In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway described the old man lying in his boat, looking up at the sky just after sunset: “It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the Sun sets in September. He lay against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could. The first stars were out. He did not know the name of Rigel but he saw it and knew soon they would all be out and he would have all his distant friends.” Explain what is astronomically incorrect about this passage. Notes: Rigel is a star close to the star Betelgeuse [see LT p 9], and note the date the Sun is “in” Scorpius [see LT p 13].

In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway described the old man lying in his boat, looking up at the sky just after sunset: “It was dark now as it becomes dark quickly after the Sun sets in September. He lay against the worn wood of the bow and rested all that he could. The first stars were out. He did not know the name of Rigel but he saw it and knew soon they would all be out and he would have all his distant friends.” Explain what is astronomically incorrect about this passage. Notes: Rigel is a star close to the star Betelgeuse [see LT p 9], and note the date the Sun is “in” Scorpius [see LT p 13].