Primary Reading: The Old Man and the Sea.
Secondary Reading: Hemingway introduction (Links to an external site.) https://college.cengage.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/modern/hemingway_er.html.
Recall two of the "escapes" in the old man's life: the lions about which he dreams and the baseball which he discusses with the boy.
What role do they serve in the story?
What do these two things tell us about the old man's character?
How do they relate to his actual experience fishing on the boat?
How and why are they significant?
Point to specific textual evidence to make your case about how and why these two elements are significant.