“The Old man and the Sea”
Earnest Hemingway is the writer of the novella “The Old Man
and the Sea”. The Old Man and the Sea publish in the year 1952. Earnest
Hemingway was an economic writer because he was very perfect about choosing the
words.
The Old Man and the Sea deals with:
- Limited subject matter
- Details are not given
- There isn’t need of the human world
- Limited characters such as:
Old man- Santiago
The boy- Manolin
The fish- Marlin
- Christian Allegory (failed)
- No woman characters
Normally heroes are young but here Hemingway breaking downs
that tradition. Santiago-the old man is hero of this novella. The novella talks
about Santiago’s struggle for existence and his fight against time, age, and
nature. And in between he tries to sustain his life.
The Old Man was not only the spirit or role model of
Manolin but also the spirit of American people because Old Man believes in
responsibilities that he has. People always try to keep distance from
responsibilities so they go with religion.
Second thing is that American believed in old values of
humanity. While Old Man totally differ from them because he believes in new
values of humanity. His behavior with Marlin is very polite because when he
tried to kill Marlin he said “Sorry” to her. He knows about the sin. But he
must do it to sustain his life. It shows the humanity of Old Man.
The dialogue of Old Man-
“Every day is new day”, insisted the
spirit of Santiago.
One cannot overpower the death. One reason for Old Man’s
death is that he not changes his life according to time. He goes with old
tradition like using boat tools. If he used new technological machine maybe he
must win.
In short, we can say that “The Old Man and the Sea” talks
about the reality of human being. Human being swing between-
Victory – Defeat
Life – Death
And in between there is only hope.
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