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Learn about preparing the second bucktail in fly tying for fly fishing clouser minnow in this free how-to video on making clouser minnows for fly fishing.
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Last week, CNN delayed for a few hours the scheduled Tuesday night broadcast debut of its much-hyped documentary series "Planet in Peril" due to live coverage of the tragic wildfires that have displaced more than 500,000 people in Southern California. But that didn’t keep CNN "golden boy" reporter Anderson Cooper from using the tragedy to tout the program he starred in as much as he could.
Cooper constantly claimed during the week that the fires provided further confirmation of the documentary’s prediction of an eco-catastrophe. Cooper said that higher temperature due to global warming may have been a factor. It was a "timely documentary," Cooper said last Tuesday on CNN’s "Larry King Live", because "California certainly seems to be in peril."
But ironically, much of the reason California is in peril is due not to climate change, but to the very environmental policies championed by Cooper’s documentary and our new Nobel laureate, Al Gore. While, in its statement praising Gore, the Nobel Committee said that global warming may "threaten the living conditions of much of mankind," the current wildfires show that the more immediate threat to man comes from the champions of the gnatcatcher, kangaroo rat, and the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving fly.
Environmental mandates have made fire safety for humans take a back seat to the well-being of the aforementioned California creatures, as well as that of every bug and rat lucky enough to be listed as an "endangered species" under federal and state law. For over a decade, environmentalists have hamstrung Californians in their efforts to clear the dry brush that is providing the fuel for this massive fire. If any of these endangered or even "threatened" species are found in shrubs or bushes on public or private property, it becomes very difficult to give this vegetation even the slightest haircut. This is true even if city codes require firebreaks to be built.
An example of the legal strait jacket that homewoners faced in the areas hit by the fires is the "brush management guide" on the City of San Diego web site. The confusing instructions state that vegetation within 100 feet of homes in canyon areas "must be thinned and pruned regularly." But then, the same sentence goes on to state that this must be achieved "without harming native plants, soil or habitats."
Then in fine print at the bottom of the page, the real kicker comes in:
"Brush management is not allowed in coastal sage scrub during the California gnatcatcher nesting season, from March 1st through August 15th. This small bird only lives in coastal sage scrub and is listed as a threatened species by the federal government. Any harm to this bird could result in fines and penalties."
Coastal sage scrub is a low plant ubiquitous near coastal California that grows like a weed under almost any condition. And since gnatcatcher nesting season lasts almost six months, there could be much buildup of sage scrub that becomes hard for homeowners to control. Especially since the maintenance rules severely restrict the use of mechanical brush-clearing devices even when gnat nesting season is over.
The tragedy is that this shows that not much has changed even after previous warnings from experts that environmental rules were on a collision course with fire safety in California and many other places, because they prevented the removal of "excess fuel" for fires from dense stands of trees and vegetation. Southern California homes were lost in 1993 after the federal Fish and Wildlife Service told homeowners that mechanical clearing of brush would likely violate the Endangered Species Act. The reason: it could alter the habitat of a newly-listed endangered species called the Stephens kangaroo rat.
Some exemptions were made, and clarifications were issued, but landowners still face the lingering risk that the simple act of building a firebreak can send them down the river if an endangered species is anywhere near their property. California’s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission, which had been created after wildfires in 2003 by then-Governor Gray Davis and whose members included Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as well as state legislators of both parties, concluded that "habitat preservation and environmental protection have often conflicted with sound fire safe planning."
But did this bipartisan finding or any of the documented harms to fire safety from environmental rules make it into CNN’s exploration of possible causes of the current fires? Not a gnatcatcher’s chance. Instead, climate "expert" Cooper told viewers Wednesday night that the wildfires were "symptoms of a planet in peril. Fire, drought, deforestation; it’s all connected."
Yet the data show that temperature for areas hit by the fire was well within average ranges, and came nowhere near the record highs. On Monday the 23rd, for instance the high temperature in Escondido was 84 degrees, and the high in Santa Ana was 87 degrees. According to temperature statistics from the National Weather Service, the mean high in both cities for that date is 79 degrees. What’s more, the record high for that date is 102 degrees in Escondido (in 1929) and 103 degrees in Santa Ana (in 1965). So tell us again, Anderson, how global warming is to blame, when the weather where the fires struck was not nearly as hot as it was more than 40 years ago and almost 80 years ago!
What about those harsh Santa Ana winds? Well, they are pretty strong. Here’s one writer’s description: "It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch."
