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In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago feels lonely on his boat out on the ocean and talks to himself. Which details from the story support this? Select each correct answer. "I hate a cramp, he thought.

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In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago feels lonely on his boat out on the ocean and talks to himself.

Which details from the story support this?

Select each correct answer.

"I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one’s own body."

"'If the others heard me talking out lout they would think that I am crazy,’ he said aloud. ‘But since I am not crazy, I do not care.'"

"He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now."

"'Get to work, old man,' he said. He took a very small drink of the water. "'There is very much slave work to be done now that the fight is over.'"

"He thought of how some men feared being out of sight of land in a small boat and knew they were right in the months of sudden bad weather."