The Old Man and the Sea Questions and Answers
What are the moral lessons of The Old Man and the Sea?
A Man Can Be Destroyed But Not Defeated
Describe the relationship between the man and the boy in The Old Man and the Sea.
What is the conclusion of the story The Old Man and the Sea?
Justify the title of the novella The Old Man and the Sea.
How does Hemingway describe Santiago’s eyes in The Old Man and the Sea?
In The Old Man and the Sea, what is Santiago's relationship with the sea?
In The Old Man and the Sea, what is the meaning of the line "They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert"?
What does the marlin symbolize in The Old Man and the Sea?
Who is Santiago's hero?
What is the irony at the end of The Old Man and the Sea?
"Everything about him was old except his eyes, and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated." How does this quote impact the story?
Did Santiago die in The Old Man and the Sea?
"Every day is a new day," Santiago says in The Old Man and the Sea. Why?
How did Hemingway reflect modernism? What are some modernist themes in The Old Man and the Sea?
What is the significance of the title in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?
Compare the old man and the fish in The Old Man and the Sea.
Describe Santiago's physical appearance.
How is Santiago a hero in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?
How are Santiago and the sea turtles symbolic of each other in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway?
When Santiago says that the ocean is feminine, how does that characterize Santiago and the ocean?
What is the relationship between the old man and the boy?
Why does Santiago address the marlin as "brother"?
What is the role of the sea and all its inhabitants in The Old Man and the Sea?
What does Santiago dream about in The Old Man and the Sea?
Did the author's syntax affect the flow of prose in The Old Man and the Sea?
Hemingway said about symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea: "There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is the old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are sharks, no better, no worse." How does this quotation relate to the novel's characters?
Why does Santiago dream of lions in The Old Man and the Sea?
Identify some examples of personification in The Old Man and the Sea and explain the effect of these.
What is wrong with Santiago's hand in The Old Man and the Sea?
What is the major conflict of The Old Man and the Sea?
Where is the climax in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?
How long was the old man out at sea?
What significance do the lions on the beach have in The Old Man and the Sea?
Why are sharks so important in The Old Man and the Sea? What do they represent to the old man?
Why is the baseball player Joe DiMaggio so important in The Old Man and the Sea? Why does the Old Man love and admire him so much? How does Hemingway use Joe DiMaggio to illustrate important life-lessons to the reader? What conclusions do you draw as you read about Joe DiMaggio?
What is the point of view in The Old Man and the Sea?
Why was the boy crying at the end of The Old Man and the Sea?
What is an example of a "figure of speech" in The Old Man and the Sea?
Why does Manolin cry at the end of The Old Man and the Sea?
Where does The Old Man and the Sea take place?
What are strengths and weaknesses of the novel The Old Man and the Sea?
On page 75 of The Old Man and the Sea, what is the meaning of Santiago's words, "I'm glad we do not have to kill the stars"?
Analyse how Santiago tries to defy his defeat in The Old Man and the Sea.
Is Santiago a prideful man?
How big is the fish in The Old Man and the Sea?
What did the old man have on the back of his neck in The Old Man and the Sea?
Why does Santiago talk to himself in The Old Man and the Sea?
Describe the setting in The Old Man and the Sea.
Evaluate the depth and warmth of the relationship between the boy and the old man.
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