Though Herman Melville is best known for his novel Moby Dick, his short story “The Old Man and the Sea” is often considered to be his finest work. The story follows an ageing fisherman, Santiago, as he struggles to catch a giant marlin. Though he is ultimately unsuccessful in landing the fish, Santiago’s tenacity and … Read more
The novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is a story about a fisherman, Santiago, and his journey to catch a fish. The fish he catches is a marlin, which is one of the largest fish in the ocean. The journey and the fight to catch the marlin are metaphors for the … Read more
The book The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s last major work published in 1952. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to its award of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature to Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, … Read more
The Old Man and The Sea is one of Hemingway’s most renowned pieces. The story focuses on an old Cuban fisherman, who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish due to poor catch conditions. The novel details the one day that the old man finally manages to land a large marlin after fighting it … Read more
It all started out at the reefs of the cold winter season in the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds there was Iro the jellyfish leader realized upon his jellyfish species that they were running out of food on their land. Benko and Seno the twins, the leaders of the sea turtles ruled the next land … Read more