Celorico de Basto Basic and Secondary School 8th Year

Saga
in Stories of the Earth and the Sea 2017/2018
READING SCRIPT

YOUTH OF HANS

1. Hans's homeland is presented in the first pages. Identify it and describe it.

The description of the storm's formation conveys different sensations, predominantly

visual and auditory. Transcribes some examples from the text.

How does Hans react to the storm? What does his attitude reveal?

6. During the family dinner, the noise of the storm is heard. Highlight in the text all
the names and verbs that convey these auditory sensations.

6.1. Identify the predominant verb tense in this description, justifying its use.

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 7. Relate the fate of the Elseneur with the conversation between Hans and Sorën.

"It was at 'Angus' that Hans escaped from Vig, enlisted as a cabin boy."

8.1. What led Hans to act this way? Do you consider his attitude to be correct?

9. Gather the expressions from pages 84 and 85 that allow us to know Angus's journey.
the ship on which Hans fled from Vig.

9.1. Indicate which of the maps correctly shows the path taken.

Map 1 Map 2

10.Hans arrives in a city.

10.1. Transcribe, from pages 85, 86, and 88, words and expressions that characterize the
city.
10.2. Indicate the event that made Hans stay in this city.
What was Hans's state of mind while wandering through the city?
12. "It was then that an Englishman named Hoyle (...) found him (...)" (page 89)
12.1.Characterizes Hoyle.

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ADULTHOOD OF HANS

In which areas did Hans specialize?

At 21 years old, Hans was already the captain of a Hoyle ship and a trusted man in
your business." (page 92)
2.1.List the places that Hans visited.
2.2.Durante as viagens, Hans escreve diversas cartas à sua família. Indica os seus temas
and the mother's answers.
2.3.Compare this page with the last paragraph of page 79 and indicate if Hans has done
your teenage dream, justifying.

4.Comment on the following sentence:

And Hans understood that, like all lives, his life would no longer be his own life, the one in him
I was impatient and latent, but a mix of meeting and parting, of fulfilled desire and desire
failed, although, strictly speaking, everything was possible.

7Indicate the actions of Hans that demonstrate the longing he still had for his homeland.
Christmas and the family he left there. (pages 97/98)
In fact, he was no longer who he was.
stuck in his own life." (page 99)
9. Hans's relationship with the sea changes: "He was no longer the navigator (...) but merely the
traveler...(page 99)

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10. Despite the passage of the years, Hans continues to have hope in the realization of his
dream. Transcribe a sentence from page 100 that demonstrates it.
10.1. When does Hans realize that he will not fully achieve his dream?
11. Relate the decoration of Hans's estate with his life and profession.

OLD AGE OF HANS

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