The old man and the sea
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- 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.