COM 102 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
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Directions: Write a 350-to-500-word argumentative essay on one of the following topics. Please be specific. You are graded on the quality of your essay. (Vital Note: With all topics you will need to talk about various stages of the book, such as the beginning, or ending, or any one of the stages in between.) 50 points possible
1. Write an essay which carefully explicates the meaning of the sea in the book, The Old Man and the sea.
2. Write an essay which attempts to explicate three to five major symbols that are critical to the fabric of The Old Man and the sea.
3. Explain one character from The Old Man and the Sea and write an essay in which you attempt to argue for what you perceive is the central theme, message, point, or meaning to that character.
4. Based on the information provided in the Old Man and the Sea, write an essay in which you attempt to argue for what you perceive as the central 'theme" in the book.
5. With the life and experience of ernest hemingway in mind, write an essay in which you demonstrate how the old man and the sea is an autobiographical book.