Oct 28 2007
The Old Mans ?’s
These are questions that the class had concerning the book.
Why does the old man keep contradicting himself? I think the reason he contradicting him self is that he cant talk to anyone for advice so he talks to himself. it gives him away to think of different solutions to a problem he encounters.
Why does he wish he’d never caught the fish? By catching the fish and the sharks eaten it he has insulted the fishes honor. Since the sharks have eaten the fish he thinks of him self of less of a man because he has killed such a great fish which deserve respect.
Why did he not bring some way to drain or blot up the blood? The reason why he doesn’t blot up the blood is that he hasn’t caught a fish this size before so he would normally put the fish in the boat.
Why is he obsessed with bone spurs? I don’t think that he is obsessed about the bone spurs he just wants to know if he has the same pains as ”The great DiMaggio.” if the knows the pain of DiMaggio and compare it to him self he can tell if he is as strong as him.
What is the boy to him? The boy is what gives the old man strength and courage to carry on, he always knows that the boy is going to care for him when no one ells will, so if it weren’t for the boy he probably wouldn’t have mad it. I think the only reason he didn’t die at sea is that he new the boy still needed him.
Why does he feel that killing the shark might be a sin? I think because the sharks are just being sharks. So it would be like the sharks killing him for fishing, the sharks are just making a living not doing anything wrong.
