SEMESTER 3-READING AND REFLECTION ON TEXT BOOK

READING AND REFLECTION ON TEXT BOOK

   THE OLDMAN AND THE SEA

                             -Earnest Hemingway

Introduction 

     'The old man and the sea' is a  parable of man's struggle with nature .lt describes the noble courage and endurance of Santiago, a Cuban  fishermen, who goes in his skiff into the Gulf stream in quest of a giant Merlin...

Characterisation 

Santiago :the old man  of the novelette, its hero who typifies man's heroic struggle against nature...

Menolin:the boy with whom Santiago used to go but fishing at first; with....

Rogelio,Perico.Pedrico:other Cuban fishermen 

Martin:owner of the Terrace, a restaurant 

Marlin:the large game fish. ..

Brief summary 

Santiago is the old man of the novel. He is an old Cuban fisherman.He always dreams of his young days as a sailor visiting Africa......

Santiago was proud of his  catch.The fish was a dream  come true for any fisherman....on the third day,the fish leaped.....the fisherman thronged on the shore to have a look at the unususl....

Critical assessment 

 The oldman and  the sea is curiously  interesting when one considers the nature and scope of characterisation in it. .....

Conclusion 

Hemingway 's short novel The old man and the sea  carries  elements  of  parable and allegory. The spirit of man and the force of nature,.....