Woooo! What a great description of the winds last week. Except that this passage wasn’t written last week, last month, or last year. It was written by detective fiction master Raymond Chandler to describe the Santa Ana winds of about 70 years ago. It’s in the opening paragraph of his famous short story "Red Wind," first published in 1938. So rough winds are nothing new under the California sun!
What’s really changing the "climate" in Southern California is that there is more fuel for fires, since much less of the brush, as well as disease-infested trees, can be cleared, thanks to environmental mandates.
The problem is even worse on land owned by the federal and state governments. To satisfy the feds, San Diego has placed more than 170,000 acres off limit to development for the exclusive purpose, in the city’s words, of "protect[ing] habitat for over 1,000 native and non-native plant species and more than 380 species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals." Hugh Hewitt, the California radio talk show host and author who is also a real estate attorney, has noted in the Weekly Standard:
"The land that has passed into ‘conserved’ status is at even greater risk of fire than private land that is home to a protected species because absolutely no one cares for its fire management policy. The scrum of planners, consultants and G-11s that put together these plans should be monitoring these areas closely. Instead, they regulate and move on to savage the property rights of the next region."
And enviro groups also get more and more land locked up by conveniently finding more species to petition the government to protect. In California, as in other places, it’s often a case of creative subdividing of essentially the same species. First it was the Stephens kangaroo rat whose designation as endangered put much brush clearance off limits. Then, in 1998, the San Bernardino kangaroo rat got listed. Also under federal protection is the Fresno kangaroo rat. And so on and so on.
Across the country, fires have become more destructive as trees and shrubs gain "protected" status preventing them form being cleared. As Bill Croke noted last week in American Thinker, In the last two decades annual timber production on the national forests in the West has decreased from roughly 12 billion board feet to less than 3 billion today. This has resulted in brush-choked forests with large "fuel loads."
The ironic thing is that all this "protection" at the expense of humans doesn’t necessarily work out for the gnatcatchers — not to mention more majestic creatures — anyway. According to the Associated Press, the fires struck close to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, threatening condors, a cheetah, and many other animals. The Blue Ribbon Fire Commission found that the 2003 wildfires resulted in "the loss of valuable watershed, wildlife, and critical environmental habitats."
Of course, saving species never really was the objective of many enviros. It’s just a subterfuge for their main interest of controlling the human species.
Endangered Species Act abuses, including those that prevented fire breaks in Southern California, were an issue that helped get the GOP in power in 1994. But with some exceptions like former Rep. Richard Pombo of California, Republicans began to abandon this issue, lest they be branded as anti-green. It’s time for the GOP, as well as truly moderate Democrats, to befriend again the threatened species known as the beleaguered property owner.
And if the Nobel Committee really wanted to give an award to folks preventing a hazard threatening mankind, they should rescind Al Gore’s prize and hand it to the brave California firefighters whose jobs have been made so much harder by the nonsensical practices of the environmental movement.
I agree that yours is a long question. I also agree that environmentalist are misguided. It is one thing to save the whale from harpooning, or baby seals from getting smacked with baseball bats, it is quite another to think that by non forestation and good forestry planing we can not harvest and control our forest and still have a habitat for wild species. The spotted owl, save their nest, what happens when a forest fire burns it down. The scrub you speak of, now those poor birds no longer have a nesting habitat, my guess is that come the nesting season, they will find one suitable. This is typical radical behavior, not give a solution that is in the best interest of all concern. I say your on the right track. The solution is protect the habitat from fires. The species will thrive, or maybe not, isn’t that what Darwin’s whole theory is about, survival of the fittest? If they don’t adapt, then surely they will be extinct in the future, not because of man, but because they failed to evolve.
Different fly fishing rods are made for catching different kinds of fish. Learn how to choose the right fly fishing rod for your fishing mission in this free outdoor sports video lesson.
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Can anyone give me some explanation for this? I have heard, and read, that swifts spend much time, even years, without touching down, and even sleeping on the wing. How is this possible? To me it sounds a bit like a pilot falling asleep in his cockpit during a flight. A fish can be suspended in water in one spot but anything that wants to remain airborne needs to keep moving… so how do they do it without crashing? And how can an animal that relies on daytime vision keep flying at night without crashing? Do they have any alternative method (other than vision) to guide them at night?
