The Old Man and the Sea and Mankind’s Hunger for Recognition
There exists great determination to be remembered after death. Mankind has always feared death and sought to evade it. While immortality in itself is impossible, some have successfully avoided mortality. Recounts of great feats and commemoration of impressive actions have immortalized heroes. But all heroes start off as common men, and so common men seek to be recognized for their actions as well. In his semi-autobiography The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway epitomizes Mankind’s hunger for recognition. The Old Man Santiago spent his entire life at sea trying to capture The Fish. “I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. But today
There exists great determination to be remembered after death. Mankind has always feared death and sought to evade it. While immortality in itself is impossible, some have successfully avoided mortality. Recounts of great feats and commemoration of impressive actions have immortalized heroes. But all heroes start off as common men, and so common men seek to be recognized for their actions as well. In his semi-autobiography The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway epitomizes Mankind’s hunger for recognition. The Old Man Santiago spent his entire life at sea trying to capture The Fish. “I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. But today