The Old Man and The Sea (cont’)

Literary Terms used in The Old Man and The Sea by Hemingway:

-Setting: Late 1940s in the coastline of Gulf Stream

-Point of view: the story is told in the third-person narrative but usage of monologue of Santiago helps readers have a better understanding about this old but strong fisherman

-Theme: The great determination, honor in fight and overcome the old age to struggle with nature forces.

-Protagonist: The old fisherman Santiago, who live his life with great ambition and tries his best to prove that he is able to fight “the greatest battle” in his life

-Verisimilitude: is when Santiago performs the act of holding the line over his back. It hurts him a lot. With the hot sun, and the tension that cut his flesh. This actually can make reader easily imagine the real thing happening before their eyes.

-Conflict: the old man has to struggle a lot in the fight with the strongest fish ever in his life

-Climax: is when the marlin circles around the skiff. The old man actually has run out of his all energy but still be able to grab the harpoon to stab it on the marlin

-Symbolism: The marlin and the shark, and the sea. I think they symbolize the hardness of the old age that Hemingway (represented by the old man) has to overcome during his last couple years. The lions in the dream of Santiago represents his strength when he was young and he recalls it as it is always around him, with him to fight with the big fish.

-Personification: the sea is compared to a woman by Santiago

-Tone: Hemingway describes the struggle of the old man with somewhat reverence, for his great determination and attitude of never give up

-Allusion: Mike Gonzalez, Joe DiMaggio, and the Yankees as Santiago and the boy discuss about baseball

-Motivation: for Santiago to go fishing: to prove that he is still a strong man despite his old age, wants to have a great achievement again



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