The Old Man and the Sea: Literature Analysis (Research Paper Sample)

The Old Man and the Sea: Analysis
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Introduction
The novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway prove to be one of the enduring works of fiction in the American history. The book talks about a Cuban old man and the small young boy and the man absolute suffering. The author Ernest Hemingway came from Oak Park, Illinois and was born on July 21, 1899 (Pohlen & Jerome, 122). He settled in Kansas City in Missouri where he used to work for Kansas City Star, after graduating from high school. Later, after he failed to join United States military due to poor eyesight, he recruited to be a driver of Red Cross ambulance in Italy Milan. Then, he becomes a freelance writer for Toronto Star as well as joined an expatriate community of writers and artists in Paris. The Old Man and the Sea novel in (1952) earned Ernest Hemingway a Pulitzer Prize. He wrote other interesting books, for example, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and a volume of short stories "In Our Time." The novel has a plight of an old man struggling with poverty, age, loneliness, and a sense of humanity to define his dignity, identity and to establish the reputation relationship in the community; portraying Hemingway real life experience and how he revealed it in work of fiction (Hemingway 3).
Ernest Hemingway real-life experience
Ernest Hemingway early life and career; he saw suicide scenario at a very young age and shot a gun in his six years age. His relationship with his father, Clarence Hemingway, was a doctor making Ernest Hemingway been exposed to death and diseases at a young age. Also, he explored and took a vacation walk along Lake Michigan. It was there that his father and uncle taught him on survival tactics; acquired skills on hunting animals and skill of fishing. Hence, this experience taught him to be in touch with nature.
These circumstances made him and his father share interest, experience he underwent with his father, and the remarkable thoughts of his father’s death that kept on haunting him. During the time he was in high school, he used to work for the school sports Newspapers “Trapeze and Tabula.” Later on, after he had graduated, he secured a job in Kansas City Star as a journalist where he gained experience that influenced his thrilling, unique prose technique for writing.
Moreover, he gained military training during the time of World War I. He went oversea, in Italy Milan working as an ambulance driver. His bravely in the war earned himself an Italian Silver Medal of Bravery. Soon at the events of the war, he sustains minor injuries which made him land in Milan hospital, where he met with a nurse to whom she falls in love with; but later he was heartbroken as the nurse said that she was too old for him. After a while, he returned to the USA, still nursing his wounds from the war in his 20s. in USA Hemingway settled in Michigan, where he met and married his first wife Hadley Richardson in Chicago. Later he left to Italy and continued working as a freelancer for Toronto stars.
Hemingway, in Europe, wrote some of the prominent work in literature inclusive of the novel "In Our Time" (1926), "Men without Women" (1927) and others. From there he traveled to various places Michigan for fishing, Spain for bullfighting and in Africa for hunting. In regardless of his unique type of writing he continued his flurry inspiration career in writing work the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "The Green Hills of Africa" and "Death in the Afternoon." His adventure in Africa foray sustained several injuries and even survived numerous plane crashes. Hemingway wrote the Old Man and the Sea as his last novel. Later on his struggled with his weakening health status, his depression on his four marriages, this ultimately caused him to committed suicide at the age of 61.
Relation to the real-life experience that inspired the Ernest Hemingway to write the novel The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway was among best writers in America, who experienced many events in his life which influenced and somehow affected his writing. His unique writing style, prose, throughout his early life and late life was affected by situations such as his time in World War 1, vocational walk along Lake Michigan, the relationship with his father and also friendship and bravery.
The relationship of Hemingway and his father affected his writing because his father was a doctor and Hemingway was exposed to; diseases and death at an early age. His father is a man who was known to lose his temper. The novel The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago struggle to catch a big fish, marlin that finally injure him but continue to fight back. Also, the old man goes for 84 of days without catching any fish but is helped by a young boy who gives him food (Hemingway 10). The old man seems to be his father, and the little boy depicts the characters of Ernest Hemingway teaches him how to survive and fishing tactics. The reason is, these circumstances made him and his father share interest and the experience he underwent with his father made Earnest have the remarkable thoughts of his father’s death that kept on haunting him.
Hemingway grew up in Oak, Park with his parents and five siblings. Hemingway often took a vacation with his father along Lake Michigan where he experienced many things which later shared them in his writing. He explored many locations and taught how to survive, to hunt animals and fishing skills helping him to get in touch with nature. In The Old Man and the Sea, this life experience is portrayed through Santiago, the old man, who is struggling to catch fish on the shore of the lake but in vain. He does these activities along with a small boy, who at a time when he fails to catch a fish in 84 days (Hemingway 10), lamented that it was better for him to go and hunt birds in Africa. This account shows how the little boy gained experience and skills for fishing and how to survive, even if the situation is difficult; as the kid shows the old man as a hero through the man’s courage, respect, and perseverance at his age.
During the World War 1, Hemingway was an ambulance driver in Italy. He risks his life helping the wounded soldiers, where he nearly got killed as an Australian font injured him. Earnest Hemingway got in love and later he was heartbroken by the nurse. He then survived multiple plane crash in Africa which injured him nearly to death. In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago teaches the young boy how to fish, and their friendship expounded. The boy left the old man to another sailboat after the man failed to catch any fish for 85 days is also symbolic with Hemingway not writing a novel for ten years (Hemingway 11). Soon the man managed to grab a marlin fish, sharks intruded and eaten it even though he bravely kill several of them. The boy later soothes him and loved the man and promised to go fishing with him.
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