The Old Man and the Sea Group

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ohnoashleyyy
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High School - 12th Grade

How does the following quote from "The Old Man and the Sea" foreshadow what happens later in the novel?

"And the best fisherman is you."

said by Manolin, the young boy.

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Posted by ohnoashleyyy on Sunday August 16, 2009 at 4:36 PM and tagged with foreshadow.

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  1. mwestwood
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    Ernest Hemingway's classic, "The Old Man and the Sea" is the story of one man's ability to persevere despite his aloneness in the harsh circumstance of poverty and aloneness.  He faces what life has set before him and accepts the challenge to go forth each day and fish.  Once he has caught the marlin, he fights sharks who devour his catch in a significant three days.  Indeed, "the best fisherman" is the old man, for he endures, and the words of the boy, Manolin, suggest this courage.  Santiago faces all that Nature deals him and survives, returning home with only the skeleton of the marlin, but with positive intention of going out the next day. Hungry, alone, and poor, Santiago is yet a man, the best of fishermen.

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    Posted by mwestwood on Sunday August 16, 2009 at 8:20 PM