Man’s Indomitable Mentality in The Old Man and the Sea
“But man is not made for defeat," (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)Santiago said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)This is a common moral throughout The Old Man and the Sea, which is a tale of an old fisherman named Santiago who surmounts his eighty four days of ill-luck by conquering adversity through a reverent struggle against a marlin. Hemingway’s novel displays a variety of struggles for Santiago to overcome. Confusion is often complicit on how Santiago is deemed unconquerable even though the eighteen foot marlin, which is widely referenced as symbolic of his pride,was ultimately consumed by multiple mako sharks. Ernest Hemingway portrays Santiago’s characterization in the fashion revolving around the certitude of undeniable pride and satisfaction in oneself, which is prevalent in every human. Throughout Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago portrays …show more content…
Throughout Santiago’s hardships a major theme can be implied to help Santiago from the loss of his apprentice, to exhausting moments of fighting off sharks, Santiago says,”But man is not made for defeat. . . A man can be destroyed but not defeated” (Oliver 247). Santiago’s fighter attitude materializes in the most grim situation which is supported by his inability to open his cramped left hand as he avouches,”If I have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs” (Szumski 118). Some critics say,”the lions of the dream are as the lions have always been, an emblem of life at its strongest and finest, suggesting youth, great deeds, sometime wonderful to dream about and to long to return to, to possess again (Huang 117). Santiago consistently dreams about lions which symbolize what he wished to become (Huang
“But man is not made for defeat," (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)Santiago said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)This is a common moral throughout The Old Man and the Sea, which is a tale of an old fisherman named Santiago who surmounts his eighty four days of ill-luck by conquering adversity through a reverent struggle against a marlin. Hemingway’s novel displays a variety of struggles for Santiago to overcome. Confusion is often complicit on how Santiago is deemed unconquerable even though the eighteen foot marlin, which is widely referenced as symbolic of his pride,was ultimately consumed by multiple mako sharks. Ernest Hemingway portrays Santiago’s characterization in the fashion revolving around the certitude of undeniable pride and satisfaction in oneself, which is prevalent in every human. Throughout Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago portrays …show more content…
Throughout Santiago’s hardships a major theme can be implied to help Santiago from the loss of his apprentice, to exhausting moments of fighting off sharks, Santiago says,”But man is not made for defeat. . . A man can be destroyed but not defeated” (Oliver 247). Santiago’s fighter attitude materializes in the most grim situation which is supported by his inability to open his cramped left hand as he avouches,”If I have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs” (Szumski 118). Some critics say,”the lions of the dream are as the lions have always been, an emblem of life at its strongest and finest, suggesting youth, great deeds, sometime wonderful to dream about and to long to return to, to possess again (Huang 117). Santiago consistently dreams about lions which symbolize what he wished to become (Huang