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The Old Man And The Sea: An Analysis - Online Term Paper

The Old Man And The Sea: An Analysis

I read this book for the first time in high school and I remembered it just as
well as if I had read it yesterday. As I read it again I remembered some of the
same language, especially the old man talking to his hands. Cursing his left
hand when it cramped up on him like it was a separate part of himself and had a
mind of its own was particularly interesting.

We can see immediately in the beginning of the book that this old man is in a
struggle to catch fish and hasn't done so for eighty four days. He leaves early
on the eighty fifth day and by himself which is important because it defines the
journey. He seems to be the pinnacle of the Hemingway hero, a culmination of a
life time of ...

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into who. The old man and the
fish are one and their lives become connected through that line as they live
each moment according to the other's actions. Even the old man is not sure who
is better, him or the marlin, and he mentions several times they are not that
different. And whether or not the sharks ate his fish, it only matters that the
old man brought him to the boat and defeated ...

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Added: 2/24/2005 06:42:56 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 309
Pages: 2

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