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Figurative Language
Hemingway Code
Setting
Marine Life
The Story
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"The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat."
What is a simile
100
How does Di Maggio represent the Hemingway code to Santiago?
What is he never gave up in baseball, he played through bone spurs.
100
In what time period does the novella take place?
What is 1950s.
100
What kind of fish does Santiago catch first?
What is the marlin
100
How many days has Santiago gone without catching a fish?
What is 84 days.
200
"The scars were as old as erosions in a fishless desert."
What is a simile
200
Santiago makes a vow to the fish that represents the Hemingway Code. What is the vow?
What is "I'll stay with you until I am dead."
200
Where is the story taking place?
What is Havanna, Cuba
200
Santiago is remembering the time that he caught a female marlin, what did the male marlin do?
What is swam alongside the boat in mourning for the female.
200
Manolin's parents do not want the boy fishing with Santiago anymore, why not?
What is Santiago is the worse kind of unlucky.
300
"...the whole boat shivered..."
What is personification
300
How does the following quote represent the Hemingway Code? "He was comfortable but suffering, although he did not admit the suffering at all."
What is Santiago will not admit that he is suffering. He will not give up.
300
What month is the novel taking place?
What is September
300
What did the old man find inside the belly of the dolphin?
What is flying fish.
300
What image is created by Hemingway when he describes Santiago carring his gear from the skiff to the shack?
What is christ carrying the cross.
400
The coast was a long, green line.
What is metaphor
400
Towards the end of the novella Santiago tells himself a very important quote. What is the quote?
What is "Be calm and stay strong old man"
400
How far out to see has Santiago gone with the fish?
What is too far.
400
When Santiago harpoons the fish what does he believe that he feels?
What is the heart.
400
What does Santiago dream of before going out to fish?
What is the lions from his youth.
500
"Fishing kills me exactly how it keeps me alive."
What is irony
500
How is Santiago the resourceful Hemingway Hero?
What is Santiago uses the materials around him in his skiff to help him fight off the sharks. Using the oar as a club.
500
When Santiago is out in the skiff is he alone? Why?
What is no. There is always marine life around you.
500
What was the first shark that attacked Santiago and how did he kill it?
What is Dentuso, he kills it by spearing it through the head into the brain.
500
When Santiago returns to the village what happens to him?
What is Manolin promises to sail with him next time.