A Days Wait

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A Days Wait

• By
• Ernest Hemingway

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Facing FearErmest Hemingway

• Restless for excitement
• Left home after high school
• Wounded in World War I right before his 19th
  birthday
• Hospitalized in Italy
• Received medal for heroism

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Ernest Hemingway

• Experiences became basis for several of his short
  stories
• Dramatizes importance of bravery in the face of
  death and everyday problems

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A Days Wait

• Deals with quiet courage to face fear
• Lying in bed sick can be worst kind of waiting
• feeling ill,
• bored,
• have time to worry

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Question

• What do you think is the
• worst kind of waiting?

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A Days Wait

• Young boy is terrified by his
• illness but hides his fears.
• Father is at first unaware of boys
• fears. Finally realizes how
• tormented the boy has been all
• day when the boy reveals his fears.

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Question?What do you think the boys quiet
resolve showsabout him?
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His resolve could show thathe faces distressing
situations withcourage and concern for others
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Question?Describe how youthink the boy in the
picture on page 75might feel.
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boys eyes closed might suggest that he feels
illweak, tiredachy, feverish
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Many illnesses resultin fever

• Bodys method of fighting an infection
• Temperature and severity are not necessarily
  linked
• Although, high temp can be serious health threat

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Fahrenheit/Celsius

• Fahrenheit scale - 98.6
• Celsius scale - 37
• More than 108F or 42.22C can be deadly

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Boys Temperature

• What did the doctor tell the boys father about
  his fever?
• Not to worry unless goes above
• 104

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Narrator

• Who is the narrator of A Days Wait?
• The father

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Characters

• Which story has more characters?
• Barrio Boy

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• In a Days Wait what do you think the boys
  father going hunting tells about him?
• He doesnt think his condition is serious.

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• In a Days Wait, what is the doctors reaction
  to the boys condition?
• He is mildly concerned.

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Connect

• Why is the boys temperature important to him and
  his father
• It is important because it indicates that he is
  ill and if he is in immediate danger

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Boys Temperature

• How do we know what the boys temperature is?
• He states it in the story when he says he
  overheard the doctor saying it was 102

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Boys Temperature

• Why does having a 102 fever bother the boy?
  Does he seem overly worried to you?
• He thinks he is going to die because it is over
  44

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• What strange question does the boy ask his father
  on page 78 of the reading?

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Question

• Where does the boy get the idea that he could die
  if his temp went over 44?

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Question

• How does the father help the boy understand that
  he is not going to die?

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• He explains to him about the difference between
  celsius and fahrenheit by comparing the
  measurement to miles and kilometers

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• How do you know the boy is accepting his fathers
  explanation?

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• He finally lets himself relax, even to the point
  that he becomes emotional easily the next day.

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• Why do you think he is so emotional the next day?

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• How do you find the boys actions? Brave?
  Touching?
• Silly? Explain

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• Think back to the story, why do you think the boy
  has his father leave his room (the sickroom)?

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• What does the title of the story mean?

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• Cite some examples from the story that support
  the idea that the boy thought something terrible
  is wrong.

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• How would the story be different if the boy had
  told his father in the morning about his fear?

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• Who is the narrator in this story?

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• How would you describe the fathers reaction to
  the boys concerns?
• understanding

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• What do Ernesto and the boy in this story feel
  during their stories?
• fear and anxiety

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• How do Ernesto and the boy in A Days Wait show
  their bravery?
• neither one say anything about their fears

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• If a disease is an epidemic, what does that mean?
• widespread

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• What does the statement the dog flushed birds
  out of the bushes mean?
• the dog chased the birds out of the bushes

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• What kind of person do you think of when you
  think of formidable
• someone much bigger or more impressive

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• Is A Days Wait fiction or nonfiction?
• From what point of view is A
• Days Wait told?