Questions
- The man fishes at night because during that time of day there tend to be more mullets to fish. This leads to the conflict with the ray because he sees the ray at night and the only reason, he fishes at night is because of the mullets.
- Some examples of foreshadowing are when he says the water is dangerous at night or that he ties the nose around his wrist. Also when he saved the baby porpoise
- Initiating incident: he sees a mullet jump out of the water and decides to go fishing
single crisis: The man gets pulled into the water
climax: the man frees himself
resolution: he swims to the surface slowly
type of ending: happy ending - Primitive – Natural aspects of the world, living to survive
Civilized – working, but enjoying life
The purpose of this was to show that man is not always as powerful as nature - He learns that we will not fish again at night. He also learns that good deed help you in the future at some point
- “A school of sardines suddenly, skittering along like drops of mercury.” (Simile) pg 36
“the good, rough, honest wood” (Personification) pg 41
“The night was breathless” (Personification) pg 32
Vocab
Sullen- Gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
Weltering- to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves
Elemental- having the power of a force of nature
Sinewy- Tough and difficult to cut, stringy
Hoisted- To raise something by using ropes or strength
Cordage- The ropes in the rigging of a ship or boat
Exhilaration- Feeling of great happiness and excitement
Atavistic- A recurrence to a past style, manner, outlook or activity
Centrifugal- Moving away from a center
Gauntly- Barren, Desolate
Impeding- To slow movement, progress, or action of something
Tenaciously- Very determined to do something
Respite- A period of temporary delay
Equilibrium- A state of balance, one force is not stronger than the other
Phosphorescence- Luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiations
Imminent- Happening very soon