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GEMS OF IMAGINATION, 31, well realizing that the bird cannot understand him still, he encouraged it to go and to take its chance boldly., Notes, desperate, posture, panic, fathom, moloi, mlei, opportune moment, 2iglo mowo, nBo, enormous, favourable, phosphorescence, Questions, A. Answer the questions in two or three sentences., 1., What does Santiago guess from the tension on, the line?, Santiago held the line between the thumb and the, forefinger of his right hand for sometime. Then, suddenly he felt a tentative pull, not solid, not, heavy, and he recognized that it was the bait left a, hundred fathoms down being eaten by a marlin., 2. What does Santiago tell the Marlin?, Santiago is excited and tells the Marlin not to be, shy and eat the bait. He says that the bait is so fresh

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in the cold water, in the dark should make another, and that the fish who was six hundred feet down, 3. How does the old man realise that the fish has, A CHORUS GUIDE, 32, turn and come and eat them., taken the bait?, Santiago felt a delicate pulling and then a harder, pull on the line. He guessed that it might be due to, the harder pull when the sardines head must have, been more difficult to break from the hook., 4. What does Santiago wish when he could not, pull the fish to the skiff?, When he was not able to pull the fish to the skiff, all alone, he longed for the company of the boy, Manolin. If he had been there he could make the, line fast so that the fish could not break it., 5. What are Santiago's expectations about the fish, coming up to the surface?, Santiago had hooked the fish by afternoon. Now it, was just two hours before sunset. Santiago has not, yet sighted the fish. He hopes that at least before, the sunset he might come up, if not in the night by, the time the moon comes up., 6. Why does the old man wish to see the fish?, Santiago is anxious to see the fish. he guesses that, he might have his mouth shut tight on the wire. He, longs to see the fish and recognise how strong his, opponent is., 2

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GEMS OF IMAGINATION, 33, 7. What are Santiago's thoughts about the, porpoises?, Santiago sensed the presence of the porpoises, around the boat. He appreciates their playfulness,, love and recognises them as his fraternity, like the, flying fish., 8. What was the saddest thing the old man ever, saw?, The saddest thing the old man ever saw was, once he had hooked a pair of marlin and he caught, the female and killed it, how the male had stayed, with her till the last and disappeared into the water, seeing the fate of his mate. bluo, 9. What are the choices before the fish and the old, when, man?, The choice of the fish had been to stay in the deep,, dark water far out beyond all snares, traps and, treacheries. Santiago's choices was to go there to, find him beyond all people, since they both were, joined together since noon with no one to help, either of them., 10. Describe how the old man gets the wound below, his eye., The fish in its desperate attempt to escape was, pulling hard with all its strength on one end. On, the other end the old man alone was pulling hard., As he was trying to join the two reserve coils to, the line, the fish made a surge and pulled him down, on his face and made a cut below his eyes., 3

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3. In his solitude, what thoughts about the fish, When the sun rises the next morning, Santiago tel, the fish that he loves and respects him very much, 11. What does Santiago tell the fish when the s, A CHORUS GUID., 34, 11. What does Santiago tell the fish when the., rises next morning?, When the sun rises the next morning, Santiago ta, He also tells him that he would kill him before, day ends., B. Answer the questions in about 100 words., 1. What thoughts go through Santiago's ming, when the marlin hesitates to take the bait?, When the marlin hesitates to take the bait Santiag, wishes he could drift and sleep for a while. Hi, thought about putting a part of the line around his, toe to alert or wake him up. But that day being th:, eighty fifth day, he is resolved not to sleep but to, Lre fish well., 2. What happens after the fish takes the bait?, The fish swallowed the bait and Santiago felt the, delicate pulling, then a harder pull and for a while, nothing more. But after a while he could feel the, gentle touch on the line and he was happy and, gradually felt the pull of heavy weight on, fingers. He gave more line and for a moment ne, could feel the increase of weight and that it wa, going down and farther away., 3. In his solitude, what thoughts about the, flash through Santiago's mind?, his, 4

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SMS OF IMAGINATION, 35, In his solitude, he started pitying the fish. he, wondered how big, wonderful, strange and how, old he might be. He thinks that he had never caught, such a strong or strange fish in his life. He thinks, that he might be too wise or that he might have, had earlier experiences of being hooked and that he, knew how to fight it. He appreciates the masculine, courage with which it has taken the bait and fights, without panic., . Describe the past incident when the old man, had hooked a female marlin., Once the old man had hooked a female marlin, and, it made a wild, panic-stricken, desperate fight that, exhausted her. All through the male stayed with, her crossing the line and circling with her on the, surface. Finally when the old man killed her and, caught her, put her in the sail boat, the male stayed, by the side of the boat. It even jumped high enough, into the air beside the boat to see the fate of his, mate. It went back sadly into the deep water, This, sight had broken the heart of Santiago., bish, 5. What does the old man want when the sun rises?, As time passes on without any progress, the old, man resolves to work back to the forty fathom bait, and cut it away too and link up the reserve coils., He was not sure of the fish he had already hooked, and guesses that it might be a marlin or a broadbill, or a shark. Though he had not felt him, all that he, wants to do is get rid of him at sunrise., 5