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The Old man and the Sea

ERNEST HEMINGWAY I have just finished reading Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.   I found the book to be quite a very interesting, absorbing and engaging book as well as sad.   It is a story about an old fisherman who, after a number of weeks without catching fish, decides to go out at sea alone. Hemingway tells the reader, “He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish” (p1).    We are further told that, “Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as   the sea and were cheerful and undefeated” (p1).   The old man at times worked with a boy who was attached to him though his parents felt the old man no longer had luck to enable him to catch fish. Quite painful is the portrayal of the loneliness of old age.   The old man himself while out at sea fishing talks to himself quite a lot.   He even talks to his hand as if in was another person, a deep expression of the

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Research in progress

Currently working on a small book which is an introductory text to philosophy of education intended to assist those who are reading philosophy of education for the first time. Not a technical text but enough to give one a feel of what philosophy of education is all about. This book is a result of my experiences as a lecturer trying to engage post graduate students from diverse backgrounds into philosophy of education

My Previous publications

Hapanyengwi, O. (2012). Religion is the opium of the people: A critique of Marx's view of religion.Saarbrucken: Lambert Academic Publishing. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (2011). Philosophy of Education: Its relevance to teacher education. Gweru: Booklove Publishers. Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. & Shizha, E. (2011). Citizenship education in Zimbabwe. In E. Shizha &Kariwo, pp 107-121. Hapanyengwi, O. (2009). ‘Why We Should Teach Democracy in Africa’ in Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, vol 21 No. 3, November, pp. 375 – 391. Hapanyengwi, O. (2003). ‘Modern Trends in Teaching Practice’ in Improving Teacher Preparation: Teaching Practice Guide (edit) Zindi, F., Nyota M.and Batidzirai, R. Harare. SAPES. Pp 6 – 12. Hapanyengwi, O. and Dyanda, C. (2003). ‘Skills and Confidence in Teaching’ in Improving Teacher Preparation: Teaching Practice Guide (edit) Zindi, F., Nyota M and Batidzirai R. Harare. SAPES. Pp 59-80. Hapanyengwi, O. (2002). ‘Justice and the Land Question: