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Spanish Vocab
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Religion
A Bit of This and That
100
brisa
What is breeze?
100
A spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles
What is gaff?
100
The Yankees
What is Santiago's favorite baseball team?
100
ten Hail Marys and ten Our Fathers
What is Santiago's promise when he catches the Marlin?
100
The part of the fish Santiago must aim at to kill it
What is the heart?
200
bodega
What is a cellar?
200
luminescence that is caused by absorption
What is phosphorescence?
200
His hands and feet are deeply scarred from years of fishing
Who is Santiago?
200
Symbolism representing Jesus's crucifixion
What is Santiago carrying the mass?
200
The harpoon, the rope, and the skiff's tiller
What are the things Santiago used to fight off the sharks?
300
galanos
What is elegant?
300
a loosely twisted fiber covered in tar
What is oakum?
300
Old newspapers and trousers
What is Santiago's pillow?
300
"He felt like a nail going through his hands and onto the wood." symbolism
What is the pain that Jesus felt on the cross?
300
the book's setting
What is Cuba?
400
El Campeon
What is the name given to Santiago?
400
skiff
What is a type of sailing or rowing boat?
400
Santiago begins to pity the Marlin
What is what happens when the sun goes down?
400
Santiago's promise at the end of the book
What is his promise to God to fight the sharks to bring the Marlin to shore?
400
size of Marlin
What is 18 feet and 1500 pounds?
500
un espuela de hueso
What is a spur of the bone?
500
thwart
What is to stop someone from doing something?
500
Lions on the beach
What is what Santiago dreams about?
500
Reference of multiplication of fish and loaves by Jesus
What is when Santiago cuts open the Dolphin and there are two fish inside?
500
Irony at the end of the novel
What is Santiago's defeat after catching the Marlin that was eaten by all the other fish