the novel The old Man and the Sea, Hemingway uses symbolism to help the readers understand the message he is trying to portray. The Old Man and the Sea isn't just a book about a simple fisherman who battles wit a fish. There are many hidden meanings the represent something else. For example, the marlin represents strength and our battles in life. Santiago's dreams about the lions represented lost youth and the loss of strength. Lastly Santiago symbolized a Christlike figure. The marlin in Hemingway's
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway tells the struggles of an old man and his unluckiness when it comes to catching a fish. Throughout the novel, Santiago embarks on a life changing fishing trip that changes how he views his losses; nor to let his losses stop him from trying again. Hemingway builds Santiago up as someone who remains neutral to his losses and does not show his wavered confidence in himself. Santiago can be destroyed and beat down, but he cannot be defeated. The Old Man and
baseball scores and helping the aging old man. When Santiago was out on the sea trying to catch the marlin, Pedrico sent a search team out to try to find him. Themes Perseverance – The old man’s battle with the marlin was a battle of strength and will. Santiago showed incredible endurance, withstanding hunger, physical pain, and isolation. At one point in the novella the old man says "Fish, I’ll stay with you until I am dead." He was determined to catch the marlin and he showed that by never giving
fish. The old man then decides to sleep and has several dreams, one being of a school of porpoises, another of him being back at home, and the last of the lions. The marlin wakes the old man up by jumping out of the water, throwing Santiago into the side of the skiff. Santiago again wishes the boy was with him. He eats the second flying fish hoping it would give him strength. As the sun rose, the marlin began to circle. The old man fights off the circling marlin for hours. As the marlin passes under
Plot: In Cuba, on the coast, lives an old man named Santiago who makes his living as a fisherman. He’s gone 84 days without catching a fish, but during those first 40 days he had a boy with him, Manolin. Although the boy’s parents forbid him to go out and fish with the the old man, every day Manolin spends time with the old man helping him to carry his equipment, take care of him in his old age, and to even just talk about fishing and baseball. As Santiago and the boy bring in the things of Santiago’s
In the book Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago is destroyed but not defeated. He overcomes many physical and mental obstacles in order to reel in the massive marlin that he caught. Obstacles such as loneliness and a hand cramp impede his progress, but Santiago perseveres and fights the fight. Even though he eventually gives into the sharks that attack his prized marlin, he fights for many hours using a harpoon, an oar, and oar with a knife tied to it and finally, his tiller. He is
The novel talks about an epic struggles between so many things. The Old Man and the Sea, a simple story, shows us that fisherman’s battle with a big marlin. Santiago has failed to catch any fish for 84 days, while he still has a lot of courage. Finally, he goes far out into the sea. During the process, he eventually gets the chance to get a big marlin successfully. Santiago tries his best to kill the fish and gets it tied to his bout, only to find that on the
In the book "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago is an poor, old fisherman who seems to have "Salao" which means bad luck. He had gone 84 days without catching a fish. Manolin is a boy that cares and loves the old man. Santiago is kind, smart and he loves nature. On the eighty fifth day of his Salao the old man go out to sea to fish. He does in fact catch a fish, maybe the biggest fish he have ever seen, but it take him 3 days to kill the fish. Once he finally kills the fish he
“I believe that the common man is... a subject for tragedy” (Hemingway). In Jaws by Spielberg and The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, both the characters of Jaws and Santiago, respectively, exhibit tragic flaws because they believe they can exert any kind of will over nature, which is a fallacy. There are many domains in which man finds himself on unequal footing with other creatures. The ocean, or any sea, epitomizes such an arena. Since at least biblical times, Western Civilization has occupied
lives an old fisherman named Santiago. Santiago had gone fishing eighty-four without catching a fish. The many days of coming home empty-handed cost Santiago his fishing partner a young boy named Manolin. Even though Manolin was not working with Santiago anymore, the boy cared for the old man just the same. Manolin thinks of Santiago as the best fisherman he knows. In the novel on page twenty-three Manolin says “There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you.” The old man is