The Old Man and the Sea

Is it possible for someone to be destroyed, but not defeated? How can this be possible? What does it mean to be destroyed or defeated? In Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man and the Sea the main character, Santiago, achieves this feat. He is destroyed but not defeated in his task to catch the marlin. To answer these questions we need to know how Santiago triumphed in his situation. We also need to know what it means to be destroyed and defeated. Finally, we need to know is what this means

drowned – if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come this far and contemplate sand and trees? Was I brought here merely to have my nose dragged away as I was about to nibble the sacred cheese of life? It is preposterous. If this old ninny-woman, Fate, cannot do better than this, she should be deprived of the management of men's fortunes. She is an old hen who knows not her intention. If she has decided to drown me, why did she not do it

would kill him. They were kicked out the tower when Acrisius found out he was born, and put in a chest to drift away at sea. Heres the summary on how young Perseus became king. Perseus and his mother landed on the island of Seriphos, where Polydectes ruled. His brother Dictys was a fisherman. He found the chest and freed them. By then Perseus had grown up to be a strong young man. This is important because Polydectes wanted to marry Danae (Perseus mother), but Perseus didn’t allow it. Because of

better fisherman mock Santiago, the boy is Santiago's discipline. He thinks Santiago is in his very own league for fishing. The book by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, is about an old fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. He has been out on sea for eighty four days empty handed and returned with nothing. Santiago, the old fisherman was forced to have his friend known as the boy leave so he can fish in a better boat. Each night Santiago returns, the boy would take care of him and

childhood, Spider-Man was my favorite superhero. Whenever I watched the movies, I was dazzled by his web-slinging skills, fighting against evil, and dual personality. If a problem occurred to me, I would think of what Spider-Man would do. In addition, I would remember what Uncle Ben had said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Although not all heroes are superhuman or supernatural, they can really impact a person’s life positively. In the novella, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

paint a picture of the man persuading Robert to follow him and be saved. The mysterious man is portrayed as being unappealing and threatening. For example, the use of sonic imagery to describe the man’s voice as having a “grating rasp” allows readers to visualize this unhealthy figure as disturbing. The simile comparing the “man’s throat moving like a clammy turkey skin” shows a resemblance between his neck to that of a saggy turkey, making us believe the man is either old, is severely ill and malnourished

Ishmael’s love for the sea and is emphasized and returned to Ishmael in an ironic and humbling way from the “watery world”. In this adventurous journey, a young man named Ishmael sets out on a voyage to see the world and become a harpooner. He does not only discover a fierce whale representing his external influences but also his own internal self-revelation. In Herman Melville’s historic novel, Moby Dick, the use of symbolism, figurative language, and specific diction unites the sea and Ishmael while

This example is seen in the lines “Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton Blow his wreathed horn.” Wordsworth uses this example to show the change that he wishing to come back to mankind through nature and old fashion ideals. Back in ancient Greece, gods often symbolized nature and strength. Proteus was “the prophetic old man of the sea” and was “a subject to the god Poseidon.” He has the ability to change shape and also knew about the “past

The delicate balance between pride and modesty that Hemingway illustrates in The Old Man and the Sea allows the reader to understand their own place within the natural world through prideful and modest actions. The feeling of pride is essential to the makeup of humans as a species; the superior range of emotions and knowledge have categorized homo sapiens to the top of the hierarchical system amongst animals. In many ways, the ability to feel pride is a double-edged sword. In some instances, being

high land of lakes. Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries- stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical