Task 4: Hemingway’s Love of Fishing and Hunting
1. Read pages 76-107
2. Complete the Study Guide Questions for this section in 3-5 complete sentences! Include quotes to
support your answers.
SECTION FOUR: PAGES 76-106
1.
What does it mean to be a man or “to suffer like a man”? (92)
2.
Why does Santiago “not care who kills who”? (92)
3.
How does the marlin transcend his death? (94)
4.
How is the Mako Shark similar to the marlin? How is it different from the
shovel-nosed sharks? Find two quotes to support this.
5.
How does Santiago feel about hope? (104)
6.
Why can Santiago not look at the mutilated marlin?
7.
How does Hemingway continue to develop Santiago as a Christ-like figure?
8.
How does Santiago justify what he has done to the marlin? Do you feel he is
justified? Why or why not?
9.
Do you feel that the marlin has died in vain? Why?
10.
Explain the significance of: “The boy keeps me alive.” (106)
Task: Create a Photo Essay about Hemingway’s interest in Hunting and Fishing. The essay should answer the
following questions with a series of pictures and either direct quotes or paraphrased information:
1. Where did Hemingway hunt and fish?
2. What attracted him to these places?
3. Why was Hemingway so interested in hunting and fishing?
4. What human qualities, traits, and/or characteristics did Hemingway believe were valuable to possess or
develop as a result of hunting and fishing?
5. What were some memorable experiences Hemingway had while hunting or fishing?
6. What did Hemingway learn from his experiences hunting and fishing?
Requirements:
1. Your photo essay must contain a minimum of eight pictures.
2. Each picture must help to answer the questions and tell the story of Hemingway’s love of fishing and
hunting.
3. Each picture must be accompanied by a description in the form of a quote or paraphrased
information from your research that helps to explain the picture and answer the questions.
Descriptions must be a minimum of 3 sentences in length.
4. Each description (paraphrased or directly quoted) must contain an MLA parenthetical citation
5. Your photo essay must also include an MLA works cited list
Resources:
Clarke Historical Library
Hemingway Early Years- Click on Africa Link as well
The Art of Manliness
Images
PBS Hunting
Africa
Hemingway in Africa
Sample Photo Essay:
"A cat has absolute emotional
honesty: human beings, for one
reason or another, may hide their
feelings, but a cat does not"
(Hemingway qtd. in Thinkexist)
Hemingway and Castro met
only once at a fishing contest
in Cuba. After awarding
Hemingway the trophy for
winning the contest Castro
addressed Hemingway: “‘I am
a novice at fishing,’ said Fidel.
‘You are a lucky novice,’
replied Ernest.” (Michaud
para. 3)
Works Cited (should be a separate page)
Michaud, Jon. “Hemingway, Castro, and Cuba”. The New Yorker Online, May 22, 2012. Web. April 26, 2013.
Hemingway, Ernest. “Ernest Hemingway Quotes”. Think Exist. 2013. Web. April 26, 2013.