Never Give Up
“Fish, I’ll stay with you until I am dead,”(52). In the book The Old Man and the Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway, the old man has to overcome many seemingly impossible tasks while out at sea. During these tasks, the old man never showed any sign of giving in. Therefore, the main theme of this book is to never give up. This theme was expressed through many smaller themes including courage, pride, and mental strength. These three themes portray the main message and theme of never giving up throughout the book. The message Ernest Hemingway wanted his readers to obtain was that no matter what life throws at you anything is possible. But, in order to achieve it, you must never give up.
First of all, the text stated, “He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed that his hand was bleeding,”(56). This quote demonstrates the courage of the old man in many ways. For example, his hand began bleeding on that first day. This is significant because he battled the rest of the days with cut and injured hands. The pain the old man felt was …show more content…
From reeling in an eighteen foot long fish, to fighting off up to nearly ten sharks. These obstacles all took one thing, never giving up. The main theme of this book was to never give up. It was expressed by three smaller themes which were used almost as stepping stones. These were courage, pride, and mental strength. Without these three things the old man would have most likely given up at some point in the battle. Ernest Hemingway used these three smaller themes to make his readers realize the main theme. He wanted his readers to realize not giving up was very important in order to succeed in life. That is why in the end, the old man achieve his goal of catching the fish because he never gave up. “Fish, I’ll stay with you until I am
“Fish, I’ll stay with you until I am dead,”(52). In the book The Old Man and the Sea, written by Ernest Hemingway, the old man has to overcome many seemingly impossible tasks while out at sea. During these tasks, the old man never showed any sign of giving in. Therefore, the main theme of this book is to never give up. This theme was expressed through many smaller themes including courage, pride, and mental strength. These three themes portray the main message and theme of never giving up throughout the book. The message Ernest Hemingway wanted his readers to obtain was that no matter what life throws at you anything is possible. But, in order to achieve it, you must never give up.
First of all, the text stated, “He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed that his hand was bleeding,”(56). This quote demonstrates the courage of the old man in many ways. For example, his hand began bleeding on that first day. This is significant because he battled the rest of the days with cut and injured hands. The pain the old man felt was …show more content…
From reeling in an eighteen foot long fish, to fighting off up to nearly ten sharks. These obstacles all took one thing, never giving up. The main theme of this book was to never give up. It was expressed by three smaller themes which were used almost as stepping stones. These were courage, pride, and mental strength. Without these three things the old man would have most likely given up at some point in the battle. Ernest Hemingway used these three smaller themes to make his readers realize the main theme. He wanted his readers to realize not giving up was very important in order to succeed in life. That is why in the end, the old man achieve his goal of catching the fish because he never gave up. “Fish, I’ll stay with you until I am