HS Lit HW from January 7

1. Complete reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway if you have not finished already. Use the link if you do not own a copy of the book. 

2. Finish answering the following questions about The Old Man and the Sea. We will review these next week in class before your test on the book. 
1. When the novel opens, how many days has it been since the old man last caught a fish?
2. Where had the old man gone in his youth that he dreamed about every night?
3. What does the old man call the sea?
4. The gigantic marlin that provides the main conflict for the novel is the first thing the old man catches. True or false?
5. What handicap does Joe DiMaggio, the old man's favorite baseball player and idol of sorts, suffer from?
6. What type of sea creature does the old man catch (for food) that has flying fish in its belly?
7. As the conflict between the old man and the fish drags on, how does the old man view the fish?
8. To boost his confidence, the old man remembers a time back in his younger days when he had defeated a very strong man in an arm wrestling match that dragged on for a long time. A rematch was arranged, but why was the old man able to easily defeat him a second time?
9. The first time the old man makes a promise to God, how many times does he vow to say both the "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" in order to kill the fish?
10. Who or what does the old man repeatedly wish were with him?
11. How does the old man kill the great marlin?
12. To whom or what does the old man utter the curse "Bad luck to your mother?"
13. What type of animal do tourists mistake the skeleton of the marlin for?
14. How does the novel end?



5. Grammar: Study the compound and complex sentence formulas. Next week's HW will be a take-home test.

6. Journal: We learned in class that Hemingway valued using his own life and stories to help others by communicating truth. He said, "All you have to do is write one true sentence." For your journal this week write the beginning of a story starting with "one true sentence" that you have thought of or heard. If you don't have one in mind, listen to others for a few days and find a true statement to begin your story. Write at least one HS paragraph of your story beginning with that "one true sentence."