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The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea provides the reader with the unique respective of an old, life beaten, fisherman who has had some ruff months of not catching anything but is soon blessed, or cursed by the biggest catch of his life. While at sea, we observe how the narrative of the old man is juxtaposed with that of the fish. Many of the thoughts expressed by the old man are projected to the fish and perhaps this is indicative of the man feeling catched/trapped in a struggle. I tend to think that the old man is resilient due to his age as he mentions because of his "many tricks and resolution" that he will succeed in catching the fish.
Once caught, the fishermen has to make the sail back to shore in heavily shark infested waters. It is not to long before sharks begin hacking away at chunks of meat from the fish that is tied to the small boat. In all of these instances, we see that everytime the fish is attacked the old man suffers, but what I find interesting is that he does not take it lying down he fights back by killing any shark that takes a piece from the fish.
In the end, the old man makes it home with his pride in shambles as is reflected by the remaining skeleton of the fish and his heart broken by his inability to get up after practically sleeping all day.
Hemingway presents a simple story in an elegant, 'what are you willing to die for' kind of way.
Once caught, the fishermen has to make the sail back to shore in heavily shark infested waters. It is not to long before sharks begin hacking away at chunks of meat from the fish that is tied to the small boat. In all of these instances, we see that everytime the fish is attacked the old man suffers, but what I find interesting is that he does not take it lying down he fights back by killing any shark that takes a piece from the fish.
In the end, the old man makes it home with his pride in shambles as is reflected by the remaining skeleton of the fish and his heart broken by his inability to get up after practically sleeping all day.
Hemingway presents a simple story in an elegant, 'what are you willing to die for' kind of way.