Questions for pp.51-75

1. At the bottom of page 51, for whom does Santiago wish ?

2. What does Santiago eat to give him strength?

3. What is wrong with Santiago’s hand?  What does the cramping hand represent for Hemingway, the writer?

4. On page 61, Hemingway uses a simile to describe the clouds. What is the comparison?

5. What physical ailment plagues DiMaggio (p.68)?

Vocabulary

coagulated (52)  longitudinally (57)  cirrus (61)  juegos (68) 

burnished (72)  dorado  (74)