The Old Man and The Sea : Book Review

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Ernest Miller Hemingway, a famous American novelist, short story writer and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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An old Cuban fisherman named Santiago has bad luck for 84 days without catching fish. On the 85th day, he hooks a giant marlin but struggles with it as it pulls his boat. The story focuses on his batt…

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Manolin is the young and devoted apprentice of the old fisherman Santiago. His parents forced him to work with another fisherman because of Santiago's bad luck, but he remains loyal to the old man.

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Eighty-four days. This period of bad luck is significant as it shows the old man's determination and sets up the importance of his struggle on the 85th day.

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The marlin represents a noble opponent worthy of respect. Like the old man, it fights desperately for its life, and both the man and marlin stand for the same ideal - a noble struggle against destruct…

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Hemingway's language is simple and pithy. He writes in short, straightforward sentences and practices extreme economy in his use of words. This simplicity is deceptive and reveals new layers of meanin…

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The novel was published in 1952, when people were recovering from the destruction of two world wars. The tale of endurance and ultimate triumph immediately struck a chord with readers of that time.

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Hemingway had experience fishing in Cuban waters, was a baseball fan like the old man, worked for the Red Cross during WWI, and was injured by shrapnel in Italy. He always wrote about struggling again…