A Piece of String (The Accusation)
What Hauchecorne hides from embarrassment.
What is a piece of string?
The farm hand who returns the lost wallet to its owner.
Who is Marius Paumelle?
The number of days Santiago had gone without catching a fish when the novel opens.
84
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) The athlete Santiago admires for performing perfectly despite a bone spur in his heel.
Who is Joe DiMaggio?
A specific detail used to support a claim.
What is evidence?
The man whose reputation the mayor trusts enough to reject Hauchecorne's explanation.
Who is Malandain?
The new explanation the town invents to keep suspecting Hauchecorne after the wallet's return.
What is an accomplice returned it?
The person who orders Manolin to leave Santiago's boat, though he continues to help him.
Who are Manolin's parents?
The body part that cramps on Santiago during the first night.
What is his left hand?
A conclusion drawn from details, the strength of which depends on the support.
What is an inference?
Hauchecorne's action after hiding the string, which the mayor later misinterprets as searching for money.
What is pretending to search the ground?
The effect of Hauchecorne's increasingly detailed defenses on the townspeople.
What is they believed him less (or found him more cunning/artful)?
The restaurant owner who supplies supper for Santiago, whom Santiago plans to repay with fish belly meat.
Who is Martin?
The dangerous alternative Santiago considers to sleeping, which threatens his clear judgment.
What is rigging the oars as a drag? This could make the boat stay still. So, if the fish jumps, he will break the line.
"Now I will rest an hour more and feel that he is solid and steady.... The oars are a good trick."
"Now go back and prepare the dolphin. It is too dangerous to rig the oars as a drag if you must sleep."
Treating something nonhuman (like a cramping hand) as if it had human qualities or behavior.
What is personification?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) The result of Hauchecorne being searched by the mayor.
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) What is nothing was found on him, then he goes to jail?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) The narrative technique where Hauchecorne's defense ends up increasing the town's distrust.
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) What is irony?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) The animal Santiago dreams of on the African beaches, which he loves as he loves the boy. What animal is it? Also, which islands does he dream about?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) Lions; Canary Islands
What Santiago eats to avoid nausea and preserve his strength, even though it is not ideal.
What is the remaining flying fish?
The term for letting line go out, which is still outward movement even if released more slowly.
What is ceding line?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) The distinction between what Hauchecorne actually did and what the mayor assumes he did, according to the guide's focus.
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) What is the difference between the movement a witness can see and the object/motive someone assigns to it?
Remember from the Lottery - The chain of a rumor. When someone starts one, then it is hard to stop.
What Hauchecorne is still trying to do with his final words ("A little bit of string").
What is establish his innocence?
(⭐ DAILY DOUBLE ⭐) What Santiago's exact line depths demonstrate about his preparation, even though it cannot guarantee luck.
What is disciplined precision (or that he is exact)?
The physical limit Santiago faces at the end of the struggle as he drives the harpoon in and rests.
What is his hands were mushy and he could only see well in flashes?
Final Jeopardy (Write down your answer; you have 10 seconds) - The term for how quickly the narration moves through actions or moments, used to build uncertainty/tension.
What is pacing?