... Hemingway lived. The focus and intensity the characters have towards getting their goals is a reflection of the Puritan work ethic that since the founding of America has been one of the pillars or our ideology. The following quote from the "Old Man and the Sea" exemplifies the type of personality that a conservative America idolized. "Man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed, but not defeated." - The Old Man Hemingway did not just limit heroes to fiction. In "The Old Man and the Sea ... ," he equates the "Old Man" to Joe DiMaggio, who, at ... ...

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