The Old Man And The Sea Movie And Book Differences

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So the boy does what he can for Santiago. The old man is also sad because the boys parents don’t believe in him either and he had been teaching the boy since he was five years old. The old man feels like no one believes in him except for the boy. His things aren’t nice so people use that against him.

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Hemingway is known for his heroic code in his novels, and the Old Man in the Sea is no different. Throughout the novel Santiago experiences several moments of truth. He also demonstrates the way to stay composed when he finally catches a fish. Finally, Santiago is destroyed, but he will not be defeated. Therefore, through the whole novel Hemingway uses Santiago to express the ideals of manhood.

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We also learn that The Man’s wife kills herself before the book begins because she she’s afraid of getting raped and murdered on the road. After The Man and The Boy travel the road for some time we get our first glimpse at the “Bad Guys” The Man was referring to earlier; A man that wanders away from his group, this “Bad Guy” Tries to take The Boy as a hostage to avoid being shot by The Man, The Man shoots him; we also learn that The Man has taught The Boy to kill himself with a pistol if he was ever caught by the “Bad Guys”. Another important event is when the two are on the brink of starvation, They search a house they typically wouldn’t have before because it showed signs of inhabitants; they search the basement and find a group of naked humans who are basically cattle for the “Bad Guys”. The two find a small bit of food and get by for now, but their unlucky streak is about to end: The two are yet again on the brink of starvation, they discover a bomb shelter filled to the brim with food and supplies, although this is a very good thing we learn something important about the man here, he believes that god or fate is teasing him for by letting them find this cache. The food lasts for a long time but soon enough it runs out, The Man soon becomes sick and we begin to learn about his criticality failing health.

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“He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had almost passed pain and into dullness that he mistrusted.”(74) Once both the fish and Santiago had reached the breaking point of conflict the story seemed to slow down in time to exemplify the adverse conditions that both characters were suffering from. The old man proves himself worthy of personal suffering with the cuts and scars on his hands and back along with all of the pulling and slipping the cords had upon his fragile body. Hemmingway shows in a big way how an out of proportioned conflict with an old fisherman and an 18 foot long marlin helps to magnify the significance of Santiago searching for his rebirth to manhood. With constant abstraction describing the fish and the sea in relation to brotherhood create interesting questions for Santiago to ponder. His rationalization for his fishing is that he was born to do it. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (103) Hemmingway proves that this fish represents all of Santiago’s built up tension to total the size of a gigantic marlin that is perceived as devastating but not unconquerable. The old man’s hopes and aspirations can overcome the adversity of the marlin’s size, along with the conditions of the old, hungry, and exhausted fisherman. Through outright suffering Santiago achieves a goal above his previous manhood by combating pain and

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The novel written by Ernest Hemingway tells the story of an old fisherman named Santiago (referred to as "the old man") and his quest of catching a fish. Unfortunately, the old man has been down on his luck and has been fish-less for eighty-four days. The next time the old man leaves for a fishing trip, he sets sail farther than any fisherman has ever gone before, and he refuses to go home until he has proven to himself and to society that he is more than an average old man. However the old man is forced to overcome many challenges on his quest. His old age hinders him drastically and when he is finally able to get a fish on his line, he is not strong enough and is unable to reel the fish in. On the third day of the fishing expedition as the old man continues to struggle with the fish (a large marlin), he begins to reflect on the nature of the universe and his low place in society. The old man begins to feel pity for the fish, however also feels an unflagging determination to kill

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The Old Man and The Sea, is a tale of an old man named Santiago who is a fisherman. He hasn’t had any luck with fishing, resulting in the other town members viewing him as a lame old man. A boy who used to fish with him inspires to change up his usual fishing tactics resulting in him catching a great huge fish. After fighting the fish for a couple days in his tiny boat he ties it to the side, headed for shore. On the way in sharks eat his entire catch leaving a skeleton to show for his work. The reader can see a clear metaphor painted by Hemingway. The fish