The Old Man and the Sea Wrap-Up and Review Name

The Old Man and the Sea Wrap-up and Review Name: Due April 3 (day of test)

Answer each question thoroughly with SPECIFIC examples from the text. Answers that are lacking in details will lose points.

1. Explain the concept of the code hero and how Santiago fits this persona.

2. Provide three examples of Santiago’s “Christ-like” attributes.

3. Analyze the purpose of portraying Santiago as a Christ figure.

4. Provide a thorough extended response analyzing the theme in terms of the text. 1) Honor in struggle, defeat, and death

2) Pride as the source of greatness and determination 5. Choose FIVE of the following terms and provide a brief explanation of its role in the novel. TERMS: Perservance, Suffering, Strenght and Skill, Pride, Memory and the Past, Defeat, Isolation, Man and the Natural World, Hunger, Respect and Reputation, Luck, Friendship 1)

6. Explain the significance of the lions THROUGHOUT the novel. Consider in the beginning, Santiago only dreams of the lions. While at sea, he begins to dream of other topics. At the very end, he reverts to dreaming of the lions. WHY?

7. How does Santiago view the marlin? 8. Plot and key details: - Number of days Santiago goes without a catching a fish

- Number of days the novel spans; number of days Santiago spends in pursuit of the fish

- The basic setting of the novel (city, country)

- Santiago’s baseball idol

- Why Manolin cannot fish with Santiago as according to his parents

- Where Manolin and Santiago go for a drink

- The profession of DiMaggio’s father

- The injury DiMaggio suffers from

- The place where Santiago sees the lions

- The body part that cramps up while Santiago is pursuing the fish

These questions and plot details may show up on the test in some form or other.