Ernest Hemmingway and Amitav Ghosh, both having completely different writing styles and ideas, seem to have an underlying similarity in how they view leadership and heroism. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway and Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh both show internal battles and undeniable fate within characters throughout each novel. In The Old Man and the Sea Hemmingway uses Santiago, the old Cuban fisherman, to represent internal transformation, renewed life, triumph, and defeat. Ghosh also represents similar struggles in Sea of Poppies through one of his most prominent characters Deeti. Hemmingway and Ghosh seek to first surpass and overcome internal struggle, secondly show leadership through the toughest situations, and lastly the …show more content…
Manolin reassures him by saying, “There are many good fisherman and some great ones. But there is only you” (32). Manolin reassures Santiago that he stands alone among fisherman, not because of luck but because of his respect and unity for the sea. After 84 days at sea with Santiago, Manolin returns home and Santiago is left to endure the rest of the trip on his own. His age made it seem impossible to catch a fish like he had in mind, but defying the odds Santiago catches his prize winning fish. In Sea of Poppies the first character to be introduced is Deeti. Much like Santiago she is fighting internal battles that seem to be unescapable. The young mother living by the Ganges roughly 50 miles east of Benares has no other choice but to grow poppies. This lack of choice has resulted in the poppies ultimately destroying and infiltrating her family life. She is given what is described to be an undeniable fate that seems impossible to get out of. Her crippled husband, Hukam, contributes tremendously to her actuality of life. Hukam, working in the opium factory, has shown Deeti a side of life she never wanted to know much less be part of. Internally she fights her fear of what the opium will destroy, and her fate. Confident and …show more content…
With all the characters from Sea of Poppies Deeti stood out once again. Her actualization of what was happening between her family, the opium, and the ship makes her separable from all others. She knew her fate, but did not let it define her. She saw everything as it was which gave her the upper hand in many situations. One situation in particular is when Deeti had suspicion that her mother-in-law drugged her with opium on the night of her wedding. She became pregnant even though her husband was ostensibly not able to have children. Hukam wearing a mask of lies would not confess, Deeti stated, “She would have liked to believe him, but looking at his enervated and listless limbs she found it hard to imagine that he had been capable of any great exertion the night before” (Ghosh 78). She knew something was wrong, and with her intuition and a bit of revenge she finally figured the mystery from her wedding night. With the knowledge and awareness of what was done to her it opened her eyes to a world and life she did not want to be apart of. Deeti’s self actualization is what essentially turned things around for her. Comparable to Deeti Santiago begins realizing the actualization of life as well. He knows he is too old to go out to sea, but continues to do what he set out to do. His realization after losing the Marlin makes Santiago stronger, but also a bit broken. He had been at sea for almost 84 days before
The epic journey of “The Old Man and the Sea” describes struggle, discipline and manhood. The main characters relationships exemplify how faith and skill overcome man’s adversity during life on the sea. Santiago’s growing relationship with the boy idealizes his statute as a father figure and develops his integrity and values towards the boy. Hemmingway shows us how an old fisherman’s will to overcome the sea’s obstacles proves his manhood to himself and the young boy. His skills and knowledge of the sea provide a positive influence for the young boy to become a great fisherman someday.
Ernest Hemingway was referred to me from Dr. John in regards to his explosive disorders and loss of sleep and appetite. Dr. John also said that he has feeling of suicide following the death of his father. Dr. John
Individuals may look deep within to summon courage that is necessary to move past triumphs and tragedies. In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago struggles greatly to search for hope in seemingly hopeless situations. The idea that people look deep within to summon courage is portrayed through the actions of Santiago, Manolin, and Manolin’s parents.
