In ernest hemingway's novel the old man and the sea, the main character is santiago. (2) he endures severe physical hardships. (3) the hardships come mainly in his fight with the great fish (4) a painful loss is also suffered by him when sharks eat most of the great fish on the long journey back to shore. (5) despite the sudden and loss, however, the novel is affirmative an hopeful, stressing the power of humans to reach for greatness and to inspire greatness in others.

3. which of the following best describes the writer's intention in sentence 5 in relation to the rest of the passage?
a) to restate the opening sentence
b) to present an interpretation
c) to provide examples
d) to summarize the paragraph

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house