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,TheOldManAndTheSea,Setting,TheOldManandtheSeaisanovelwrittenbytheErnestHemingwayin1951inCuba,andpublishedin1952.ThisbookwasawardedthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1953andwascitedbytheNobelCommitteeascontributingtotheawardingoftheNobelPrizeinLiteraturetoHemingwayin1954.,Plotsummary,ThisbooktalkedaboutCuba,anoldfishermannamedSantiago,amanaloneatseafishing,innothingcaught84daysaftertheMarlinshadanimmeasurable.Thisistheoldsawhasneverheardof,andtheboatislongerthanhistwofeetofabigfish.Freshfishisverylarge,draggingtheboatdriftedforawholethreedaysandthreenights,theelderlyinthesethreedaysandthreenightshaveneverexperiencedadifficultstandthetestofbigfishfinallystabbedtodeath,tiedtothebow.However,whentheunfortunatereturnoftheshark,theelderlyandthesharkhadfoughtbackagainsttheend,thebigmarlin,orbeeneatenbysharks,andtheelderlyexperiencedsomehardships,Finallydraggedhome,onlyabareskeletonandafishoftheinjury,theystillgotappreciationfrompeople.,Famousremark,itwastoogoodtolast,hethought.IwishithadbeenadreamnowandthatIhadneverhookedthefishandwasaloneinbedomthenewspapers.butmanisnotmadefordefeat,hesaid.Amancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated.,CommentfromAmanzon,Asidefromafewshortstories,TheOldManandtheSeaisthefirstHemingwaybookthatIhaveread.Ofcourse,Iamfamiliarwithhispersona,andtheideaoftheHemingwayman,andwaswellawareashisstatureasoneofthegreatestwritersofmoderntimes.ButIhadneverreadhisbooks.Wow.Imean,really.Wow.WithTheOldManandtheSea,itissoeasytoseewhyHemingwaywasawardedtheNobelPrize,andwhyhedeservesallofhisaccolades.Thisshortnovelisfierce,fullofvibrantenergyandhumanity,allthewhilebeingaslavetotherealitiesoffinitepower,oftheinabilitytostruggleagainstsomethinggreaterthanyourself.Ofcourse,thisisthestandardmanagainstnaturestory,butitistoldwithsuchcraftthatevenclichesringtrue.Santiagoisafully-realizedcharacter.Hisstrengthofwillisallthatholdstogetherhisfailingbody.Thegreatmarlinthathestruggleswithislikeatruefish,lackingpersonalityoranthropomorphism,butjustapowerfulbeastthatdoesnotwanttodie.ThereisnoMobyDickanimosity,andthefishisunderthewaterforthemajorityofthestruggle.Allofit,thesharks,theflyingfish,thesmallboatandtheocean,eachiswhatitis,lackingmetaphorandsayingthatlifeitselfisenough.Noneedtowaxpoetic.Ineverknewastoryalittleover120pagescouldpacksuchapunch.,Hemingwaycapturestheimaginationandkeepsthereaderengagedwiththistale.Thisisagreatreadforpersonsofallages.Anabsolutereadforanybiggamefisherman.Refreshinglysimpleandeasyreadthatcapturesthismomentandstoryandplacewithvividdetail.Agoodshortstory.Hemingwayisacasterofspellsviahislanguageuse.Ilovedeverypageasareaderandawriter.,CommentfromErnestHemingway,Nogoodbookhaseverbeenwrittenthathasinitsymbolsarrivedatbeforehandandstuckin.Itriedtomakearealoldman,arealboy,arealseaandarealfishandrealsharks.ButifImadethemgoodandtrueenoughtheywouldmeanmanythings.-ErnestHemingwayin1954,Movies,TheOldManandtheSeahasbeenadaptedforthescreenthreetimes:a1958filmstarringSpencerTr