Maritime Theme: It characterized by narrating events at sea

THE MAELSTROM

QUESTIONS

1. ¿What is the main idea from the book?

R/ The maelstrom whirlpool

1. Where does this story take place?

R/ In Norwegian coast

1. Mention the main characters and describe every one of them

R/ - Maritime Theme: It characterized by narrating events at sea

• Science fiction: history characterized by its genre of fiction and realism teaches fiction since leaving the logical or possible context.

1. Who is the starting of the story?

R/ Story start when the old man guide to people to mountain called Helseggen, the cloudy and he begins to narrate to them the history of the Maelstrom.

1. What is the maelstrom? How is created?

R/ The maelstrom is a whirlpool created when the waves moves everywhere, quickly and angrily sometimes against the wind.

1. What are the professions of the characters?

R/ fisherman’s

1. Who is the protagonists and antagonist of the story?

R/ Protagonists is the old man and the sea. Antagonist are brothers.

1. Where does the word maelstrom come from?

R/ Is a whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway. Literally maelstrom mean "grinding-stream”. from malen "to grind" (see meal) + stroom "stream". Is a synonym for “whirlpool” popularized in 1841.

1. What is the name of the mountain that is mentioned in the story?

R/ Helseggen, The cloudy.

1. What is the other name Norwegians called the maelstrom? Why?

R/ Moskoe-strom, because it is caused in the island of Moscow in the midway.

1. What happened when in attracts boat to the maelstrom?

R/ The boat went round and round. It was down and down toward the bottom where the waters crashed together.

1. Who is the narrator? Tell something about him?

R/ The narrator is the old man, the elder often tells this story to tourists. And says that despite his appearance is that of an old man, this is not so, that everything was caused by the terrible event.

1. How long does the story take place?

R/ 1841.

1. In what month is the story mentioned?

R/ on July

1. How many people were in the boat and who were they?

R/ In the boat were three people. There was the old man and his two brothers.

1. What element did grab the guy to help him to survive?

R/ A metal ring and then a water barrel

1. What did the fisherman to survive the maelstrom?

R/ The old man saw pieces of other boats, broken boxes, trees and barrels. He tried to guess “Which things will fall the fastest”, lighter things did not fall faster than heavier ones. Finally he observed barrels were falling very slowly. He decided to tied himself to the water barrel and jumped into the water.

1. Did you enjoy reading the story?

Yes _x_     No___     Why? This is a story that entertains and inevitably creates a scenario in imagination which concentrates easily.

1. What is the name of the author of the book? Tell something relevant about him.

R/ The author is Edgar Allan Poe, was an American writer, editor, and literaty critic. He is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, he is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

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