INTERPREATION ON THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

The old man and the sea novella written by Hemingway. He wrote in very simple style. In this play he has focus on struggle of human being. Santiago is the protagonist in the play. He shows the great skill devising ways to tire out the huge fish; he has to hook and has to conserve his strength in order to land it. Santiago is in negative situation though he thinks in positive way. Other people are fishing for money but Santiago is fishing for eating.

                   For the Manolin Santiago is the role-model. We can see Santiago’s image as Jesus Christ. In the end of the story Santiago, in spite of his great loss, physical pain and exhaustions still “dreaming about the lion”- the same ones he saw in Africa when he was younger and would like to see again. We can see luck vs. skill in this novella. When one is lucky it is considered a sign that one has the spiritual qualities to succeed.