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    1) The Old Man and the Sea is a story that evokes pity through the depiction of the old man's destitution and struggle to catch fish to support himself. 2) The old man pities the giant fish he catches, referring to it as his "brother" and saying he loves and respects it, though he must kill it. 3) Readers feel pity for the old man's difficult circumstances, as shown by his dangerous fishing expedition out of necessity after not catching a fish for 40 days, and especially when he returns home with just the fish's backbone.

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    1) The Old Man and the Sea is a story that evokes pity through the depiction of the old man's destitution and struggle to catch fish to support himself. 2) The old man pities the giant fish he catches, referring to it as his "brother" and saying he loves and respects it, though he must kill it. 3) Readers feel pity for the old man's difficult circumstances, as shown by his dangerous fishing expedition out of necessity after not catching a fish for 40 days, and especially when he returns home with just the fish's backbone.

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    The Old Man and The Sea Final WW1

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    1) The Old Man and the Sea is a story that evokes pity through the depiction of the old man's destitution and struggle to catch fish to support himself. 2) The old man pities the giant fish he catches, referring to it as his "brother" and saying he loves and respects it, though he must kill it. 3) Readers feel pity for the old man's difficult circumstances, as shown by his dangerous fishing expedition out of necessity after not catching a fish for 40 days, and especially when he returns home with just the fish's backbone.

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    Isabel De La Calle

    Mrs. Cereghino

    JH Literature

    8 March 2022

    The Old Man and the sea, Written Response #1

    The Old Man and The Sea is a story of pity because the reader pities the old man’s destitution, as the old

    man pities the fish he has caught. The old man begins to "pity the great fish that he had hooked” (page

    48) after he has caught him, because he often refers to them as his brothers. He is unhappy to have to

    kill him. The old man says to the fish “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead

    before this day ends” (page 54). Although he is going to kill it, he respects the fish, and he does not seek

    needless suffering for him. Pity can also be seen in the old man, going on a dangerous expedition to fish,

    because he needs money to cover his basic needs. We experience pity ourselves towards the poor old

    man, down on his luck, who had been "forty days without a fish” (page 1). Especially in the end, when

    the old man finally makes it back home with only the backbone of the giant fish, we feel tremendous

    pity for Santiago. The Old Man and The Sea is filled with moments of pity, an emotion seen throughout

    the book, and experienced by the reader as well.

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