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Question
The review mentions the struggles of both the writer, Ernest Hemingway, and the old man. Fill the incidents of the struggle of Hemingway in table A and those of the old man in table B.
| Table A | Table B |
| Ernest Hemingway | Old man |
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Solution
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Table A Ernest Hemingway |
Table B old man |
| (1) injured by shrapnel during the First World War | (1) has a run of terrible bad luck |
| (2) faces the destruction caused by the two World Wars | (2) unable to catch fish for 84 days |
| (3) his apprentice Manolin leaves him | |
| (4) the marlin he hooks is too strong for him | |
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(5) battles with sharks |
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(6) very near death |
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