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Vocabulary
Setting
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Themes
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thwart

What is a seat across a boat on which a rower may sit 

100
The Old Man often thinks about a baseball player who plays for a team in this city.
What is New York
100
The Old Man sustains these two injuries while battling the marlin.
What are are a cut hand and a cut head.
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The Old man often sees the fish as his equal, representing this theme.
What is Man with Nature, or Man as a part of Nature
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The Old Man is on this kind of small boat.
What is a skiff
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fathoms

What is Units of length equal to six feet 

200
The Old Man often dreams about a memory he has of lions sleeping on a beach here.
What is Africa
200
Prior to setting out on his fishing trip, the Old Man has not caught a fish in this many days.
What is 84
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The Old Man embodies the idea of working hard through adversity and doubt. This represents this theme or idea. (Hint: it was a topic on the movie)

What is Perseverance

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These are symbols for things and hardships that get in the way of one's dreams.
What are the sharks
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iridescent

What is Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors 

300
The Old Man and the Sea takes place here.
What is Cuba
300
Manolin can no longer fish with the Old Man because of this.
What is his parents think the Old Man is unlucky and make him join another fishing boat.
300
Manolin and the Old Man remain fiercly devoted to one another even though they have not worked together lately, representing this theme.
What is Loyalty
300
Hemingway uses this kind of writing, which he was known for, in The Old Man and the Sea.
What is Realism
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devise

What is To form, plan, or arrange in one's mind; design or contrive 

400
The Old Man begins fishing in this body of water.
What is the Caribbean Sea
400
This is the Old Man's name.
What is Santiago
400
It can be said that the Old Man goes on this kind of journey, often the theme of epics, which involves a difficult task and often self sacrifice.
What is a Hero's Quest
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Hemingway won this award for The Old Man and the Sea. (Hint it is given for Literature, Peace, Physics, etc.)
What is the Nobel Prize
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malignancy

What is Something disposed to do evil; highly injurious 

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The marlin drags the Old Man out to this body of water.
What is the Atlantic Ocean
500
The Old Man eats these three kinds of fish while out to sea.
What are albacore (tuna), flying fish, and dolphin (mahi mahi)
500

Since the Old Man endures a great deal of pain, has his heroism go largely unnoticed, has a small group of devoted followers, and ultimately dies, it is clear that he is one of these "figures."

What is a Christ-figure

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"But a man is not made for ________. A man can be destroyed but not _________." Fill in the blanks (it is the same word in different tenses)
What is "defeat" and "defeated."