What do you think about the relationship between this boy and man?
Santiago: Spanish for James; St. James was a fisherman in the bible. According to legend, James was tortured to death and not allowed to be buried (by the king of Palestine), his followers put him in a marble sarcophagus on board a small boat. The boat was driven by the current to the coast of Spain. (Santiago is the patron saint of Spain)
Manolin: A shortened form of the name Emmanuel, the redeemer
What can you tell us about their way of life?
What is going on in their conversation?
What do you make of the line: "There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction every day."
The old man’s luck comes up a few times, number’s luck too, what do you think about luck and its role in the story?
What can we tell about the setting so far?
What do you think is the role of baseball in this story?
How does that Cuban respect show up in this section?
Discuss the effectiveness of Hemingway's descriptions: the man, butcheries, boat, local people, shack, old man sleeping
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