Analysis Of The Story ' Old Man And The Sea '

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self” Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea By: Ernest Hemingway and Between the World and Me By: Ta-Nehisi Coates are very similar in many different ways. The comparison of each book is shown well in the setting, theme, and in Symbolism.

In the book The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway uses the flashback technique in order to characterize Santiago and develop key themes of the novel, such as Santiago’s connection with nature and what it means to be a hero. Hemingway employs several flashbacks as an effective technique that develops Santiago’s character as he recalls past occurrences in order to renew his strength of will. There are three flashbacks in particular that are critical to the development of this story. The first flashback describes a time when Santiago associated himself with the marlins. The second flashback occurs when Santiago arm-wrestled the town’s strongest

“I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. But today is eighty-five days and I should fish the day well” (41). Santiago, an old fishing champion, has not caught a fish in eighty-four days, but he is not ready to give up yet. Santiago encounters the biggest marlin he has ever seen, and he spends a vigorous three days fighting the fish. Santiago’s journey in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway functions as a literary quest as he struggles to overcome patience, pride, and loneliness on his journey to self-discovery.

Everyday Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea risks his life by returning to the ocean which “can be so cruel” and do “wild or wicked things” (Hemingway 29; Hemingway 30). When faced with a “very big Mako shark” (Hemingway 100), Santiago has “little hope” in defeating it, yet still thinks “maybe I can get him [the shark]” (Hemingway 101). Despite dehydration and exhaustion, Santiago defends his marlin by ramming “the harpoon down onto the shark’s head,” effectively killing it (Hemingway 102). By overcoming doubt and using all of his power, Santiago displays fearlessness in times of trouble. In All is Lost, Our Man shows courage by hopping off his boat in the midst of a treacherous storm and onto a life raft.

Ernest Hemingway's novella, The Old Man and the Sea, is about an old fisherman named Santiago, who has not caught a fish in 84 days and goes on a voyage determined to catch one; being one of the main plot points in the book. He is a mentor to a boy that he deeply cares about and his reputation in his community is almost tarnished since, without a doubt, he hasn't caught a fish in a long time.

old man and the sea? written by Hemingway shows the hardship and troubles he underwent in his

     In the timeless novel The Old Man and the Sea, the hero is undoubtedly the old man, Santiago, whom us as readers become very acquainted with. Santiago is a hard-worker and perseveres through every problem nature brings to him. He is in the midst of a horrendous fishing drought, during which the townspeople laugh and ridicule him. Santiago just lets the criticism pass him by because he is confident that the fish of his lifetime is coming soon. In a sense, Santiago represents the ideas of honor and pride. He is also a hero to a young boy named Manolin who conveys the image that the old man is whom he would rather live

In The Old Man and The Sea, Santiago teaches us about endurance, honor and faith, throughout his three day journey with the marlin. The Old Man has mot caught a fish in 84 days. He fishes alone on a skiff off the coast of Havana. Every day he comes back empty handed, not even the tiniest fish. One day, Santiago followed his daily rutine to go out to fish and expected to come back empty handed because this time he went on a three day journey out by himself far out into the ocean.

Throughout a life, people have to overcome obstacle after obstacle to be successful in the world. Humans are thrown challenges day after day, week after week. Everyone must try hard at something to be truly happy in their life. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea, he used the marlin and the sharks as symbols, and gave Santiago certain character attributes to depict the perserverance, courage, and smarts needed to get through the ups and downs that life hands everyone.

In the novel The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway uses the literary device of metaphors. Hemingway uses the metaphor of the ocean to symbolize life, and to depict the role that individuals play in life. Hemingway uses the metaphor of the lions to signify people who live their lives as active participants. The tourists in the novel represent the individuals, who in observe their lives and are not active participants. In the novels that Ernest Hemingway writes, he uses metaphors to reflect his life experiences and opinions. The ocean in The Old Man and the Sea is a metaphor, which represents Hemingway 's personal view of life. Hemingway believes that in life everyone must find their own niche and uses the metaphor of the ocean and the

In The Old Man and the Sea, a man named Santiago and a boy named Manolin have been fishing together for a long time. Santiago taught Manolin everything he know about fishing. They spend many days together fishing, but Santiago has had a very bad streak, 85 days without catching a fish even though Manolin has caught many. Santiago thinks that, on the 87th day, he will catch the biggest fish he has ever caught because it has happened to him before. So on the 86th day he decides to go out into the ocean without the boy because he would not be back until after the 87th day. When he sets out he has a hard time finding any fish. He sees a warbler that actually land on the stern of his skiff on his boat and then starts flying around Santiago’s head. He sees the warbler again this time it is fishing so Santiago decides to cast out where the warbler is fishing. The next day is the 87th day, Santiago is waken up by the movement of his line. When he hooks the animal, it puts a big fight with Santiago. After three days of fighting the animal, Santiago actually sees what it is and pulls it in. It was a humongous marlin. The marlin was so big that he could not even get it into the boat as a whole, he had to cut it piece by piece. When he cut the first piece the blood went into the water and sharks from miles away could smell it. Sharks started to come from miles away and Santiago had to fight them off. Santiago was getting weak because he did not have much to eat and did not get much

succeed. He uses his hands and he uses his instincts to master the art of

In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago demonstrates the traits of the code hero. The Hemingway’s code hero covers the principal ideals of honor, courage, and endurance in a misfortune life. Throughout the novel, Santiago shows a contrast between opposite attitudes and values which associate his behavior with the guidelines of the code. In this case, the depiction of conflicting values, such as dignity despite humility, perseverance despite despair, and victory despite defeat are aspects that help to describe and understand the role of Santiago in the novel, and reflect the reason why this character is perfectly suited to the heroic conduct established by Hemingway.

Many of Ernest Hemingway’s stories are either literally or figuratively based on his life experiences. The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. Its writing was influenced by his life around him. This is shown through the way the novella is written and key events and parts within it. The Old Man and the Sea can be interpreted as an allegory of Hemingway’s life and career at the time he wrote it.

Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man And The Sea is considered to be one of the most prominent and famous works of the author that has earned him the world-wide recognition. The significance of the short novel was recognized by the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Besides, it could have contributed to the provision of the Noble Prize to Hemingway. Even though the work was the regeneration of Hemingway's writing activities, it has met controversial literary critic. While being referred to as the new classic equal to the works of Faulkner and Melville, the short novel was also criticized for the author's departure from the uncompromising realism or even for the considerations that it was an attack upon them. Nevertheless, the story of the old fisherman Santiago who strongly struggled to get the largest catch of his life and succeeded in overcoming the obstacles, even though the results seemed more like a defeat.