Answer:
B. To enable the reader to visualize the ferocity of Santiago's foe.
Explanation:
In Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man And The Sea", the endurance and experience of the old fisherman was in direct contrast with his victim, the marlin that he had caught. The experienced old man battled with the fish in his attempt to keep it under control but later lost almost all except the bones to the sharks.
Hemingway provided detailed description of the shark attacking Santiago's marlin. The shark was a <em>"fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy"</em>. Santiago also admitted the shark "<em>had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished"</em>. The detailed description of the shark enables the reader to visualize the shark's ferocity against the old man's experience yet old age.
A, i think, because i think that is the only one that makes sense.
There are five types of literary conflict. These are:
1) Man vs Man or Character vs Character
2) Man vs Nature
3) Man vs Society
4) Man vs Self
5) Man vs Technology
In the story, the conflict between Odysseus and the cyclops is MAN VS MAN.
Man vs Man conflict has the following criteria:
<span>1) Characters are pitted against one another.
2) The antagonist (or other character) tries to keep the protagonist from reaching his goal.
<span>3) The protagonist must overcome the efforts of the antagonist to reach his goal.</span></span>
