, a little extra time on finding information might have been better.

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Entry six: 3/4/12 Research Reflection The author I'm researching is Ernest Hemingway. One interesting this about him that I didnt know it how corrupt his life had become years following the war and how hard his life actualy was out of the spot light. Something new about the research methods I've learned is using MLA sources and putting those onto note cards.

Entry five: 2/14/12 Final Blog __**Characters**__ Santiago- Santiago is a very old man. He dreams of lions and has always wanted freedom with happiness. Santiago is the kind of old person you would picture in a nursing home, but Santiago lives in a shack located in a small villige. Hes a fisherman. But a very unlucky fisherman. He hasn't caught a fish for many years and is considered by the citizens as unlucky. Santiago lives alone in his house. He lives with the aid of a young man named Manolin who is a local. Santiago went on on a fishing trip and that where the book really develops him. On his little wooden skiff he talks aloud to himself as well as thinks to himself constantly almost as to keep himself company on his long journey at sea. As old as he is he has a vast self confidence for himself even with his known luck. Hes doubtful yes but when the time comes he snatches a fish he knows he can trust himself every time to reel it in. He hands go numb, he gets cut, scraped, and bruised on the trip at sea but comforts himself and keeps pushing on through his pain with much determination to accomplish his task at hand. Not most people would go out to sea on a little unstable skiff by themselves for many days and be as well off as Santiago was, eating raw caught fish and keeping focus withough losing your mind. To Santiago that's just his everyday life he's always known.

Manolin- Manolin is a young boy in his teens that lives in the same villige as Santiago. He and Santiago are best friends and Manolin visits his house quite often. Manolin is almost Santiago's main caretaker even though Santiago could probably be ok without him. He himself fishes. But hes neglected by people because hes friends with Santiago. People don't see why someone would be around someone so unlucky. Manolin thinks different. He thinks he can learn a lot from Santiago. Manolin doesn't partake on Santiagos journey out to sea but his help was much needed and Santiago wished he was there every day on the skiff.

The Swordfish- Not a human but a fish. It's indifferent to consider a fish as a main character but in this novel the fish is such that. The swordfish doesn't have a distinctive name or personality to go along with it. It's just a fish that has been caught by Santiago. But it's how Santiago develops the fish. Santiago views the fish as a human being. He almost makes up and gives the fish a personality as if it was a long time friend. There's not much interaction between the fish and the old man. The fish stays hooked to the boat and occasionally pops out of the water and the old man stays in his skiff. But the old man sees the fish in a way most people wouldn't. He doesn't view it as a generic fish or enemy. He respects the fish. Santiago want's the fish to tire and to stop suffering as the swordfish pulls the skiff. When the fish is tied to the boat Santiago wants it to stop bleeding to not attract sharks that would harm it. The swordfish is defenseless when tied to the boat and chunks are eaten out of it and it just stays there without fighting the pain.

Entry four: 2/7/12

__Patience Pays Off__ I'm currently of page 106 of 127. I find that this novels strength is how it shows a personal aspect to someone. Almost everything going on in the story is the man in his boat with a big swordfish many miles from shore. The man talks to himself and he thinks to himself often too. So rather than typical stories where it's adventurous and the character has problems or strengths and weaknesses; in this book the man has problems or strengths and weaknesses with himself. The personal aspect is all him and the action is what hes doing in real life and what's going on in his head. It's basically a 3rd dimension to the developing the character since the readers in his head.

In the story the man has finally worn out the fish. He's dug his harpoon intro the swordfish and the fish hugs his skiff about he ropes it in and ties it off. On his journey home though, the blood trails into the water and attracts a shark which comes up and mangles the fish. The man, with about 40 lbs of pressure he assumes, spears the shark with his harpoon. But the fleeing shark leaves with the harpoon stuck in him right in-between the eyes and leaves the man defenseless. The shark was a //dentuso//.

Entry three: 1/27/12

**__The Big One__**
Santiago had waken up early one morning to go fishing. So early that its still dark. He got his gear, brought some food, and in his skiff he rowed out to sea. This trip he wasn't going to bring the boy. He was going solo. Once out to sea he cast multiple lines at different fathoms for the different kinds of fish which swam at different sea levels. Also, he brought extra line in case he had a catch that decided to swim down. That way the line wouldn't have to break and so he wouldn't lose the fish. Waiting for a few moments he had a catch. It was a big catch. Big enough the fish started to pull the skiff. It was a huge sword fish that was now pulling the man out to sea farther and farther. Luckily the fish saw straight and now down so he wouldn't stress the line. I like the old mans quote, "Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends." After cutting his eye and having a cramped hand the man still struggles with the fish last where I left off. I think the man will power through his pain and get the fish hes been looking for for so long. He just needs to be patient. http://thedoltrevolt.com/

Entry two: 1/20/12 **__Santiago the Old Fisherman__** I've been reading the book The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. In the first part of this book, the story tells about this old man, Santiago, who lives in a villige. He use to be a great fisherman but has lost his game. Santiago resides mostly in his house now. The old man has a very rough look and a wrinkly face but he is still strong. Another character is the boy who is a teenager that lives in the villige too. The two are good friends who fish together. The teenage boy goes over to the old mans house to talk and hangout. They both enjoy American baseball a lot. The old man tells the boy he fears the Cleveland Indians as he should if this book were real too. The boy told the man the Yankees lost and Santiago mentioned that DiMaggio was being himself again. www.cheezburger.com Entry one: 1/13/12 The book I'm going to be reading is "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. My predictions are that there's an old man that obviously is a fisherman or something involving boats and water. There might be a fishing tragedy or a wreck to put him in danger. I chose the book because I recognized the author from previous stories last semester in english. http://images.zap2it.com/images/movie-158966/the-old-man-and-the-sea-5.jpg You can learn more about this novel [|here].