The old man and the sea Deep analysis

Santiago

Santiago

________ has not caught a fish in 84 days: This is a powerful scene because it allows the reader to get an insight into the character and his qualities beyond a fisherman.

Manolin

________: He is a caring person that helps and supports Santiago, he highlights Santigos value.

Lions

________: symbolize youth and wanting to go back to the characters happiest moments of life.

Sharks

________: Represent struggle and hardship, violent nature and evilness, they tore up the Marlin, attacking the protagonist's center of pain and admiration.

Marlin

________: The fish is the perfect opponent, representing honor, nobility, and proof of man's worth.

opine scene

The ________ builds the setting to understand better the climax and consequences of his decisions, for his initial characterization, it is granted that no matter whether he hooks the marlin or dies in the process, we will emerge victorious.

Title

The old man and the sea

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Date of publication

1952

Genre

Novella

The sharks ate the Marlin that took Santiago so long to hook

this is the development of the old man and his ascending to a symbolic figure

Santiago has not caught a fish in 84 days

This is a powerful scene because it allows the reader to get an insight into the character and his qualities beyond a fisherman

He faces a 3-day battle with the Marlin

This scene tests the pride and the previous conceptions he had about himself

Santiago

He admires Joe Dimaggio, considered to be born as a fisherman, he is characterized as strong, determined, proud, and optimistic, wanting to go further to achieve something better

Manolin

He is a caring person that helps and supports Santiago, he highlights Santigos value

Marlin

The fish is the perfect opponent, representing honor, nobility, and proof of man's worth

In a world in which "everything kills everything else in some way," Santiago feels genuinely lucky to find himself matched against a creature that brings out the best in him

his strength, courage, love, and respect

Lions

symbolize youth and wanting to go back to the characters happiest moments of life

Sharks

Represent struggle and hardship, violent nature and evilness, they tore up the Marlin, attacking the protagonist's center of pain and admiration

Pride as the source of greatness and determination

the evidence is Santiago going back to his home with the skeleton of the Marlin, although he lost what he has been annihilating, he finds comfort in his strength during the fight and how he endured the pain

The struggle over the result is the principal quality of a mans value

the evidence is the scene where the sharks eat the Marlin despite Santiagos effort to attack and protect it