"A swift adapts the shape of its wings to the immediate task at hand: folding them back to chase insects, or stretching them out to sleep in flight…
Swifts spend almost their entire life in the air. During flight, they continually change the shape of their wings from spread wide to swept back. When they fly slowly and straight on, extended wings carry swifts 1.5 times farther and keep them airborne twice as long. To fly fast, swifts need to sweep back their wings to gain a similar advantage…
Swifts do not land to roost, but spend the night at 1.5 km above the ground…To measure their flight speed, Swedish scientists used radar. They found that swifts let the air blow past their wings at 8 to 10 m/s (29-36 km/h). At these air speeds, swift wings deliver maximum flight efficiency. For the swift that means more gliding and less flapping to maintain altitude…
The swifts for this study had been brought in dead or dying to seven Dutch bird sanctuaries. Swifts, when forced to land on the ground, cannot take off by themselves and will starve unless a kind and timely passer-by throws them in the air. Swifts are the most aerial of birds. They migrate annually from South Africa to Europe. Over their lifetime, swifts cover 4.5 million kilometres, a distance equal to six round trips to the moon or 100 times around the Earth. At day, swifts hunt insects; at night they ‘roost’ in flight. Swifts even mate in the air and land only lay their eggs, in nests tucked away into crevices of walls and cliffs. Swifts are not related to swallows. They are family of another well-known aerial acrobat, the hummingbird.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070427113243.htm
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The Girl who walks into my life
Avoiding the broken glass from her feet
Leaving her footmarks every where she steps
Poison sprayed everywhere around me
The girl who is not new to the ex
Legs don’t fail me now
Lady gives me a stare
Sensing my body is weak
Body unfamiliar with her soul
Eyes cant blink
Blood pressure Raising Up
Her presence knocks a wave to me
A warrent begging for her arrest
Friends giving the hate
While the grim reaper is smiling about my fate
Attracted to her scent,
Seduced to take control of me
Giving me a kiss
With her sweet touch
Kissing her aggressively
Her thoughts are making unfamiliar touches
Cells are fighting till they are defeated
Takes controls of my eyes
Making me blurry and unseen
Controls my muscles. making me weak
Mouth to weak, to speak
She stopped with her last touch
Guiding to me a different universe
Turn the knob, where light is stretched by the door
The rabbit greets me and gives me a map
Trees leading me to a peaceful place
Police and Gangbangers getting along
Swimming with birds
Flying with the fishes
Lights shining on the horizon
With a green sun
Red grass shuffling on my feet
My vacation is over
Giant red guy wearing a big white cross
Driving me somewhere in order to help
Stop and staring, thinking how the world is going to end
My body is moving all in the air
White light shining on my eyes
Reaper puts his finger on my head
Not resting in peace
Cemetery has another customer
Not visting me when she is responsible
Not at least apologizing
Parents weep, making the devil happy
Tombstone has the last of me
Soul leaving to the sound of the bell
Clouds opening to me
Welcomed by the savior
I am dead……………
WOW WOW WOW that is some poem you wrote all snaps to you a 10 and I hope the person in the poem gets help before the end 10
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Hi, we were assigned a project in which we had to write a creation myth. This is mine. I was hoping that you all could read it and foremost, give me a very detailed grammar check, and maybe tell me what you think. Also if you think I could phrase something better that please tell me.
As part of the assignment, we had to make sure that our myths fulfilledd four purposes.
1. Instill Awe about the world
2. Support Native American customs
3. Guide people (morally)
4. Explain something about the world
-Please read the story and tell me if you think it does this.
I know that this story is rather lengthy, but if you could find it in your heart to help someone like me with their paper, please read and check it. This would help me out so much. After all who better to come to than the Yahoo Answer community. Anyways thanks in advance. -Ben
Here is my story:
The Origin of the Rivers
In the beginning, before men, there were many powerful gods. The gods had lived for a countless amount of years in the spirit world, when they grew tired of their world and wanted to create a new one. The gods quarreled over what it would be like, what would inhabit it, and more importantly, who would create it.
The eldest god called together a great council of twelve of the wisest gods. The eldest god explained that the new world would be created by the most astute and athletic of the gods. The council decided upon a series of trials to determine the most able of body and sound of mind. After careful thought and consideration of the competition by the council, the great ones decided upon three tasks that would test each competitor’s abilities.
Alas, after much thought and careful planning, the eldest god called together a meeting of the tribe. “First,” said the great chieftain with much authority and sternness, “the most gallant of this mighty tribe will assemble when day breaks three moons from this hour.” The entire tribe began to talk among themselves, wondering who would participate in the trials to come.
