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There is an old fisherman in Cuba, Santiago, who has gone eighty-four days without a catch. He is "thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck,...and his hands had deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert" (10). Santiago's lack of success, though, does not destroy his spirit, as his "cheerful and undefeated" eyes show (10). He has a single friend, a boy named Manolin, who helped him during the first forty days of his dryspell. After forty days, though, Manolin's parents decided the old man was unlucky and ordered their son to join another boat. Despite this, the boy helps the old man to bring in his empty boat every day.

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Posted By le b #328145 at Jun 09, 2013 12:04 AM

Why has the boy been ordered not to fish with the old man?

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Posted By brianna l #327325 at Jun 03, 2013 9:02 PM

What does Santiago do when another fish takes the bait on another line?

In the book on some page it says what specifically he does. He cuts it loose, or he hopes it's small enough to attract other big fish. I have no idea which answer it is.. Im trying to

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Posted By bailee f #322083 at May 11, 2013 9:55 PM

the old man thinks of god as?

what he thinks about god

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