Question

Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea to relate the struggles fishermen go through just to survive. In his novella, he conveys a sympathetic tone toward the subject.
Which quotations from the text help to convey a sympathetic tone?

Select each correct answer.


“He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now.”

“Then, as he leaned against the line and slapped his left hand hard and fast against his thigh he saw the line slanting slowly upward."

“He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long gone pride and he put it against the fish’s agony…”

“He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.”

“You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman.”

Answer 1

Hemmingway's sympathetic tone is quoted in option c: "He took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long-gone pride and he put it against the fish’s agony…”

What quotation covey a sympathetic tone?

The fish swam steadily and the boat drifted slowly across the dark water, and he settled comfortably against the wood and accepted his misery as it came. Santiago "pressed all of his pain, what was left of his power, and his long-gone pride against the fish's suffering."

Therefore, option (c) or (iii) is the correct answer.

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