Old
man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway is a great novella with many philosophical
ideas. Hemingway is very careful while portraying characters in his works. The
novella is centered on one major character Santiago. As the title suggest
Santiago is an old man. He is of 75 years old Cuban fisherman. Hemingway has
presented the character of Santiago with strong determination will power, hope
and confidence.
Novella is full of beautiful quotes like "Man can be destroyed,
but not defeated".
and "Man is not made for defeat"
Many times, stories by
Hemingway have much religious influence and symbolism. In the old man and the
sea, by Ernest Hemingway, numerous occurrences in the life of Santiago the
fisherman are similar to the incident recorded in the life of Jesus of
Nazareth. The names of the character translated from Spanish to English are
just one of those many similarities.
In the story, there are
many references to the crucifixion of Jesus. Santiago’s badly injured hand
evokes the hands of the crucified Jesus and three other situations reinforce
this theory first, Santiago’s marlin is approached by a pair of shovel nosed
sharks.
The old man and the sea is
biblical allusion. There are multiple themes that the core of this book. An
example that has been illustrated by Ernest Hemingway is Santiago being like
Jesus. This shows that the story is biblical allusion. Overall throughout the
book fish is the main catalyst of biblical allusion of Christianity. Finally
the example of Santiago and his self sacrifice create a more precise system of
moral dignity.
Santiago climbs the hill
to his shack, with the mast on his shoulder, falling several times. This is an
obvious reference to Christ’s struggle to carry the cross up the hill cavalry.
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