On the day of the trials, ten of the bravest and most powerful warrior gods assemble before the great council of elders. The elders explained that in the trial the gods would have to run across the Great Desert of Endumortus, climb the mountain of Great Riddilus, and finally answer correctly the riddle of transcendence. The competitors marveled at the difficulty of the challenge. The competitors lined up at the beginning of the desert and began to run. Many grew weary after a short amount of time and could no longer compete. Only six gods were left after the desert crossing, still the most difficult challenge remained as they began to ascend the great mountain. When they reached the summit, only three were left. They were the gods Buenos, Medianus, and Malus.
As the three warriors stood atop the summit, the great spirit Riddilus appeared before them. He was adorned in a large headdress. He said, “What are two things that one can never eat for breakfast?”. All three gods thought for some period of time and replied in unison, “Lunch and dinner.” Riddilus smirked at the cleverness of the warriors. He then lifted the three gods and placed them upon his back. He flew to the foothills of the mountain where the council of elders awaited the return of the victorious warrior.
The elder council was shocked that three gods had completed the task. They had only anticipated one god to complete such a rigorous course. The eldest god called for a immediate meeting with the council members to decide what to do with the victors. After a brief discussion, they decided to allow all three members to work on the new world. The elders saw potential in each of them that could be combined to form a better world than could be made by a single god.
Medianus and Buenos were fine with the new arrangements, but Malus thought that he could create a better world without the help of the others. However, Malus did not show this rage and instead pretended as though he was satisfied with cooperating with Medianus and Buenos.
Then the council then left the triumvirate to themselves. The three began to talk about what should be in the world and what should not. Medianus began to form the new world. As he did this, he also created rocks, dirt, plants, animals, as well as the rain. He also created a creature to inhabit this new place, man. Malus sees this and begins to hate this new creature. Malus thought for a short time and eventually Malus began to work. He started a drought, as he was of the crooked mind and could only take away and not create. The drought took away the many good things that Medianus had given man.
Buenos however, liked man and wanted to help him. Buenos could not take away the drought as it was started by a god of equal standing. Buenos began to ponder a solution to this problem. He went down to visit this new world. As Buenos arrived, he began to hear the cries of suffering and pain caused by Malus’ drought. He watched as whole groups of people vanished from the lack of Medianus’ rain. He also watched as he saw animals die and plants wither from the heat and lack of water. Buenos sat upon a rock and started to think of a way to help the poor creatures.
Buenos sat on the same rock for many days, contemplating the problem at hand. Buenos needed a way to bring water to these people, without them having to rely on the rain. Buenos eventually came up with the idea to create the oceans. He walked to the middle of the desert and began to fill it with a vast amount of water. This restored life to the surrounding lands. Buenos was very happy with his creation. He was so happy that in fact he stayed on the new world to wait for man to see what he had made.
When man first gazed upon the oceans, he was in awe of the endless supply of water. The many people ran to the shore of the ocean to drink from the newly found wealth. The people delighted in the taste of the refreshing water. This angered Malus. As the new world blossomed and became full of life, Malus became more discontent. Malus began to think of a way to outdo what Buenos had made. Malus decided that he would taint the water with salt.
Man went about his life happily. The ocean provided all the water they would need in times of drought. However this would not last. Malus poisoned all of the world’s water with the wretched salts. This killed the plants and it also made the water undrinkable. Man began to panic at the thought of life without the precious gift that Buenos had bestowed upon them.
Buenos was furious with what Malus had done to his creation. Buenos knew however that he could not tamper with the work of another god. Buenos quickly thought of a plan to create a source of water that could not be touched and that would spread throughout the entire land. Buenos then separated the ground and filled this void with fresh water. He then walked along the water and it flowed. Buenos then proclaimed his new creation to man. He called this new body of water “the river“. He was happy with his river and so was man. The world once again flourished and man was able to use the power of the river to travel on canoes and to fish.
Malus was once again angered by what Buenos had done. Malus tried to poison the river, but any salt that he put into it, would simply flow down the river and into the ocean. Buenos was enraged by Malus’ actions. He was determined to stop Malus’ attempts to ruin the world.
Buenos called upon Medianus to assist him with Malus. Medianus agreed to help and they both began to search for Malus. They found him lying on the beach of the great ocean that he had destroyed. Medianus and Buenos both lifted him, and they threw him into the middle of the ocean. Malus tried to stay afloat, but he gave up after a short while. He then sunk to the cold dark bottom of the ocean.
