This presentation is one of my academic activities in department of English at M. K. Bhavnagar university, Submitted to Dr. Dilip Barad

1. Name : Vora Kiran Shamaldas.
Class : M.A Sem. 3
Roll no. 13
Paper no. 10 American Literature
Topic : Santiago and Joe DiMaggio
Email Id : Kiranvora5196@gmail.com
Submitted to : Smt. S.B. Gardi
Department of English
M. K. Bhavnagar
University.

2. EARNEST HEMINGWAY
"A man can be destroyed but not defeated"

3.  Why is there so much talk about
baseball, especially Joe DiMaggio, in
The Old Man and the Sea?
 Why is DiMaggio so important to
Santiago?
 SYMBOLISM of Joe DiMaggio
 Relation of Santiago with Joe
DiMaggio

4.  Written by – Earnest Hemmingway
 type of work – Novella
 Setting – Cuba in Late 1940s
 Published in 1952
 A story of an Old man’s struggle and
adventure
 This novella was awarded Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction in 1953
 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize
in Literature which he dedicated to
the Cuban people.

6.  Novella’s title, Santiago is a Cuban fisherman.
 who has had an extended run of bad luck.
 He has been unable to catch a fish for eighty-four days.
 He is humble, yet exhibits a justified pride in his
abilities.
 His knowledge of the sea and its creatures, and of his
craft helps him preserve a sense of hope regardless of
circumstance.
 The marlin with which he struggles for three days
represents his greatest challenge.
 Although Santiago ultimately loses the fish, the marlin
is also his greatest victory.

7.  Born: November 25, 1914
Martinez, California
 Died: March 8, Hollywood, Florida

8. The Lead Lead’s Inspiration

9.  It was very early in the novel when Santiago tells Manolin
of baseball and his favorite team Yankees.
 The old man expresses his wish of taking DiMaggio to
fishing with him.
 Santiago likes to think about DiMaggio whenever he can.
 He thinks of him in leisure time at home. He thinks of
him during his fight with the fish:
 "I think the great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.
I had no bone spurs....I wonder what a bone spur is…"
(97).
 During his fight with the sharks, Santiago encourages
himself by thinking of DiMaggio:
 I wonder how the great DiMaggio would have liked the
way I hit him in the brain".

10.  The idea of struggling and persevering in order
to ultimately redeem one's individual existence
through one's life's work is central to the conflict
of The Old Man and the Sea.
 Santiago idolizes DiMaggio in part because he
(DiMaggio) suffered through the pain of a bone
spur to make a great comeback.
 As Santiago struggles with the marlin, he equates
his struggle with the pain of DiMaggio's bone
spur and tries to live up to DiMaggio's example
by not giving up on the marlin.

11.  The legendry character of DiMaggio appears a silent companion of
Santiago.
 Joe used to play for the Yankees. He was in mid-thirties. He was
out of form as well. Critics wanted him to retire but he did not. In
September 1950, Di Maggio returned to form and won a number
of matches single handed. Santiago not only idealizes him but also
gains hope from him.
 Here Joe Di Maggio's returning to form includes the meaning "once
again. Santiago expects the Yankees
to win their eighty fifth game of
the season. And they win.
 Santiago believes that he can catch
a big fish on the eighty fifth day
because Joe Di Maggio done so.

12.  DiMaggio represents many things to the old man.
 Santiago sees DiMaggio as an equal. One whose
father was a poor fisherman just like he is.
 When he was out fishing he thought to himself,
would the great DiMaggio ever stay this long as he
did and quickly replied to himself that DiMaggio is
young and strong and that his father was a
fisherman so of course he would stay.
 Santiago thought that DiMaggio would understand
him because of their background being the same.
 Joe DiMaggio also represents hope that the old man
has for Manolin. He wishes that the boy will grow up
and be like the great DiMaggio so that he will not be
a poor fisher like he is. Please see source link below
where this excerpt was taken.

13.  https://www.risenotes.com/old/The-Old-Man-
And-the-Sea-Importance-of-DiMaggio.php
 https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/subjects
/literature/why-is-there-so-much-talk-about-
baseball-especially-joe-dimaggio-in-the-old-
man-and-the-sea