The Old Man and the Sea: A classic of literature

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In lab today, you will study a classic of literature, The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.
1.  In Wikipedia, look up the plot of the book. Write a short summary of the plot 3 or 4 sentences, using your own words.
2.  Go to the following link and watch the video about the book.

http://daily-english-activities.blogspot.com/2009/10/study-classic-of-literature.html

3. Read the following excerpt from the book and answer the questions, using complete sentences, in a word document. print it. Don´t paste it in your notebooks.

He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.  He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.  He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.

The door of the house where the boy lived was unlocked and he opened it and walked in quietly with his bare feet. The boy was asleep in a cot in the first room and the old man could see him clearly with the light that came in from the dying moon. He took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him. The old man nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on.

The old man went out the door and the boy came after him.  He was sleepy and the old man his arm across his shoulders and said, “I am sorry.”

“Qué va,” the boy said. “It is what a man must do.”

Excerpt from The Old Man and the Sea

 by Ernest Hemingway

1. What time do you think it is?
2. Do you think the boy and the old man are related?
3. Where do you think the old man´s wife is?
4. Why do you think he no longer dreams of all those things?
5. Why do you think he only dreams of the lions?
6. Why does he say "I am sorry" to the boy?
7. Does the boy´s answer surprise you? Why or why not?