1. Who is Santiago? Describe him.

2. Who is Manolin?

3. Identify Martin.

4. Why is the boy not fishing with the old man anymore? Does he want to?

5. What did the other fishermen think of the old man?

6. Describe Santiago's house.

7. What's the point behind the conversation about yellow rice with fish and the cast net?

8. Why is there so much talk about baseball, specifically DiMaggio?

9. "There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you." What does the

boy mean?

10. What is Hemingway's point to having the old man say, "I may not be as strong as I think . . .

11. What did the old man dream about?

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

the answer is:

when will (v) the books (n) be (v) due?

nouns refer to people (other than pronouns), places and things, whereas verbs describe actions and are usually part of the predicate of a sentence. finally, pronouns can work as nouns and identify the participants in speech.

in the example sentence, "will" is a verb part or auxiliary verb, "be" is an infinitive verb and "books" is a plural noun.

can you share the passage so i can answer the question : )

you wright a 3 paragraph on vincen van gogh's life using textual evidence from the biography as support for your claims.