Maharashtra Board Class 10 English Solution Chapter 4.5 – The Old Man and The Sea : Book Review
Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 10 English Solution Chapter 4.5: The Old Man and The Sea : Book Review. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 10 get here The Old Man and The Sea : Book Review full Exercise Solution.
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Maharashtra Class 10 |
Subject |
English Solution |
Chapter |
The Old Man and The Sea : Book Review |
WARMING UP
Q.) Make a list of famous novels of Ernest Hemingway. Two are given to you.
(1) A Farewell to Arms
(2) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Ans. 3) The Torrents of Spring
4) The Sun Also Rises
5) Winner Take Nothing
6) To Have and Have Not
7) Islands in the Stream
Q.) Ernest Miller Hemingway was a famous American novelist, short story writer and journalist. Make a list of other famous American novelists:
Ans.1.Walt Whitman.
2.) Mark Twain
3.) Emily Dickinson
4.) T.S.Eliot
ENGLISH WORKSHOP
1.) Read the passage and name the following.
(a) Young and devoted apprentice
Ans. Manolin
(b) The place where Hemingway had experience of fishing
Ans. Cuban waters.
(c) That which Hemingway was injured by, during First World War
Ans. Shrapnel.
(d) Language of the novel
Ans. Simple and pithy.
(e) In his first reading, the review writer was left
Ans. Unmoved and unimpressed.
2.) Correct the following sentences using facts from the review:
(a) Manolin’s parents insisted on his working with the same old fisherman.
Ans. No, they forced him to leave the old fisherman’s side and start working with a new fisherman.
(b) This novel is pure fiction.
Ans. No, it is based on real events.
(c) Hemingway’s style of writing does not unfold the hidden meaning.
Ans. Hemingway’s style of writing does have hidden meanings and it is unfolded once you read them again and again.
(d) The relationship between the old man and Manolin is coarse.
Ans. The relationship between the old man and Manolin is heart-warming.
4.) The line – ‘I first read this novel years ago, when I did not understand it at all and was left unimpressed.’ tells us about the book reviewer’s opinion about the book. Complete the following sentences using the expressions.
(a) In my opinion, every hard working person achieves success in life.
(b) I strongly feel that there should be some strict law against child labour.
(c) I wish I could go to my childhood days.
(d) As far as I know you are not that naughty.
(e) I think we should wait for an hour more.
5.) The review describes the struggle between the old man with the marlin and sharks, Ernest Hemingway’s struggle against defeat or death and noble struggle against destruction. Find all the words from the text that are related to the word ‘brave’ or ‘courage’:
Ans. Strength, formidable, strong, determination, endurance, triumph, struggle.
6.) The review mentions struggles of both the writer, Ernest Hemingway and the old man. Fill the incidents of struggle of Hemingway in table A and those of the old man in table B:
Ans.
Table A | Table B |
Ernest Hemingway | Old man |
Injured by shrapnel during the First World War | Unable to catch fish for 84 days, faced a real bad luck. |
Worked for the Red Cross during the First World War and faced the destruction caused by the two World Wars | His apprentice, Manolin leaves him and was forced to work with other fisherman. |
Had a battle with sharks | |
Almost near to his death. | |
7.) Read the text again. You will find that the text contains many phrases. Match the phrases in ‘A’ and their meanings in ‘B’. After matching their meanings, make sentences of your own:
Ans.
‘A’ Phrases | ‘B’ Meanings |
1. Run of terrible bad luck | d. A period of time when bad things happen |
2. Draws heavily on | e. Makes use of |
3. Struck a chord | a. Triggered a feeling or memory |
4. In spite of | b. Without being affected by a particular factor |
5. Holding on | c. Endure in difficult circumstances |
8) (A) Rewrite as directed, without change of meaning, in your notebook:
(a) Hemingway’s novel is based on real events. (Convert the underlined adjective to an Adjectival Clause)
Ans. Hemingway’s novel is based on events which are real.
(b) He hooks a marlin but the marlin is too strong for him. (Rewrite beginning with ‘Although’)
Ans. Although the marlin was too strong, but still he hooked the marlin.
(c) The reader can read his work again and again and find new layers of meaning. (Begin the sentence with ‘On reading’)
Ans. On reading his works again and again, readers can find new layers of meaning.
(d) As the novel progresses, the old man and the marlin are inseparably linked. (Rewrite using ‘progress’ as a Noun)
Ans. As the novel progress, the old man and the marlin are inseparably linked.
(e) Being strong, the marlin starts pulling the boat. (Rewrite inserting ‘and’ as a co-ordinator)
Ans. The marlin is strong and starts pulling the boat.
(f) When I first read this novel, I was unimpressed. (Rewrite using ‘but’ as a Co-ordinator)
Ans. I have read this novel earlier, but I was not impressed.
(B) Write the ‘root-word’ after dropping the prefix or suffix or both.
(a) Unable- able (b) heavily- heavy
(c) Determination- determine (d) endurance- endure
(e) Unimpressed- impressed (f) relationship- relation
(g) Inseparably- separate (h) empathetic- empathy
(i) Beautiful- beauty (j) simplicity- simple