After Malus was killed the world continued to grow. Man was thankful of the good things that Buenos had given them. The people all across the land began to thank Buenos. They sang and danced like the current in the river to praise him. Buenos promised man that he would watch over the water of the world. Buenos became known as “The River Spirit” of the new world that he had helped to create.
The Origin of the Rivers
In the beginning, before men, there were many powerful gods. The gods had lived for a countless amount of years in the spirit world, when they grew tired of their world and wanted to create a new one. The gods quarreled over what it would be like, what would inhabit it, and more importantly, who would create it.
The eldest god called together a great council of twelve of the wisest gods. The eldest god explained that the new world would be created by the most astute and athletic of the gods. The council decided upon a series of trials to determine the most able of body and sound of mind. After careful thought and consideration of the competition by the council, the great ones decided upon three tasks that would test each competitor’s abilities.
Alas, after much thought and careful planning, the eldest god called together a meeting of the tribe. “First,” said the great chieftain with much authority and sternness, “the most gallant of this mighty tribe will assemble when day breaks three moons from this hour.” The entire tribe began to talk among themselves, wondering who would participate in the trials to come.
On the day of the trials, ten of the bravest and most powerful warrior gods assemble before the great council of elders. The elders explained that in the trial the gods would have to run across the Great Desert of Endumortus, climb the mountain of Great Riddilus, and finally answer correctly the riddle of transcendence. The competitors marveled at the difficulty of the challenge. The competitors lined up at the beginning of the desert and began to run. Many grew weary after a short amount of time and could no longer compete. Only six gods were left after the desert crossing, still the most difficult challenge remained as they began to ascend the great mountain. When they reached the summit, only three were left. They were the gods Buenos, Medianus, and Malus.
As the three warriors stood atop the summit, the great spirit Riddilus appeared before them. He was adorned in a large headdress. He said, “What are two things that one can never eat for breakfast?”. All three gods thought for some period of time and replied in unison, “Lunch and dinner.” Riddilus smirked at the cleverness of the warriors. He then lifted the three gods and placed them upon his back. He flew to the foothills of the mountain where the council of elders awaited the return of the victorious warrior.
The elder council was shocked that three gods had completed the task. They had only anticipated one god to complete such a rigorous course. The eldest god called for a immediate meeting with the council members to decide what to do with the victors. After a brief discussion, they decided to allow all three members to work on the new world. The elders saw a single god could make potential in each of them that could be combined to form a better world than.
Medianus and Buenos were fine with the new arrangements, but Malus thought that he could create a better world without the help of the others. However, Malus did not show this rage and instead pretended as though he was satisfied with cooperating with Medianus and Buenos.
Then the council then left the triumvirate to themselves. The three began to talk about what should be in the world and what should not. Medianus began to form the new world. As he did this, he also created rocks, dirt, plants, animals, as well as the rain. He also created a creature to inhabit this new place, man. Malus sees this and begins to hate this new creature. Malus thought for a short time and eventually Malus began to work. He started a drought, as he was of the crooked mind and could only take away and not create. The drought took away the many good things that Medianus had given man.
Buenos however, liked man and wanted to help him. Buenos could not take away the drought as a god of equal standing started it. Buenos began to ponder a solution to this problem. He went down to visit this new world. As Buenos arrived, he began to hear the cries of suffering and pain caused by Malus’ drought. He watched as whole groups of people vanished from the lack of Medianus’ rain. He also watched as he saw animals die and plants wither from the heat and lack of water. Buenos sat upon a rock and started to think of a way to help the poor creatures.
Buenos sat on the same rock for many days, contemplating the problem at hand. Buenos needed a way to bring water to these people, without them having to rely on the rain. Buenos eventually came up with the idea to create the oceans. He walked to the middle of the desert and began to fill it with a vast amount of water. This restored life to the surrounding lands. Buenos was very happy with his creation. He was so happy that in fact he stayed on the new world to wait for man to see what he had made.
When man first gazed upon the oceans, he was in awe of the endless supply of water. The many people ran to the shore of the ocean to drink from the newly found wealth. The people delighted in the taste of the refreshing water. This angered Malus. As the new world blossomed and became full of life, Malus became more discontent. Malus began to think of a way to outdo what Buenos had made. Malus decided that he would taint the water with salt.
Man went about his life happily. The ocean provided all the water they would need in times of drought. However this would not last. Malus poisoned all of the world’s water with the wretched salts. This killed the plants and it made the water undrinkable. Man began to panic at the thought of life without the precious gift that Buenos had bestowed upon them.
