... should, but he does catch an enormous marlin. Unfortunately, a shark eats the fish before he can get it back to shore. The theme of The Old Man and the Sea is, "A man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated"(Oliver 83). Hemingway expressed this theme through all of Santiago's hardships. Critics liked The Old Man and the Sea and printed the "novella" in Life Magazine. Some say Hemingway lost his touch with age, but this novel won him ... the Pulitzer Prize, at age fifty-one. Ernest Hemingway was an extraordinary man who had an unbelievable ability ... ...

• Word Count: 1080
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... obsessed by sex. You spend all your time talking, not working." (120) As in "The Sun Also Rises," "A Well Lighted Place" also is set in an empty reality. Hemingway suggests that life has no meaning and that man is an insignificant speck in a great sea of nothingness. The older waiter makes this idea as clear as he can when he says, "It ... "-effectively wiping out both God and the idea of heaven in one sentence. Not everyone is aware of the nothingness, however. For example, the younger waiter hurtles through his life hastily and happily, unaware of any reason why he should lament. For t...

• Word Count: 969
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography