Old man and the sea A young boy who is probably in his teens named Manolin is Santiagos apprentice and devoted attendant The old man first took him out on a boat when he was merely five years old Manolin is referred to as the boy Like Santiago Manolin comes from a family of fishermen and has long admired Santiago in his trade Although Manolins father has forbidden him to go fishing with Santiago because of the old mans bad luck Manolin nevertheless continues to visit Santiago and to help him in
Old Man and the Sea A Book of Hope and Disappointment Many critics stand on either side of the ongoing debate of whether The Old Man and the Sea is a book of hope or a book of disappointment Ernest Hemingway uses the iceberg theory which really means that he wants his readers to be active and fill in their own inferences Depending on how the reader reads between the lines it can be viewed with many times of disappointment but also many times of hope The situations that happen to Santiago the ma
Santiago and the fish he chases and eventually catches have a very simple relationship Santiago respects the fish and views him as an equal They are alike in many ways He views the fish as his brother and loves him like one too Santiago has a fish on his line for many strenuous days and nights Over the course of this time he begins to love the fish and have great respect for it When the old man was still strong and nowhere near tired he was the master of the line and trying to get the fish to j
Hemingway uses imagery of human suffering from the Gospel of Matthew in The Old Man and the Sea in order to argue that society should be based on subjective truths and not on objective truths revealed by Jesus experiences Lessons are learned through experiences and are limited subjective conclusions reached by the individual who goes through that experience There is no reason to believe that everyone who has a painful experience will draw any conclusion from that experience The old man initiall
Reading a story can sometimes be like reliving a piece of history Through symbolism authors can bring to life a piece of the past and show it through someone elses eyes Ernest Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Jesus Christ in a simple and plain way Hemmingway who was not religious uses subtle symbolism throughout the story and adds Christian imagery to his writing Santiago was once a strong and well respected man in his community but now washed away by age he is fighting f