Interpreting < Old man and the sea > I read three different books before I started this paper. Finally, I gave my choice to the novel which is . (The other are and ) was recommended to all the teenagers in China and I read the novel in Chinese when I was still young. ... After the reading of this time, I got a complete different feeling that was not only the beautiful sea and bank I want to see, but also I really admire that old man in the story. ... Theme: Alone on the sea, Santiago continuously struggles to find hope in several seemingly hopeless situations. ...

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One of the themes of this novel is that life is unfair. ... Relate the events in your story to the experiences of the old man. The old man and the sea tell the simple story of Santiago a fisherman wanting a large catch. ... As the old man, Santiago said, "a man is not made for defeat" (103). The world defeat "to win a victory over someone in a war" cannot be used to describe the old man and Dominik. ...

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Many themes are present in Hemmingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea. ... The old man is a representation of a human. ... The sea is a vast playing field on which the struggle takes place, but is also the get away or safe haven for the old man to which he looks towards as a good place. The reference to the bright "cheerful" sea-colored eyes leads the reader to believe that the sea is a place that makes the old man happy. ... Manolin, the boy, is the old man's outside support, his purpose. ...

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A man's struggle is the main theme of the Old Man and the Sea; Santiago has an epic battle with a swordfish, and although his prize is taken away and he is defeated physically, Santiago received what he had strived for and earned his respect. ... The old man, Santiago, receives the biggest catch of his life, which is taken back by the sea, and his own life almost becomes forfeit to the sea also. ... (p70) An old man with seemingly no luck and a ruined reputation goes out fishing early in the morning determined that this will be his day. ... Yet, even the bones of the fish portray the ep...

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The old man Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea is a character seen in many perspectives, as a hero, an ordinary fisherman, an unlucky old man, and a wise man. ... Certainly Santiago is a man of many themes and personality traits. The Old Man and the Sea" is a heroic tale of mans strength pitted against forces he cannot control. ... Through the use of three prominent themes; friendship, bravery, and Christianity; the "Old Man and the Sea" strives to teach important life lessons to the reader. ... In the end the old mans perseverance and faith pay off. ...

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In the books that we have read this semester there are two books that I chose to write about the first being The Old Man and the Sea and the second being The Crucible. ... The old man, Santiago, a fisherman who was having bad luck had gone forty days before the boy's parents forbade him to fish with the old man. ... The old man becomes determined to catch a giant marlin that seems to antagonize him out at sea. ... Unlike The Crucible where the forces inside many of the people were used for evil, The Old Man and the Sea shows us how the forces inside each person are different, also tha...

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"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel that shook the literary world in the 20th Century. ... The old man, Santiago, who is considered unlucky, faces his greatest opponent he could ever wish for. ... Neither the old man nor the fish will back down. ... Santiago is a wise man who finally understands his relationship with the inhabitants under the sea and how everything is interrelated. ... The old man's choices and his responsibility for making those choices are tied in with what moral and spiritual lessons has he learned from the creatures of the sea that exist in a physical and natura...

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The novel Old Man and the Sea contains many elements of symbolism. ... Hemingway puts these themes together in such a way that they do not conflict with each other. ... He does not smother the relationship between the old man and the young boy but instead separates them for a large part of the story. Finally, he does not make Santiago's bravery a central theme by highlighting his weaknesses. In the end the old mans perseverance and faith pay off. ...

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Title- The Old Man and the Sea Author- Ernest Hemingway Point of View- third person Setting- A small village near Havana and water of the Gulf of Mexico in 1940s Characters- Santiago: An old Cuban fisherman who has been going through a lot of bad luck. ... Summary- And old man named Santiago goes 84 days without catching anything at sea. ... Conflict- Santiago and the Marlin Theme- "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" (pg 103). ...

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Old Man and the Sea In this book by Ernest Hemingway an old man shows that he could still fish and do his daily tasks as if he were still a young man. ... This would in turn help the old man as he aged. ... However, there has to be some underlying theme. ... The boy is very reliable in that he would always help the old man bring his fishing equipment to the old man's home. He would also bring the old man food and bait for the next day's trip out to sea. ...

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Ernest Hemingway uses dialogue and thought to develop the theme of pride. Throughout Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway illustrates Santiago as a prideful man through his dialogues. ... The old man did not give up, since to him a man's body can be shattered but being defeated is more shameful. ... The old man risks going out farther than everybody to catch a big fish: "The old man knew he was going far out and he left the smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean.... Santiago may be old, but he still live as a prideful man. ...

