This Old Man

success, not money. The old man had determination and never lost it. Towards the end when he must fight all the sharks Santiago never gave up. That means more than money ever can. Santiago also had success as a person in general. Santiago was kind and looked positively on most things. He thought of the fish as a brother, and he respected the fish even though he had to kill…

“The Old Man and the Sea” Final Paper Ernest Hemingway wrote the story “The Old Man and the Sea” in a way that does not make manifest the point of whether or not the protagonist, Santiago, is successful after returning home from the sea. When seeing the sole person he cares about, Manolin, he feels relieved after having been gone for so long. At the same time the villagers realize that the feat Santiago had achieved was unrivaled by any of the other villagers’ accomplishments. The fact that he…

This also implies in Hemingway's belief that age impairs, but does not extinguish one's ability to be participants in their own lives. After going through such a struggle, Santiago realizes that all of his glories were in his youth, and strongly relates the power that the lions in his dreams have to his youth. It symbolizes his freedom in his youth as a link to his past but also his ultimate goal before he dies. The lions on the beach represent a place where he wants to escape, and explore once…

The Old Man and the Sea, he utilizes much imagery to support the perusers understanding of the back rub he is attempting to depict. The Old Man and the Sea isn't simply a book about an old man and the ocean. There are numerous concealed implications to it. Every component speaks to distinctive things. The marlin, for instance, speaks to quality, excellence and the last test we all go however. The lions in his fantasies look like youth, flexibility, furthermore quality. Santiago, the old man,…

The Old Man and the Sea quite possibly the most boring book I have read in my life. Not to say that it is necessarily “bad”, with all the possible interpretations, which bring about the book’s own sense of mystery, and actually decent characterization, perhaps it is worthwhile. But, nonetheless; the most boring, unexciting book I have ever feasted (or perhaps forcefully overindulged) my eyes upon. I guess it just wasn’t quite my cup of sea. This novella was written by Ernest Hemingway, who is…

mortality, and unhappiness. The nothingness of life is the most obvious theme in this story. It is clearly conveyed by the old waiter in the story who says, “It was all a nothing and man was a nothing too.” (Hemingway). By this he is trying to illustrate how meaningless everything in life truly is. It is a difficult concept to…

Earnest Hemingway; the interesting man with many different roles. He was born in 1899 in Illinois and started his career of writing at the young age of seventeen while working at a newspaper office located in Kansas City. Hemingway wrote many different novels, including his most famous works: “The Old Man and the Sea”, “To Have and Have Not”, and “The Sun Also Rises”. Earnest Hemingway was an important part to American Literature because of his unique writing style about very unique ideas. An…

The Old Man and the Sea Relevance to my Life There are different reasons as to why symbolism is included in novels. One reason why it is incorporated is because it is a way for the author to represent their ideas to their readers. Or, it also can signify a metaphor in a person’s life of different objects and people. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, there are many people and objects used as symbols. The use of those figures are a way Hemingway uses to communicate…

“A man can be destroyed but not defeated" (Hemingway,51). This is an often-debated quote as to whether Santiago was truly defeated or not by the end of the story. Another debated topic is the difference between being defeated or destroyed. The old man may have had a conflict in his own mind about being destroyed or defeated because when it comes to the definitions of these words they are quite similar. Destroyed means to put an end to the existence of something by damaging or attacking it.…

The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemington is an interesting tale in which Santiago, an old fisherman, has been out of luck while trying to catch fish. This story is interesting because I feel as if many of the points made in this story can relate back to the world we live in today. The Old Man and the Sea also has an interesting theme; I feel as if the theme could be respect. There could also be a deeper theme, such as loneliness. The old man, Santiago, could be…