This document discusses Hemingway's concept of the code hero as depicted in his novel The Old Man and the Sea. It identifies two types of Hemingway heroes: the protagonist and the code hero. The protagonist is a young, inexperienced man who is honest, sensitive, and physically wounded. The code hero is an older man who has endured hardship and offers principles of honor, courage, and endurance as a tutor or mentor to younger men. In The Old Man and the Sea, the old fisherman Santiago is presented as Hemingway's most famous code hero, teaching the importance of perseverance and finding pride in failure through his struggles.
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1. HEMINGWAYS CODE HERO CONCEPT IN THE
OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Prepared by: Vibhuti V. Bhatt,
M. A. Part 2, Sem 3,
Department of English,
MKBU, Bhavnagar
3. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROTAGONIST AND
THE CODE HERO
The Protagonist
The Tyro
Young, inexperienced,
lost, confused,
Honest and robust
young man, sensitive,
outdoor male,
He has courage And
spirit to live and relive
the life in Its full,
Physically and mentally
wounded,
The Code Hero
The Tutor
Old man who has
become what he had to
become,
Live properly in the
world of
violence,disorder,miser
y,
Offers us exemplifies
certain principles of
honour, courages, and
endurance.
4. Conclusion:
Code Hero, being a tutor, sets a code
of conduct for The Tyros like all of us in
The Old Man and The Sea Santiago the
most famous Code Hero of Hemingway
teaches us how a man who has grown old
and lost his luck can still dare, and keep
on striving and make his failure a thing to
be proud of.