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In this novel, the main character was a nineteen-year-old ambulance driver in World War I. ... Earnest Hemingway's final novel was The Old Man in the Sea, which he wrote in 1950. The main character, Santiago is an old, lonely, unhappy man, which may have depicted Hemingway in his old age. ... The theme of The Old Man and the Sea is, "A man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated"(Oliver 83). ... Critics liked The Old Man and the Sea and printed the "novella" in Life Magazine. ...

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The Old Man and the Perennial Questions The Old Man and the Sea is a classic novella by Ernest Hemingway that draws upon Socrates" eternal Perennial Questions to put across a theme of honor in struggle, life, and death. ... "Am I free or determined" is the first query that stresses Hemingway's themes. ... The last of Socrates" perennial questions that can be applied to The Old Man and the Sea is "What can I say about the ultimate reality?" ... Santiago is an old fisherman who has been out at sea for a few days. ... The Old Man and the Sea is a story that shows perseverance can ...

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An example of great literature is, "The Old Man and the Sea," by Ernest Hemingway. ... For example, the big fish that the old man spent eighty-seven days trying to catch represents beauty, strength, and the battle everyone eventually faces at some time in their life. ... "The Old Man and the Sea," is a perfect example of this as Hemingway narrates events in short sentences while raising many uncertainties without providing enough evidence for any sort of definite answer. ... This is just another reason why, "The Old Man and the Sea," is considered to be great literature. ... The themes are tim...

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Key words: Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, true winner Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) is regarded as a 20th century's important and outstanding writer in the world. ... The main hero in The Old Man and the Sea, which is a well-know book, shows fully Hemingway's psychological struggle in time of difficulty. ... The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952. it is a short and fable story, about an old Cuban fisherman Santiago and his battle against a giant marlin. ... Hopefully, the old man sails silently on the black sea. ... And the more outstanding the theme of the novel is! ...

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For example you can not read "The Old Man and the Sea" as a simple story of a fisherman looking for his prized catch. ... The Old man is alone at sea with an old fishing pole, looking for one thing which is peace of soul. In the story the old man is left alone at sea with only his fate. ... The Old man is pursing this mystery of a fish, which in this case symbolizes life itself; by himself and has no help on his journey. He struggles greatly to catch the marlin and when the old man finally brings his catch back to shore he discovers that all that remains is a skeleton. ...

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This theme was the center of Jesus' teachings in the New Testament and was used in the Old Testament to show us the pattern of the kingdom. ... In doing this the bond between man and God was broken on a vertical scale. ... After convincing the Pharaoh of Egypt to let the people go, they reached the sea and the Egyptians began to chase after them. Moses parted the sea for them to cross and it then collapsed on all the Egyptians. ... The Old Testament is only half the story. ...

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He lived primarily in Cuba from 1940, the locale of his novella, The Old Man and the Sea 1952, which won him a Pulitzer Prize. ... The specific novel I read by him was The Old Man & The Sea it was a fascinating novel. Everything about The Old Man & The Sea is classically simple. ... After not catching fish for forty-four days, they have decided the old man is bad, and they do not want it to rub off on their son. ... Throughout the novel, Hemingway depicts the old man as a Christ figure. ...

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This theme is portrayed through the struggles of four men left to survive at sea against the perilous forces of nature. ... The theme of naturalism is also depicted within the tower. ... It also shows the naturalist idea of man being powerless to nature. ... If this old ninny-woman, Fate, cannot do better than this, she should be deprived of the management of men's fortunes. She is an old hen who knows not her intention. ...

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"Old Man And The Sea" "Old Man And The Sea" written by Ernest Hemingway is a book that makes you think. ... While reading this book it may not seem like there may be an actual meaning to the theme. ... The number forty for example is used in the book to tell how long the old man was at sea. ... The old man does not have dreams like these but dreams about lions. ... "In Old Man And The Sea" the animals, religious references, and the dream sequences all have one thing in common, the life of Jesus. ...

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"Plenty," replied the old man." (Ernest Hemingway, "Old Man and The Sea" 126.) ... Santiago, from "The Old Man and the Sea," has a striking similarity to each of the injured soldiers in "In Another Country." ... In "The Old Man and the Sea" some of the major symbols are; Santiago, the marlin, the sea, the "Great DiMaggio" and several others. ... While he has written many great stories, they lack originality in that they are merely embellished events of his life or events of his time, as is the case with "The Old Man and the Sea." ...

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The poems "The World is Too Much with Us" by William Wordsworth, "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" by William Carlos Williams, and "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" by Emily Dickinson, discuss this theme using different types of imagery, metaphors, contrasts and comparisons. ... Wordsworth depicts the beautiful image of a mother breastfeeding her child or an erotic picture of a man and a woman through the relationship between the sea and the moon at night: "The sea that bares her bosom to the moon." ... We forgot the fact that man was created from earth and that once we were living in equi...

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