Old+Man+Sea

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA- Ernest Hemingway
Week One:

//Boy-// he loves the old man. he is very generous and is willing to help the old man.

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Our first week of book club started off by eating the food that Ashley brought in. Then we started to talk about our opinions on the book so far. We all agreed that it started off a little slow and boring but we're hoping that it will get better further into the book. Jake shared with us his questions and we answered them. Then we talked about the topic of this weeks book club, the characters, which so far, there are only two. The two characters are the old man, Santiago and the boy. The book isn't very good so far but we're hoping for it to get more exciting as we read.=====

Week Two-

//D- Ashley Cassa//
He believes in the old man and cause caught a huge fish with him once before. He uses his time and strength so that when he does catch a fish it is big. He gets all his supplies ready until he goes fishing. He has been fishing for most of this life and he makes money off of getting big fish**. Why doesnt the boys parents like the old man?** The old man hasnt caught alot of fish so they think the boy is wasting his time.
 * __Questions:__**
 * When does the boy want to stay on the boat with the old man?**
 * Why hasnt the old man caught a fish?**
 * What does he do while he isnt fishing?**
 * Why does the old man like fishing so much?**

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The way Ernest Hemingway wrote this book was very easy to understand and conversational so far. He didn't use any vocabulary that was too tough. I think this book was written at an 8th-9th grade level.======

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Our book club this week went very well. Even though Ashley didn't make her questions yet, we talked about how the Old Man was in the middle of catching a fish that he had on his pole for almost a whole day. It was interesting and Ashley plans on writing the questions this week. Mark, didn't bring in food though so we had to snag some from Ross so we would not starve. We are all wondering if he will catch the fish or not. So, we are planning to read ahead and see how this book will end up, and what the meaning of it is.======

Week 3-

//A- Jake Comito-Food B- Ashley Cassa C- Kate Curley D- Mark Ruoff

**__Questions: Mood/Tone:__** // In the "Old Man and the Sea" the mood of the book is very soft spoken. Since this book is for 9th graders, not all of the words are that small. Some of the words you had to look up. The emotion of the book is calm and laid back // For this weeks book club, we did not read to where we were supposed to, so we talked about what has happened so far and what we think will happen later in the book. We also talked about the mood and the tone of the book which is calm and not too exciting. We're hoping that it will get more interesting to make us want to read.
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Week 4-

A- Kate Curley (no food) B-Jake Comito (Questions) C-Mark Ruoff D-Ashley Cassa

__**Questions:**__

//1. Why does the old man not need barely any food?

2. Do you think the old man will end up catching the huge marlin?

3. How long will the old man take till he gives up trying to catch the fish? (or catches it)

4. Do you think the bird (warbler) symbolizes anything?

5. Why do you think the old man wants to catch the fish so bad?//

Week 5-

A- Mark (BROUGHT IN FOOD) B- Jake Comito (Questions) C- Ashley Cassa D- Kate Curley

__**Questions:**__

//1. Why does the old man blame himself for the sharks eating the marlin?

2. Do you think he is still proud of catching the marlin?

3. Did he bring anything back to shore?

4. Will he ever go out that far again?

5. How many sharks attacked the fish? What triggered it?//

__**Summary:**__ For the last final meeting, mark brought in the food. Jake ate most of the food, while everyone spoke their thoughts about the book. Kate asked us some questions and we all had different answers. The book was very confusing and you had to think about what was going to happen next.