... obvious."" Hemingway 1958 (Plimpton p 108) "There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond what you know."" Hemingway, 1952 Despite Hemingway's express admonition against interpretation, The Old Man and the Sea has been a favourite subject of literary criticism throughout ... . Hemingway's style seems to have been a constantly developing one when a chronological analysis is done to his varie...

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... critics said Hemingway's best writing was past. He surprised many of the critics when the novel, The Old Man and the Sea, was published.. This work led to his Pulitzer Prize in 1952. Two years later he received the Nobel Prize for his "powerful, style-making mastery of the art or modern narration- (Griffin 1) for The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway's years following these awards saw few works as successful as ... with medals for their bravery for facing death. Santiago from "The Old Man and the Sea- is a hero because he was courageous and was not afraid of death. Santiago went out to se...

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