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A sport or livelihood?
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most famous expatriot writers of the 20th century. Like Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Hemingway places his character Santiago against a natural predator. It is a story of personal survival and dignity. Under the discussion questions below, place your commentaries on the reading. Remember to include personal commentary that is supported by text. Use page numbers and quotes to support your arguments.
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Literal Discussion Question #3- Why does Santiago fail to bring in the marlin?
In the Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonist, Santiago, fails to bring in the marlin because sharks eat the fish. An hour after Santiago catches the marlin, and is on his way inland, a Mako shark comes and takes the first bite out of the fish. After a while, other schools of sharks came and ate all but the head of the marlin. Although Santiago did catch the marlin, he failed to bring it into the port because of the sharks.
Literal Discussion Question #3
-Why does Santiago fail to bring in the marlin?
In the novel,"The Old Man and the Sea", written by Ernest Hemmingway, the old fisherman, Santiago, fails to bring in the great marlin. After battling long and hard with the tremendously sized marlin, Santiago kills the marlin. Santiago fastens the marlin onto the side of the boat. An hour later, a mako shark comes from smelling the scent of the marlin's blood. The mako shark bites the marlin taking forty pounds of it's meat. After another two hours, two shovel nosed sharks come. They bite away some more of the marlin until Santiago kills them. Even after that, a series of more shovel nosed sharks come eating the marlin. At near midnight, a pack of more sharks eat the marlin until all that is left is the head and the skeleton. Santiago was not able to stop the sharks. Santiago believes that he has failed because he has gone out too far. After long battling, Santiago realizes that he has caught the fish for nothing and he has failed. The sharks had defeated the old man.
Literal Thinking Question #3
In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, there are many reasons as to why Santiago fails to bring in the marlin. Santiago gets caught up with many entanglements and some were not accidents; for example, the sharks. As Santiago is traveling back to land on his skiff, the marlin is losing blood in the water; therefore the sharks are picking up the scent. As Santiago and the marlin travel, they are attacked numerous times by makos, galanos, and the biggest dentuso Santiago has ever seen. Shark after shark comes along, and each time a chunk of the marlin is left in their bodies after Santiago tries to kill each one. As he is doing this, he starts to lose piece by piece all of his weapons including his harpoon, his knife, all the rope, and the tiller became a little banged up. In conclusion, Santiago started to lose his defense, so he failed to bring home the marlin in one piece.
Literal Discussion Question
In “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago fails to bring in the marlin because it is bleeding. This blood loss attracted a Mako shark that tore up the marlin piece by piece. The marlin was also pulled apart by others predators including Shovelhead and Galano sharks. These sharks had eaten everything except for the head and the skeleton which had no value to Santiago. That is why he failed to bring in the marlin.
In Ernest Hemingway's book "Old Man and the Sea" the main character Santiago tries to fish out a marlin. He fails to bring it in. He does catch it but as he is bringing it in a mako shark attacks it. Soon after more sharks came.Santiago was unable to bring in the marlin.
3. Why does Santiago fail to bring in the marlin?
In Ernest Hemmingway’s “Old Man in the Sea”, Santiago failed to bring in the marlin because it was eaten up by sharks. Santiago encountered many difficulties with the marlin but at last he captured it and attached it to the side of his boat. While on his way back to the land, the marlin begins to fall apart and the Mako shark, that’s following him, takes a huge bite out of the fish, thus causing more blood to spill and attracting more sharks. When the other sharks come, and take their share of the fish, Santiago kills them. Nevertheless, more sharks come and begin eating the fish until all was left was the head of the marlin. In spite of this, Santiago believes that he has caught the marlin for nothing because it was killed anyway and that the sharks had beat him.
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