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प्रश्न
The review mentions the struggles of both the writer, Ernest Hemingway, and the old man. Fill the incidents of the struggle of Hemingway in table A and those of the old man in table B.
| Table A Ernest Hemingway |
Table B Old man |
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उत्तर
| Table A Ernest Hemingway |
Table B Old man |
| Injured by shrapnel during the First World War | Has a run of terrible bad luck |
| Faces the destruction caused by the two World Wars | Unable to catch fish for 84 days |
| His apprentice Manolin leaves him | |
| The marlin he hooks is too strong for him | |
| Battles with sharks | |
| Very near death |
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