ErnestHemingwayTheOldManandtheSeamaybewell-knownasoneofthetrueclassicsofthisgeneration.Certainly,thequalitiesofErnestHemingway'sshortnovelarethosewhichweassociatewithmanygreatstoriesofthepast:nearperfectionofformwithinthelimitationsofitssubjectmatter,restraintoftreatment,regardfortheunitiesoftimeandplace,andevocativesimplicityofstyle.Also,likemostgreatstories,itcanbereadonmorethanonelevelofmeaning.Ononeitisanexcitingbuttragicadventurestory.Sustainedbytheprideofhiscalling,theonlypridehehasleft,abrokenoldfishermanventuresfaroutintotheGulfStreamandtherehooksthebiggestmarlineverseeninthosewaters.Then,aloneandexhaustedbyhisstruggletoharpoonthegiantfish,heisforcedintoalosingbattlewithmaraudingsharks;theyleavehimnothingbuttheskeletonofhiscatch.Onanotherlevelthebookisafableoftheunconquerablespiritofman,acreaturecapableofsnatchingspiritualvictoryfromcircumstancesofdisasterandmaterialdefeat.Hemingway'sCubanfishermanisacharacterallowingtheimaginationofhiscreatortooperatesimultaneouslyintwodifferentworldsofmeaningandvalue,theonerealanddramatic,theothermoralanddevotionallysymbolicOnstillanotheritisaparableofreligioussignificance,itsthemesupportedbythewriter'sunobtrusivehandlingofChristiansymbolsandmetaphors.LikeColeridge'sAncientMariner,.Aboutwriting,Hemingwayhasawell-knownmetaphor:thetipareusuallyseven-eighthssubmergedunderthewater.Writersmustreproducetheexposedsurfaceofthewaterthatone-eighth.Therestshouldbelefttothereadertounderstandandimagine“TheOldManandtheSea”isaproductofthistheoryintopractice.Itisbrief,withoutasuperfluousword,justlikethetipoftheiceberg,simple-clear,freshandbiting.Thisisabookabouttheoldfishermanwholivesaloneinseafishing.Afterthe84dayswithnothinghecaughtahugemarlin.Ithadneverbeenseenandheardoffortheoldman.Thefishwasatleastlongerthanhisboattwofeet.Thefishisverylarge,draggingtheboatdriftedfortwodaysandnights,theelderlywasinaneversufferedthroughadifficulttestinthesetwodaysandtwonights.Finallythefishwasstabbedandtiedtothebow.However,itisunfortunatethatasharksuddenlyturnedupinreturning,theelderlyandtheSharkhadadesperatestruggle,finally,thegiantmarlinwaseatenupbyshark.Aftersomebitter,theoldpeopledraggedhomeonlyabareandaskeletonoftheinjury,buthestillbeappreciated
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