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Question
Read the passage and name the following.
In his first reading, the review writer was left.
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Solution
Moved and unimpressed.
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Read the following passage and do the activities.
Social/Historical Context: Hemingway’s novel is based on real events and it also draws heavily on his own life. He had experience of fishing in the Cuban waters and like the old man he was also a fan of baseball. He worked for the Red Cross during the First World War and was injured by shrapnel when he was in Italy. Hemingway always talks about the need to struggle against defeat or death and how determination and endurance can help one to win in
this struggle. The old man is at the end of the novel very near death, but we know that the story of his suffering and loss will live on in the memories of the people of his village. Ultimately his story becomes one of triumph because the tales of his life will live on even after his death. The novel was published in 1952, when people were trying to recover from the mass destruction wrought by the two world wars, and this tale of endurance and ultimate triumph immediately struck a chord with the readers.
Writing Style: Hemingway’s language is simple and pithy. He mostly writes in short and straight-forward sentences and practises an extreme economy in his
use of words. This simplicity is deceptive and a reader can read his work again and again and find new layers of meaning every time.
(A1) Complete the following sentences.
(a) Hemingway had experience of ……………..
(b) He worked for …………………… during the First World War.
(c) ‘The Old Man And The Sea’ was published in ………………….
(d) After reading his work reader can find ……………………..
(A2) Complete the following web.
(A3) Find the synonyms for the following from the passage.
(i) The ability to do something difficult for a long time.
(ii) Formed or worked
(iii) Brief
(iv) Likely to make someone believe something that is not true.
(A4)
(1) The old man is at the end of the novel very near death, but we know that the story of his suffering and loss will live on in the memories of the people of his village. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘Though’.)
(2) During the First World War Hemingway was injured by shrapnel. (Begin the sentence with ‘Shrapnel ………….)
(A5) Write four to five sentences about your favourite writer.
Pair up with your partner and answer the following question :
Do you have a hero or a role model to look up to? Who is he/she?
Pair up with your partner and answer the following question :
What is meant by a review?
Make a list of famous novels by Ernest Hemingway. Two are given to you.
(1) A Farewell to Arms
(2) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(3) __________________
(4) __________________
(5) __________________
(6) __________________
(7) __________________
Read the passage and name the following.
Young and devoted apprentice
Read the passage and name the following.
Language of the novel.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the review.
Manolin’s parents insisted on his working with the same old fisherman.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the review.
The relationship between the old man and Manolin is coarse.
The review describes the struggle between the old man with the marlin and sharks, Ernest Hemingway’s struggle against defeat or death, and noble struggle against destruction. Find all the words from the text that are related to the word ‘brave’ or ‘courage’.
- strength
- _________
- _________
- _________
- _________
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 |