He was finally able to participate in World War I as a voluntary ambulance driver for the Red Cross, after repeatedly being rejected because of his damaged eye, caused by his boxing. On July 8, 1918 the nineteen year old was severely injured on the Austro-Italian front and hospitalized in Milan and had an affair with a Red Cross nurse named Agnes Von Kurowsky, who turned down his proposal to marriage. War punctuated Ernest Hemingway’s life and career (Ernest Hemingway 1024). The relationship is said to have formed the basis for one of
Ernest Hemingway pulled from his past present experiences to develop his own thoughts concerning death, relationships, and lies. He then mixed these ideas, along with a familiar setting, to create a masterpiece. One such masterpiece written early in Hemingway's career is the short story, "Indian Camp." "Indian Camp" was originally published in the collection of "in Our Time" in 1925. A brief summary reveals that the main character, a teenager by the name of Nick, travels across a lake to an Indian village. While at the village Nick observes his father, who is a doctor, deliver a baby to an Indian by caesarian section. As the story continues, Nick's father discovers that the newborn's father has committed
Throughout humanity, a man's fervor for acceptance is undermined by the mental delinquency of success or internal bliss. Ernest Hemingway simplistic writing methodology exhibits the theme of self triumph and courage in his classic novella The Old Man and the Sea, which explores the importance of self autarchy. Hemingway’s intricate, yet simple, display of morality comes through the main character, Santiago, an old Cuban soul whose self determination fuels his lackluster luck as a fisherman. In desultory fashion, the old man ventures off into the deep blue, his self goal ambiguous. As his time fishing goes along in ordinance, he hooks, which at the time is unknown, a larger than life Marlin. As for one last effort, the old man expresses a self
Among all the novels and essays he has published, he is best known for his classic novella The Old Man and the Sea (1952). Since its publication, the novella has earned worldwide recognition and has been translated into numerous languages considering it is known as a tale with a much deeper message that transcends place and time. In the novella, the protagonist Santiago’s qualities of bravery, honor and endurance not only enable him to thrive in the face of adversity, but also influence those around him. For instance, a young boy, Manolin has a special relationship with Santiago, who has taken the boy out to fish since he was five. Manolin has a certain degree of devotion and loyalty to Santiago, for he thinks of Santiago as both a fatherly figure and a mentor.
The period between World War I and World War II was a very turbulent time in America. Ernest Hemingway most represented this period with his unrestrained lifestyle. This lifestyle brought him many successes, but it eventually destroyed him in the end. His stories are read in classrooms across America, but his semi-autobiographical writings are horrible role models for the students who read them. Hemingway’s lifestyle greatly influenced his writings in many ways.
old man and the sea? written by Hemingway shows the hardship and troubles he underwent in his
“Separating” by John Updike is a short story. The story begins with a man from Boston named Richard Maple. Towards the end of the school year, Richard Maple and his wife, Joan, are deciding when to tell their four children about the two getting a divorce. Richard wants to tell them at dinner while Joan wants to tell them individually. They decide to do it Joan’s way. At dinner the family is having lobster and champagne and Richard begins to start crying. Everyone ignores it at first but then the second-youngest John asks why Richard is crying. Joan tells the truth and the children become angry that they didn’t tell them earlier. Joan tells Richard he has to tell their other son Dickie the news since he was at a concert. Dickie takes the news
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, journalist and short story writer. In 1918 he was recruited by the Red Cross to assist as an ambulance driver in Italy. While carrying
In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago demonstrates the traits of the code hero. The Hemingway’s code hero covers the principal ideals of honor, courage, and endurance in a misfortune life. Throughout the novel, Santiago shows a contrast between opposite attitudes and values which associate his behavior with the guidelines of the code. In this case, the depiction of conflicting values, such as dignity despite humility, perseverance despite despair, and victory despite defeat are aspects that help to describe and understand the role of Santiago in the novel, and reflect the reason why this character is perfectly suited to the heroic conduct established by Hemingway.
“Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated,” Ernest Hemingway. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea written by the spokesman of this quote, it is truly demonstrated that a man can be destroyed but not defeated through the main character, Santiago. He is an older man who loves to fish and devotes most of his time to fishing. Unfortunately, he had not brought back a fish in over eighty days. This occurrence lead to his pupil Manolin’s parents not allowing their son to fish with Santiago and also some other fishermen who thought he was a joke. Like Manolin’s parents and also the other fisherman, many disbelievers think that the old man is unlucky, therefore it is not his fate to catch a worthy fish. They believe that it takes luck and fate to catch a fish. On the contrary, both Santiago and Manolin disagree as they believe that pride and ambition will help Santiago finally catch his dream fish. The theme of pride of ambition beating out their counterparts fate and luck is thoroughly expressed in all facets of this novel. Three main occurrences where the theme is present is when he still goes out even with his “bad luck”, when he continues to hang on to the fish he has hooked, and finally when he returns home and his pride and ambition is recognized by others.
“Hemingway’s greatness is in his short stories, which rival any other master of the form”(Bloom 1). The Old Man and the Sea is the most popular of his later works (1). The themes represented in this book are religion (Gurko 13-14), heroism (Brenner 31-32), and character symbolism (28). These themes combine to create a book that won Hemingway a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and contributed to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (3).
Ernest Hemingway the winner of the Nobel Peace prize lived a troubled life over his Sixty-two years of life and experienced many struggles. He went through a few marriages, different faiths and in the end, he lost his battle with depression. However, though all of this he made an impact on the world with the style and theme of American literature he wrote and is a significant influence to many authors and readers alike. During his life, there were many things that were an influence and help shape his writing into what it is today. Hemingway heavily focused on the theme of war during his career and was a topic of several of his novels one of those novels being “For whom the bell tolls” (Hemingway) The recognizable effects of Hemingway’s influence on literature is still witnessed around the world in the many tributes to him to this day.