THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA-STORY
I choose
this because I feel that this passage is the best part of the story and
exemplary if I had chosen to critique “the old man and the sea” was a big
success for Ernest Hemingway when it was published in 1952. At first glance,
the story appears to be a simple tale of an old Cuban fisherman who catches an
enormous fish, only to lose it. There is much more to the story a late of
bravery and heroism, of one man is struggle against his own doubts, the
elements, a massive fish, sharks and even his desire to give up.
Santiago is an old man and a fisherman who
has gone for month without catching a fish. Many are starting to doubt his
abilities as an angler. Even his apprentice,
manolin, has abandoned him and gone to work for a
more prosperous boat. The old man sets out to the open sea one day—off the
florida coast—and goes a little farther out than he normally would in his
desperation to catch a fish. Sure enough, at noon, a big marlin takes hold of
lines, but the fish is far too big for Santiago to handle.
“He was an old man who fished alone in a
skiff in the gulf stream and he had gone eight-four days now without taking a
fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days
without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now
definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had
gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first
week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff
empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled liner or the
gaff and harpoon the mast. the sail that was furled around the mast. The sail
was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent
defeat.”
(story
paragraph)
The disciple who was helping this man also left. Writer is
use of no means is a superior method used by the writer to further the
agony of the old man. The one who helped
was also avoiding.
The author uses a number of ways to point
out the virtues of an old man in this story 84 days shows the strength of
chasing the same fish .But he has finally found comfort .It has a high taste
added to the life of the reader. The author understands the mind of the reader
and builds the story.
An old man with a big fish and a days old
man who fights in the sea fasting to the economy is really showing how he is
fighting. But in the end it was just his tiredness.
The big fish caught in the sea ate the
other fish. It is an opportunity to get a deeper understanding of life.
During his struggle to catch the fish,
Santiago holds on to the rope even though he is cut and bruised by it, even
though he wants to sleep and eat. He holds onto the rope as though his life
depends on it. In these scenes of struggle, Hemingway brings to for the power
and masculinity of a simple man in a simple habitat. He demonstrates how
heroism is possible in even the most seemingly mundane circumstances.
Hemingway’s novella shows how death can
invigorate life, how killing and death can bring a man to an understanding of
his own mortality and his own power to overcome it. Hemingway writes of a time.
Hemingway’s novella shows how death can
invigorate life, how killing and death can bring a man to an understanding of
his own mortality and his own power to overcome it. Hemingway writes of a time when fishing was
not merely a business or a sport. Instead, fishing was an expression of
humankind in its natural state in tune with nature. Enormous stamina and power
arose in the breast of Santiago. The simple fisherman become a classical hero
in his epic struggle.
And the young man who was helping the old
man is investigating about the old man even though he is under pressure form
the house. So the young man’s good qualities will be seen.
The author is attempt to reach the
realization of his compassion has been successful.
MAPT/19/B1/03
G.P PAWANI
HANSIKA
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