Answer: From the very first paragraph, Santiago is characterized as someone struggling against defeat. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish—he will soon pass his own record of eighty-seven days. Almost as a reminder of Santiago’s struggle, the sail of his skiff resembles “the flag of permanent defeat.” But the old man refuses defeat at every turn: he resolves to sail out beyond the other fishermen to where the biggest fish promise to be. He lands the marlin, tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks from stealing his prey, even though he knows the battle is useless.
Because Santiago is pitted against the creatures of the sea, some readers choose to view the tale as a chronicle of man’s battle against the natural world, but the novella is, more accurately, the story of man’s place within nature. Both Santiago and the marlin display qualities of pride, honor, and bravery, and both are subject to the same eternal law: they must kill or be killed. As Santiago reflects when he watches the weary warbler fly toward shore, where it will inevitably meet the hawk, the world is filled with predators, and no living thing can escape the inevitable struggle that will lead to its death. Santiago lives according to his own observation: “man is not made for defeat . . . [a] man can be destroyed but not defeated.” In Hemingway’s portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men (and animals) will nonetheless refuse to give in to its power. Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man’s trophy catch.
Explanation:
The author's argument would be most effectively strengthened by using reliable sources and precise data. Without any cold hard facts, all of these points that the author has provided may be considered assumptions, so with facts and reliable sources, the information will be much more reliable.
Answer: C. Perfect in motivations and actions.
Explanation: In ancient Greece, Aristotle was the one who defined tragedy like ""the imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude, complete in itself." he also wrote a meticulous and strict description of how the tragic hero or heroine must be, and how must they act. The characteristic that isn't typical of a tragic hero or heroine is that is perfect in motivations and actions, in the contrary the heroes always had flaws that made them realistic to the audience.
