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The Old Man and the Sea Hunger Quotes

Citations follow this format: (Day.Paragraph). We artificially created chapters by defining "days," because there are no chapter breaks in Old Man and the Sea. Here’s how we divided up the days:
  • Day 1 = the start of the book until the old man falls asleep for the night
  • Day 2 = begins when the old man wakes up and goes until sunrise of the next day
  • Day 3 = begins at sunrise and goes until the old man dreams about the lions
  • Day 4 = begins when the old man wakes and ends when the old man gets back to his shack for the night
  • Day 5 = begins with the boy seeing the old man in the morning and goes until the end of the book
There was no cast net and the boy remembered when ... rice and fish and the boy knew this too. (1.59)
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Thought: Santiago does not live in a normal world of food and rest.
"I’m not very hungry."

"Come on and eat. You can’t ... folding it. Then he started to fold the blanket. (1.92-1.94)
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Thought: The old man is almost supernatural in his ability to work without food.
The old man drank his coffee slowly. It was all ... and that was all he needed for the day. (2.16)
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Thought: Eating holds no pleasure for the old man. It is only a means to an end.
He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each ... and grippes and it was good for the eyes. (2.46)
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Thought: Eating is an unpleasant but necessary activity for the old man, rather than a pleasure. It is his means to strength.
No one should be alone in their old age, he ... him in the morning. Remember, he said to himself. (2.88)
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Thought: The man hungers for company rather than food.
There is no sense in being anything but practical though, ... eat it all and then I will be ready. (3.41)
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Thought: The old man believes he must consume one fish to be ready to do battle with another. There is a cyclical nature to his thinking that extends his fishing activities into the future.
I’m learning how to do it, he thought. This part ... eat than the bonito. But, then, nothing is easy. (3.102)
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Thought: Eating is as much of a struggle as his fight with the marlin.
The punishment of the hook is nothing. The punishment of ... and let him work until your next duty comes. (3.111)
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Thought: Although he seems to not feel hunger himself, the old man recognizes the pain associated with it.
It has more nourishment than almost any fish, he thought. ... him begin to circle and let the fight come. (4.16)
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Thought: The old man gains confidence over the fish when he eats.