About the Author
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Grace and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. Hemingway first published his writing […]
The Old Man and the Sea
Overview and Setting
II OVERVIEW The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most popular and moving works of the twentieth century. When The Old Man […]
Themes and Characters
The small cast of characters in The Old Man and the Sea consists of Santiago, the old fisherman, and Manolin, the boy who has fished […]
Literary Qualities
Hemingway focuses on Santiago’s consciousness in this quest story. Very much in the way that a traditional soliloquy or an interior monologue serves to reveal […]
Social Sensitivity
Few writers have been more sensitive to nature, to the depths and the strengths of human character, and to the tragedy and the glory of […]
Ideas and Topics for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Discuss the baseball imagery in the book. What does the “great DiMaggio” symbolize? What does the “bone spur” symbolize? 2. […]
Related Titles
In a general sense, all of Hemingway’s work is related to The Old Man and the Sea because as his last important work it represents […]