1. Allegory in Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea
... only the skeleton. In the portrayal of a man suffering willingly, Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" allegorically parallels a fundamental part of Christian mythology, Jesus Christ. Both Santiago and Christ have general similarities, for Hemingway recreates Jesus as the old man in the novel. He is very patient and suffers willingly just as Christ did. When both are in plain, they don't complain but ... , Christians rely on the Gospel for their spiritual food. A direct tie to fish in the Christian mythology and the great presence of fish in the old man's life are similar. Santiago and ...
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