Buenos was furious with what Malus had done to his creation. Buenos knew however that he could not tamper with the work of another god. Buenos quickly thought of a plan to create a source of water that could not be touched and that would spread throughout the entire land. Buenos then separated the ground and filled this void with fresh water. He then walked along the water and it flowed. Buenos then proclaimed his new creation to man. He called this new body of water “the river“. He was happy with his river and so was man. The world once again flourished and man was able to use the power of the river to travel on canoes and to fish.
Malus was once again angered by what Buenos had done. Malus tried to poison the river, but any salt that he put into it, would simply flow down the river and into the ocean. Buenos was enraged by Malus’ actions. He was determined to stop Malus’ attempts to ruin the world.
Buenos called upon Medianus to assist him with Malus. Medianus agreed to help and they both began to search for Malus. They found him lying on the beach of the great ocean that he had destroyed. Medianus and Buenos both lifted him, and they threw him into the middle of the ocean. Malus tried to stay afloat, but he gave up after a short while. He then sunk to the cold dark bottom of the ocean.
After Malus was killed, the world continued to grow. Man was thankful of the good things that Buenos had given them. The people all across the land began to thank Buenos. They sang and danced like the current in the river to praise him. Buenos promised man that he would watch over the water of the world. Buenos became known as “The River Spirit” of the new world that he had helped to create.
I corrected like three things check them I tried my best… the story was great by the way.
can anyone answer these questions immediately?
1. Who is Santiago? Describe him.
2. Who is Manolin?
3. Identify Martin.
4. Why is the boy not fishing with the old man anymore? Does he want to?
5. What did the other fishermen think of the old man?
6. Describe Santiago’s house.
7. What’s the point behind the conversation about yellow rice with fish and the cast net?
8. Why is there so much talk about baseball, specifically DiMaggio?
9. "There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you." What does the boy mean?
10. What is Hemingway’s point to having the old man say, "I may not be as strong as I think . . .
11. What did the old man dream about?
Reading Assignment #2
1. How did Santiago think of the sea? (To what does he compare it?)
2. "It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes, you are ready."
Explain.
3. What fish did the old man catch first?
4. "If the other heard me talking out loud, they would think that I am crazy . . . But since I am not crazy, I do not care." What does that tell us about the old man’s character?
5. What happened when the old man first tried to pull in the bill fish?
6. What does the old man think of porpoises and flying fish, and the pair of marlin he had hooked before?
7. Santiago often wishes the boy were there. Why?
8. "His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps
. . . My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people . . . in the world." Explain the importance of this passage.
9. Why did Santiago want the fish to turn and swim with the current?
10. Explain the significance of "Take a good rest, small bird . . . Then go in and take your chances like any man or bird or fish."
11. What happened when the fish lurched?
12. What was Santiago’s problem with the left hand?
Old Man Short Answer Study Guide Questions Page 2
Reading Assignment #3
1. How big was the fish?
2. "But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them, although they are more noble and more able." What’s Hemingway saying?
3. "He settled comfortably against the wood and took his suffering as it came . . . " is one of the many religious references in the novel. To whom is Santiago compared in this one?
4. Santiago feels he must "prove himself" to the fish and to the boy. "Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time . . . . " What is the implication in broader terms; do we EVER stop having to prove ourselves (according to Hemingway)?
5. Who was El Campeon? How did he get that name?
6. What second fish did the old man catch, and what will he do with it?
7. Santiago tries to justify killing the big fish by thinking of how many people he will feed.What does the old man conclude?
8. Santiago sleeps again. What does he dream of now?
9. What woke him up?
10. When did the fish start to circle?
11. How did the old man kill the big fish?
Reading Assignment #4
1. How did Santiago intend to take the fish back to port since the fish was bigger than the boat?
2. Santiago asks himself," . . . is he bringing me in or am I bringing him in?" What does he conclude?
3. What problem did the old man have getting the fish home?
4. What are the old man’s arguments with himself about whether or not killing the big fish is a sin? (What arguments does he make for and against it being a sin?)
5. The old man apologizes to the big fish. ("I am sorry that I went too far out. I ruined us both.") Why?
6. What of the big fish is left by the time Santiago reaches home?
7. With the mast on his shoulder, Santiago had to stop and rest five times on his way home.
What is the symbolic reference?
8. Identify Pedrico.
9. Why does Manolin cry?
10. What is the conclusion of the story?
i have read the book i just didnt understand it so i need help with these questions.
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