The Old Man and the Sea is a classic tale of one man's struggle with nature. On the third day, and with two exhausted parties, the battle is won. Santiago begins to feel appreciation for the fish, believing that no one will be worthy of eating him. Two days and two nights pass, but the battle rages on. The marlin proves a worthy match for Santiago, as he struggles to keep the fish on the line. A few hours pass until a large marlin takes his bait. Hoping to end his unlucky streak, Santiago decides to sail out deep into the Gulf to fish. Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, has gone 84 days without catching a single fish. His struggle with a giant marlin proves the significance of sacrifice and indicates theres victory in defeat. The protagonist, a fisherman named Santiago, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. The Old Man and the Sea is a Pulitzer Prize winning story about an old fisherman and his battle with a giant marlin. The Old Man and the Sea is a novel by Ernest Hemingway that was first published in 1952, and to this day remains one of his most famous works. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. Compare this story with that of Moby Dick, imagining how the tone of the story would change if Santiago were more like Captain Ahab. Become familiar with vocabulary words by using them to complete unfinished sentences. Explore the character of Santiago by indicating what he said that suggested big fish were nearby, and what this says about his experience. Put events between Manolin and Santiago in the order that they happen after Santiago's fight with the marlin. Students create a link between the idea of luck and the society in which Santiago lives. Students become inspired by this tale of struggle and perseverance against nature.Ĭreative ideas are offered to enhance learning in the classroom. Both eBook & Print Book Order #: CC+P2006.After a final move to Idaho, Hemingway took his own life in 1961, leaving behind his wife and three sons. In 1946 Hemingway married his fourth and final wife, Mary Hemingway, and the couple spent the next 14 years living in Cuba. After its publication, he met his third wife, Martha Gellhorn. During the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway moved to Spain to serve as a war correspondent, a job which inspired his famous 1939 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Hemingway's father committed suicide in 1928, shooting himself. Scott Fitzgerald and other ex-patriot American writers of the 'lost generation.' After the 1926 publication of his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway divorced Hadley, married Arkansas native Pauline Pfeiffer, and moved to Florida. In 1921 they moved to Paris, where he began a long friendship with F. Afterward, he lived in Ontario and Chicago, where he met his first wife, Hadley Richardson. After high school, he got a job writing for The Kansas City Star, but left The Star after only six months to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps during World War I, where he was injured and awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor. Ernest Hemingway grew up outside a suburb of Chicago, spending summers with his family in rural Michigan.

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