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Nothing
When the fisherman tells the kids he's them a gift after the boat ride, what did the nephew ask for?
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A small fishing boat.
What is a skiff?
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They didn’t name the dog because “it would have been too personal” (264). There could be no attachment. The fisherman would have “wept”.
Why didn't they name the dog?
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Christmas Day
What particular day was it?
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Not so much love. She has to deal with his "unsympathetic" and "hard-driving" behavior. "There had been times when in her loneliness she had yearned to leave him for another man" (252)
What's the fishermen's relationship with his wife like?
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A very small area of solid land in the middle of a body of water.
What is a ledge?
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He doesn't want his wife to help
When the fisherman thinks his wife could save them from the ledge, "he rejected this arithmetic immediately, with a sickening shock"(262). Why?
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His sons rubber boot and sock
What was the dead fisherman holding under his right elbow?
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He listened to the exact instructions that his father was giving him which is a very responsible action a 13 year old could do.
At the end of the chapter what did the son do that was “the greatest thing that can be done?” Why is it so great?
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To set someone free of guilt, blame, or responsibility.
"... him [the fisherman] exaggerated beyond remorse or grief, absolved of his mortality" (266). What does "absolved" mean?
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He became vulnerable and showed his true, kind self, and attempted to save his son.
Why was the fisherman so nice to the boys towards the end of the story?
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Drink whiskey.
What did the fisherman make his son do in order to stay warm on the ledge?
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