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Comparetive study of 'Old man and the sea' and Moby-Dick'
- 3. About the author •Born– 1899 and died in 1961. •He was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. •He had a strong influence on 20th century fiction •Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid – 1920s and 1950s , and won the Nobel prize in Literature in 1954. •He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Ernest Hemingwa y
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- 5. Plot of novellaThe old man and the sea: •‘The old man and the sea’ is short novella written by Ernest Hemingway and it was published in 1952. •Story about old man and his struggle for fishing. •The old man is a huge loser, because he hasn’t caught a fish in 84 day which is considered the worst from of unluckiness. •He get inspiration from young Manolin, young apprentice of Santiago.
- 6. •He promises toManolin for catch a fish the next day. •For two days Santiago is yanked about the ocean then he finally catch fish named marlin. •But fate can be a bitch, shark was drawn by the smell of blood from marlin. •The sharks devour almost all of his fish and by the time Santiago return to shore, only the skeleton of the marlin remains. Continue…
- 8. About the author •Bornin 1819 and died in 1891 •Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer and poet of the American renaissance period. •His best known work include Typee, and Moby- Dick. •His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in period of rapid change.
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- 10. Plot of NovelMoby - Dick •Written by Herman Melville and publish in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. •Moby –Dick is book with several lyres of meaning and read at different levels. At one level it is an exciting tale of adventure. •Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler ship named ‘Pequod’. • He won’t to tack revenge with Moby dick, who on the previous whaling voyage bit off Ahab’s leg at the knee.
- 11. Continue… •In entire novelshow struggle of captain Ahab with white whale Moby dick. •At the end of the story Moby – dick kill captain Ahab and destroyed entire ship and crew member of that ship.
- 12. Similarity in boththe novel •Both books centre on the joys of fishing. In ‘The old man an the sea’ novel Marlin fish is there and in ‘Moby – Dick’ whale is there. •Both of these animal are symbol of the struggle. •Ahab and Old man both are the central character in both the novel. Ahab is young man and Santiago is aged and very weak person. •They both wont to kill specific fish. Ahab wont to kill ‘Moby – Dick’ and Old man want to kill ‘Shark’.
- 13. Continue… •Both man willbe unable to conquer the forces of the universe against them. •Santiago gains a measure of peace and understanding about existence from his struggle, while Ahab leave the existence as he found it without any greater insight. •At the end of the novel both are died. But one is dying after completed his goal and one cannot. •Narrator of both the novel are unknown.
- 14. Difference in boththe novel •Begging of both the novel are different. •In ‘The old man and the sea’ is third person narration and novel began with old man’s descriptions while in Moby- dick Ishmael is the narrator and story began with his life. •At the begging of the novel Ishmael says that ; “Call me Ishmael” “That is not my real name, but what name could be better?” •Moby Dick and Shark both are symbol of nature. Old man has very deep love in nature, While Ahab heat nature.
- 15. Continue… “Fish he saidI love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day end”. - Old man “Please do not refuse captain Ahab the othe man begged. My son is in that boat. Please help me find him”. “I am sorry” Ahab replied roughly. But I have no time. I must sail on. •After long time waiting for Moby – Dick captain Ahab is loss his confidence and passion. He say’s his friend that “Do I look old?”
- 16. Existentialism Existentialism as away of understanding the human experience. Existentialism is talks about Individualism. Existentialist sees that the word is absurd because of the incongruity between the chaotic nature of the universe into which man is thrown and the functioning of man’s moral imagination. In other way existentialism is about philosophical suicide or actually living without hope.
- 17. Existentialism in “Theold man and the sea” Hemingway says that man was most able to prove himself worthy in isolation. Existentialism makes its appearance when Santiago chooses to pursue the marlin, stay with it the entire way, fight tooth and nail at the end. He mentions how he was born to be a fisherman, and by chasing marlin, he will give his life the meaning for existence. Santiago also insists on staying with the until one of them is dead, which exemplifies his will to fulfill his goals in life.
- 18. Existentialism in “Moby-Dick” Themasterpiece ‘Moby-Dick’ contains actual suicide. It was same like what Albert Camus say in his work ‘Myth of Sisyphus’, “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”. He believes that ‘ he would die than submit to any force beyond his own ego. Ahab has ego that’s way he defeated at the end of the novel.
- 19. Conclusion •If we compareboth the novels we can see that one is represented evilness of human being and one is showing will power of human. •We can also says that age is not limitation for doing something. In The old man and the sea novel we see that old man has bright hope for catch the fish at the age of sixty.
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