The Old Man and the Sea

other. The influence of my surroundings changed the motivation I had and the outcome I ended with. In a similar circumstance, Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is affected by his surroundings in similar ways. Throughout The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway uses Santiago’s surroundings to influence him and his decisions in specific ways. The old man’s location, including his homeland and where he lives, affects Santiago’s journey in the novella. The boy also affects Santiago…

After the old man comes home, he told the boy:” They truly beat me.” (Page 122) This may seems contradictory to what he said before. However, accepting the reality is what brings him upon the masses. It is always easy for people to claim victory, but it’s really hard to accept the fact when one he fails. After the fierce battle with the sharks, Santiago accepted that the sharks have beaten him. He fights to the end, using all his strength and he has done his best. He could have proudly said I…

Santiago lay there restless, in exactly the same position that Christ hung on the cross. This passage from The Old Man and the Sea has been analyzed by multiple critics and they are certain that this is not a coincidence. Throughout the novel, we encounter enough evidence to confirm that Ernest Hemingway intended to portray Santiago as a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. The Old Man and the Sea resembles Christ's journey to Calvary through the actions of Santiago, the protagonist. To begin with,…

speeches, charities, and protests. Moreover, a novel that Mohammad Ali would choose, to spread these messages across would be The Old Man and The Sea. This novel exhibits prime aspects that Mohammad Ali follows, through his life, such as perseverance, struggle and defeat, and equality. As a result, Mohammad Ali would be likely to choose this novel, The Old Man, and The Sea, to improve our global quality of life. The novel displays key characteristics in which Mohammad Ali approves and advocates…

This quote perfectly captures the essence of what a hero should be, success or failure. Which describes Santiago, who is an old man who lives in a hovel near the sea. He is thin with many wrinkles and brown blotches from the sun. He lives off the fish he catches out in the sea. He represents a hero because he teaches Manolin, a boy he fishes with, how to fish and the old ways of navigation. Santiago also tells real baseball statistics he reads off newspapers and impart his wisdom to Manolin.…

message: The old man struggles in the sea just like Jesus did and that is why Santiago is like a Christ figure. For example, Santiago injured his hands and that is what Christ did. Nature man: He says that the fish in the sea are his friends and also his brother. Friendship: The old man and Manolin show no matter the age you can be friends and they teach each other what they know and acknowledge each other with respect. Pride: Santiago’s pride is what gets him through the difficult time in the…

played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them.” Finally, the days of how long the old man had not caught a single fish eighty-four, because of his unluckiness.”…

NARRATOR: Long ago, off the West Coast of the Paradox Sea in a fantasy world known as Yumegawa, there lies a small island called Kibo Island. Kibo Island looks like a giant starfish rising above the surface of the sea from a distance. NARRATOR: During a long and weary summer, several powerful pirate captains met on Kibo Island to agree to never attack each other. NARRATOR:…

that. As I went in to poke my large, pointed nose into the man’s skiff, a Portuguese man-of-war came along. I panicked and quickly let go of the bait and instead of drowning the man hid under the cover of his small and powerless boat. The jellyfish left and I began to taunt the man once more. Two days had passed and the man showed no sign of giving up but only sign of pushing forward. I started to fear that the man would win. He still did not know how gigantic and masculine I was. I decided to…

Santiago: a Hemingway Code Hero The Old Man and The Sea is a book about an introspective fisherman who has a sense of adventure. Santiago, the main character, goes out fishing and endures one of the greatest battles of his life. As most code heroes do, he perseveres and lives to see another day. He believes “a man can be destroyed but not defeated” (Hemingway 103). This mindset of his allows him to get through life each day. The old man never backed down even in the darkest of times. Above all…