ENG 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ernest Hemingway, Marlin, Hubris
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Eng 2150 writing ii, prof. john lux, class 6. The old man and the sea by: ernest hemingway. Santiago suffers terribly throughout the old man and the sea. In the opening pages of the book, he has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish and has become the laughingstock of his small village. He then endures a long and grueling struggle with the marlin only to see his trophy catch destroyed by sharks. Yet, the destruction enables the old man to undergo a remarkable transformation, and he wrests triumph and renewed life from his seeming defeat. Thus santiago manages, perhaps, the most miraculous feat of all: he finds a way to prolong his life after death. Santiago"s commitment to sailing out farther than any fisherman has before, to where the big fish promise to be, testifies to the depth of his pride. Yet, it also shows his determination to change his luck.
