Through Trial Comes Joy In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea

     Hemingway's view of human nature was that happiness was rare and was found within a man and not in his outside circumstances or surroundings.  Hemingway illustrates this in three ways.  First, he portrays the human nature of Santiago, the main character, as being one of humility and compassion, full of strength and pride.  He is shown not as a gleefully happy man, but one who meets life with a serene, quiet resilience.  Second, Santiago's fellow villagers are shown as shallow and materialistic, with a narrow view of life compared to his.  Their focus on appearances is in sharp contrast to Santiago's focus on intrinsic values.  Third, it will be shown that his rare

The Old Man and the Sea In “The Old Man and the Sea”, Hemingway shows the fisherman Santiago as the ideal person. He’s independent in his action, eager to follow his calling, and willing to take a chance on a goal that seems impossible. Throughout the book we see Santiago endure much physical abuse, and pain.

Although the young man is advised by his parents to not to engage with Santiago, he is aware of the knowledge and drive that Santiago possesses. Although the Old Man is unsuccessful, Manolin recognizes the tenacity of the experienced fisherman. Due to Manolin's respect of Santiago, he truly believes that the Old Man is deserving of a successful day at sea. Furthermore, Hemingway accentuates the importance of Santiago’s three-day fishing trip far in the sea and how his actions represent his devotion. His purpose for wanting to catch a fish is not only to achieve success, but to gain respect from his town, who sees him as an unfortunate individual, before it is too late. The author characterizes Santiago as someone who never gives up and keeps fighting until he reaches his goal. He never lets anyone discourage him throughout his life and he manages to keep his head held high. Even in his existence, the old man is proud of his accomplishments thus far. One day, Santiago faces risks by sailing "too far out." At such an old age, he has little time to make something of his life and complete a valuable milestone. Santiago says to himself, saying "Now is the time to think of

“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

Throughout the journey, Santiago encountered many struggles and hardships, however he never gave up. Throughout The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway wants to show Santiago’s perseverance and Santiago as Christ. Santiago is faced with many struggles throughout his journey of catching the marlin yet he preservers through his struggles. Santiago was once known as the champion fisherman by locals, however he had not caught a fish for eighty-four

The sharks in The Old Man and the Sea and the intense boxing match in Rocky destroyed Santiago and Rocky, but the people supporting them steered them away from defeat. Santiago from Hemingway’s parable, The Old Man and the Sea, was a fisherman in Cuba. He had gone fishing for 84 days in a row without catching a fish. Staying hopeful, Santiago had confidence that he would have luck on his 85th day. With resolution, he went farther out than any other fishermen; so far that he could not even see land.

Throughout “The Old Man and the Sea”, written by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago displayed attributes of leadership and determination which ultimately lead to him winning the battle with the “great fish”. Santiago’s character has gone through a series of mental, physical, and emotional tests while on his journey. Santiago’s journey out to sea had an impact on how he viewed the aspects of life, and he was left with everlasting memories about his adventure. In the real world, many people believe that their experiences are made based about the journey, and not the destination. This real-world belief is heavily implied as many readers question whether Santiago was victorious in the end.

Despite the inherent differences between any two given beings, both are subjected to the same natural law—life and death. Over the course of a lifetime, a series of trials; successes; and failures all compile into the same end result, death. This is established early on within Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea, where Hemingway provides a unique commentary on life experiences, as well as other topics through the story of an old fisherman, his prize catch, and a young boy who takes after him. In the case of Santiago, the old man, he struggles to catch a fish, but finally comes across a marlin who is a worthy opponent. In the process, he overcomes a succession of obstacles to catch the marlin. As everyone has an end goal in their life and struggles to overcome, I am no exception to this rule. Just as Santiago’s hands

Santiago’s Core Characteristics Throughout their lives, every person that has ever lived will eventually run into seemingly overwhelming levels of struggle. Whether it is finding a new job, or dealing with the death of a pet, or even trying to succeed at a task they haven’t succeeded in for months on end, these struggles bring out the best and worst of these people. In Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago struggles through immensely difficult trials that bring out his core characteristics. His core characteristics, the ones that define who he is as a human being, are determination, hard-working, and self pity.

The protagonist of Hemingway’s short story, Santiago, is a man with much pride. The reader learns that he has gone eighty-four days without any luck catching a fish. Fellow fishermen taunt him, and the parents of his former apprentice, Manolin, refer to him as,” …definitely and finally salao,” meaning the worst form of unlucky. Nevertheless, the man has undefeated eyes. Determination and his prideful heart drive him to his goal of setting out farther to sea than usual, where the big fish are, despite his fruitless streak.

The Old Man and The Sea is a riveting novel written by Ernest Hemingway about man and the struggle with mortality. In the beginning, the author introduces Santiago, a humble fisherman who, after eighty-four days with no catch, returns to the sea and encounters the largest fish he has experienced yet. Hemingway’s story tells of his tribulations as he reels the marlin in over the course of three days. Tragically, the Old Man loses his fish to sharks before reaching shore. However, through all his grapples Santiago remains strong and never gives in. In Santiago, the central character of The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway has created a hero who personifies honor, courage, endurance, and faith.

Ernest Hemingway writes many great novels. The Old Man and the Sea is no different. In this novel the main character Santiago makes changes. He is an old man who has caught many fish in the past ,but recently has had trouble catching something worthy. This old man changes physically, and more importantly, mentally throughout the book . At the end of this novel, Santiago becomes much more mature and humble. One can see these changes that Santiago makes with three major events of the story.

In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago was a Code Hero” who exemplified the admirable quality of Perseverance through his actions. Santiago was an example of perseverance when he has the battle with the fish. His battle with the fish was not a battle of strength, but battle of determination. Despite the old man’s age he was willing to go through hunger, physical pain, and isolation from the rest. Patience became a way we connected the old man and the fish he fights, as they share a determination that, in its greatness, separates them from other people and creatures of the world. This demonstrates Santiago's perseverance because even though he had cuts on his hand and face also his own pain and tiredness. He works out discipline and

The story of life, struggle, spirit, luck and death is all perfectly summed in the tale of Santiago, the protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Human life is a constant struggle, and on a bigger scale the entire ecosystem could be considered a struggle. The Old Man and the Sea presents an interesting notion on conflicting human interests and emotions. Nothing could be considered just a simple matter of luck and survival, there is a strong connection between humans and nature, and that connection defines the struggle of physical and emotional survival of humans. Pride and honour are as important for the emotional survival as much as breathing

“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated. (Hemingway 103).” This quote, written by Ernest Hemingway in the short story The Old Man and the Sea, captures the theme perseverance in numerous ways. This quote describes when the old man Santiago was struck down physically, with the injuries of his hands and the pain of staying awake for a number of days. However, he mentally kept pushing forward, leading to his ultimate survival and his arrival home. Ernest Hemingway wanted the readers of this story to learn about the rewards of perseverance because of the hardship Santiago and the marlin had to endure, rather than themes such as luck, pride, and suffering.