Old Man Marlin
The Old Man and the Sea was wrote by the author Ernest Hemingway. Told in great power and simplicity, The Old Man and the Sea is a cuban fisherman with little to no luck when it comes to fishing. Yet what keeps him going is a kid named Manolin and a Marlin fish. Santiago is the name of the old man, and what makes him so happy to catch the marlin is because of his recent unluckiness of not catching a fish for 84 days. There is a strong sense of symbolism in the book, the symbolism is used to tell a story with some sense of relation between Santiago and other objects.
The marlin symbolizes the old man’s life in general, meaning without the marlin Santiago would have nothing spectacular to look forward to in his own life. The marlin also resembles …show more content…
Santiago comes in contact with the sharks after he catches the marlin. The reason for why the sharks represent destructiveness is because of what the sharks have accomplished by tearing up the marlin. By tearing up the marlin the sharks have crushed Santiago’s one big accomplishment in life catching an 18 foot marlin stated by the town members, “He was eighteen feet from nose to tail,” the fisherman who was measuring him called”,(Hemingway, 122). Although Santiago did see the sharks as destructive he also admired their beautiful creature like form, “built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea everything about him was beautiful except for his jaws , back was as blue as a swordfish and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome”,(Hemingway, …show more content…
The marlin represents the old man’s life summed up as a whole. Christ symbolizes pain and suffering with joyfulness. Santiago portrays a father figure towards Manolin, the sharks represent destructive and aggressiveness towards Santiago’s caught marlin. The mast renders Christ’s own cross, the lions Santiago dreams about represent youth, freedom. Joe Dimaggio symbolizes Santiago’s idol, and the lost harpoon represents emptiness. Santiago has finally met his big day where he catches his marlin, with the help of the symbolistic objects, how would you feel fishing on a boat with objects that can relate so much to
The marlin symbolizes the old man’s life in general, meaning without the marlin Santiago would have nothing spectacular to look forward to in his own life. The marlin also resembles …show more content…
Santiago comes in contact with the sharks after he catches the marlin. The reason for why the sharks represent destructiveness is because of what the sharks have accomplished by tearing up the marlin. By tearing up the marlin the sharks have crushed Santiago’s one big accomplishment in life catching an 18 foot marlin stated by the town members, “He was eighteen feet from nose to tail,” the fisherman who was measuring him called”,(Hemingway, 122). Although Santiago did see the sharks as destructive he also admired their beautiful creature like form, “built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea everything about him was beautiful except for his jaws , back was as blue as a swordfish and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome”,(Hemingway, …show more content…
The marlin represents the old man’s life summed up as a whole. Christ symbolizes pain and suffering with joyfulness. Santiago portrays a father figure towards Manolin, the sharks represent destructive and aggressiveness towards Santiago’s caught marlin. The mast renders Christ’s own cross, the lions Santiago dreams about represent youth, freedom. Joe Dimaggio symbolizes Santiago’s idol, and the lost harpoon represents emptiness. Santiago has finally met his big day where he catches his marlin, with the help of the symbolistic objects, how would you feel fishing on a boat with objects that can relate so much to