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In the poem, “My Physics Teacher”, by David Wagner, the poem is about how not everything goes according to plan. The teacher fails time after time to teach them. “His hand cranked generator refused to spit” (Wagner 6) is just one example of his many failures. He believes in science and all this stuff should work. Everything goes wrong however every time he tries to share. The only lesson that works is the one the biggest fail. “But his only unconstestable demonstration /  came with our last class” (Wagner 17-18) everything can go wrong, goes wrong. Nothing goes his way. The only thing that his failures prove is that not everything will go according to plan.

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The personification of the boat reveals the boys feelings about the memory. The boat “shivers” shows how he was scared at the time. The simile comparing the clubbing of a fish to chopping a tree down also reveals more info. The boy clearly doesn’t remember this fondly.

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This passage reveals more about Santiago’s life. He lives in a shack barely the size of the mast. His shack is held together with guano. It’s also revealed that Santiago previously had a wife that isn’t around anymore.

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Even more is revealed about Santiago. His clothes are raggedy and patched together. He isn’t wearing shoes. His shirt is patched together with different shades and of fabric. The old man clearly doesn’t live a prosperous life.

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1. Solao
A. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week.
B. I think the word means crazy or unlucky because it talks about how Santiago hasn’t caught any fish.
C.Salao comes from the Spanish word salado, meaning salty. Salao is used in the context of a fisherman being unlucky.
D. Not catching any fish made the fisherman very salao.
2. Benevolent
A. The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.
B. I think it means inevitable cause of how much time he spends in the sun.
C. Well meaning and kindly
D. The father gave his son a benevolent smile.