“The Old Man and the Sea” In “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ Ernest Hemingway identifies the old fisherman Santiago as an individual who is independent in all his actions‚ and is willing to take chances in life. Santiago had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ but despite him being “salao” he doesn’t lose hope in himself. He’s finally able to catch a fish known as a marlin‚ but is too scared to pull it up‚ since it may cause the string to snap. So he decides to let the fish pull him and the boat. In
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In the novel The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the main character‚ faces challenges in his life that can be related to our own everyday lives. In this book‚ Santiago has to overcome his age‚ self- doubt‚ and what other people think. Santiago has been a fisherman his whole life and now that he is becoming older and weaker‚ he’s afraid that his ability to fish will deteriorate. Fishing is Santiago’s purpose in life and once that’s gone‚ what’s there to live for? From the old man’s journey‚ there is
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have read‚ it had a good story and good description. Hemingway could paint the pictures in my mind. I have read other shot stories of his‚ back in eighth grade‚ but they pale in comparison to this masterpiece of writing. The story was about and old man (really?) who is a fisherman. He goes out every day to go fishing‚ but he has no luck for about 80 days. But one day‚ he goes out alone and hooks a humongeous whale size marlin. He can’t bring it in because it is too big. He has to wait until it gets
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The Iceberg Theory summary This theory was created by Hemingway and was called The Iceberg Theory. According to Hemingway‚ the stories could be written through succinct words‚ distinct images‚ plentiful emotion and profound thought. In this theory‚ the writer omits items‚ facts or descriptions that are obvious or are already stated by symbols‚ images‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ or some other figures of speech leaving the reader to think‚ imagine‚ understand and create his own point of view. The main
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The Culture Iceberg Theory‚ a theory that gives people a view of the most important part of a person‚ the inside. Just like an iceberg‚ people are on only able to see 1/7 of the iceberg (the top). The culture of a human acts strikingly similar‚ 1/7 of a human being gets seen by others. 6/7s under the water‚ the bottom of the iceberg displays the elements of who the person truly represents. Most people overlook the inside of a human being. They tend to make harsh judgements based off the outside of
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He is an important character of this novel‚ though he does not play an active part in the adventure of the old man. Manolin symbolizes Santiago’s youthful strength‚ serves as a source of comfort‚ care and happiness for the old man‚ and provides inspiration and hope to Santiago-an old‚ weak fisherman. Santiago was an old man who did not have much strength left- “everything about him was old ...” (pg. 10). Although his body had weakened‚ his courage to continue fishing had not vanished. On his adventure
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“A man can be destroyed but not defeated” In the Old man and the sea‚ Santiago says‚ “A man can be destroyed but not defeated. (Page 93)” The true statement can be referred to throughout the novel. Santiago is in the end physically destroyed‚ but mentally he is not defeated. Santiago’s courage and pride pushes him forward throughout the novel‚ even when it looks like hope is lost‚ but is never defeated. Destruction means to completely ruin or spoil. Santiago experienced this destruction. It started
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Comparison between Demian and Siddhartha Herman Hesse‚ a German symbolist author from the beginning of the 20th century‚ was very successful in his time for the novels Demian and Siddhartha. The former‚ his first hit novel‚ was a huge success in Europe and was the novel that made him famous. The latter‚ written only 3 years later‚ consolidated his success and praise as an author. However written by the same author around the same time‚ these two novels are very different in respect to tone and
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are completely different. The Scarlet Pimpernel took place in France during the French Revolution. On the other hand‚ The Old Man by the Sea took place in the Atlantic Ocean. In The Scarlet Pimpernel it was a much more crowded situation‚ with groups of people throughout the book. Although‚ The Old Man by the Sea was a much lonelier situation where it would be just the old man out in the ocean alone for long periods of time. While reading the Scarlet Pimpernel you learned that it was a harder language
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The Old Man and the Sea; however‚ both of these stories ended up exploring a similar topic. For instance‚ Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea shows one man’s determination against the forces of nature. Santiago uses his years of fishing experience to catch the marlin and trump nature. Similarly‚ Spielberg’s Jaws follows 3 men’s battle with a great white shark. In the end‚ they too accomplish their goal of beating nature. Overall‚ The Old Man and the Sea and Jaws show
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