~The sea devil questions~ 

1) The man liked to fish by night because he enjoyed casting alone and found it very different from what they did in the 20th century. This leads to the conflict because he as in the man is unable to see what he is catching when its dark and night outside. The significance is that he does not fish for a living he does only fish for fun because outside of fishing he has a life. 

2)  

~ when he slipped the knot over his wrist. 

~ when the author said, “he looked closely to make sure no stingray was hidden in the mesh.” 

~ when the man mentioned he let the baby porpoise go.    

3)   

The complicating incident:  when the man wasn’t going to cast anything until he saw two or three mullets together. 

A single crisis: when the man realized that he had caught a sea devil instead of some mullets. 

The climax: When the ray swam quickly and he decided to cut the rope, as his plan worked out in the end. 

The resolution: when the man decided to let the mullet go and he would never go casting at night alone. 

The ending:  The ending is a happy ending because he was saved and realized that its harder than he thought. 

4)   

Civilized world is where everyone is living and everything’s modern and   developed. 

Primitive world is where it’s only the natural aspects of earth and nature. 

The conflicted against the civilized world and primitive world is that the man against the ray and the darkness of the primitive world. The references of the planes and causeway were a sing or symbol to show that the humans have accomplished a lot. The planes were to show how or that we can float through the air to travel the world, and the lights near the causeway is to overcome the struggles and things that are harder of the darkness. Now the man’s wife that had been sitting in her house is to show that mankind or the community is that it stays protected, warm, and entertained during the night. 

5) At the end of the story in my opinion the man learns how it feels to not be the hunter and how to be the man that is trapped. The man had decided to release the mullet because the ray kind of taught the man a lesson of how it felt to be caught up, as the man felt sorry for the mullet. 

6)  

1. Personification – “the good, rough, honest wood” 

1. simile – “a great horned thing shot like a huge bat of the water” 

1. figurative language – “he saw the mullet he had just caught, gasping its life away on the floorboards of the skiff.” 

1. Vocabulary 

1)sullen – bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy. 

2)weltering – move in a turbulent fashion 

3)elemental – related to or embodying the powers of nature 

4)sinewy – consisting of or resembling sinews 

5)hoisted – raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys 

6)phosphorescence – light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat 

7)cordage – cords or ropes, especially in a ship’s rigging. 

8)exhilaration – a feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation. 

9)atavistic – relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral 

10)centrifugal – moving or tending to move away from a center. 

11)gauntly – extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. 

12)impeding – delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder. 

13)tenaciously – with a firm hold of something; closely. 

14)respite – a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant. 

15)equilibrium – a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced 

16)imminent – about to happen