The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
By Ernest Hemingway

* First journal response page 9-21


The novel The old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, comes out to the public in 1952. The novel experiences exceptional success, consequently Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Ernest Hemingway is famous for writing about way of life, and way of dying.

At the beginning of the novel the author uses comprehensible language, and his style is very direct and classical. The narration is mainly in third person narrative, and at times in first person narrative. The author attracts the reader by presenting real life events, and emphasizing life difficulties in an old man's life. Even though he wants us to feel empathy towards the protagonist, he successfully presents hope and faith through the main protagonist. Also, he presents the quality of friendship through a boy and an old man. The first twenty pages are about an old man,...