Ernest Hemingway was an American author born in 1899 who lived in Paris in the 1920s and wrote several novels drawing from his experiences. His most famous work, The Old Man and the Sea, published in 1952, tells the story of Santiago, a Cuban fisherman who struggles for three days to catch an enormous marlin, only to have it destroyed by sharks upon his return home, though he gains respect from the local fishermen for his catch. The story explores themes of perseverance, respect, and moral values. Hemingway went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature before committing suicide in 1961.
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The old man and the sea
1. The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
Presented By:
Loo Mei Ling 1008710
Cheah Meng Tat 1008678
Lee Jie Yian 1008683
Lim Wei Jie 1008677
2. The Author's background
? Ernest Hemingway was intrude in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899.
? He began to be a writer for The Kansas City Star in 1917.
? He volunteered as an ambulance driver on the Italian front during the First
World War.
? However, he was invalided home due to wounded seriously.
? Meanwhile, he serving as the foot soldiers.
? In 1921, Hemingway moved to Paris, where he became part of the American
expatriate circle.
? He published his first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems in 1923 and short
story selection.
? He debuted at America in 1925.
? He then published Men Without Women(1927) at United States and novel on
the Italian front, A Farewell to Arms (1929).
3. The Author's background
? In the 1930s, Hemingway settled in Key West, and later in Cuba, but he
travelled widely—to Spain, Florida, Italy and Africa and wrote about his
experiences.
? He then joined the Spanish Civil War and write a few brilliant war novel
based on that. and joined the European front during the Second World War.
? In 1953, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his most famous book, The
Old Man and the Sea.
? He then won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 “for his powerful, style-
forming mastery of the art of narration.” which it is an important influences
on the development of the short story.
? He committed suicide in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1961.
4. Synopsis
? Santiago, a Cuban fisherman hasn’t caught anything for 84 days and his
beloved young man Manolin (his apprentice) has been forced by parents to
follow another boat. Therefore, the unhappy Manolin only able to bring
Santiago food and bait every evening.
? On the 85th day, Santiago took his boat far out into the Gulf Stream, where
he hooked a marlin so large that it began to pull his boat.
? Santiago struggled with the marlin for two days, during which time he came
to respect and admire the great fish despite his own injuries and exhaustion.
5. Synopsis
? On the third day, Santiago managed to stab this marlin, the largest he has
ever seen and secured it to the side of his boat while headed home.
? On the returned journey, many sharks began to attack, and though Santiago
fought off several, his great marlin is only left to bones by the time he
reached home.
? The next day, a group of fishermen saw the marlin's skeleton that is still
attached around the boat. One of the fishermen measured it, the marlin's
skeleton is 18 feet long, the greatest fish the village has known. Manolin
found Santiago in his hut and cared for him. In the end, they made plans to
fish together soon.
6. Character
Santiago (Old Man)
? 1. Experienced fisherman
? 2. Old
? 3. Known as “salao”
? 4. Faithful
? 5. Persistent
? 6. Strong
7. Character
Manolin (Boy)
? 1. Apprentice of the old man
? 2. Faithful to the old man
? 3. Respect elderly (parents and old man)
8. Critics
Although this novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, we felt that this
novel isn’t attractive.
The story plot is quite confusing in our opinion.
However, this novel teaches a lot of moral value that this generation of people
may not have. In this generation, many people have no faith on themselves.
This novel may not suites the youngsters in this generation because the words
that they use are very different with modern English.