This article "The Old Man and the Sea: Selected Novels and Novels by Hemingway" indeed reflects a common pattern of a certain stage of social and economic development. This pattern can even be seen in developing countries today. In the agricultural country of Cuba in the 1930s and 1940s, the traditional fishing culture (isolated from the industrialized world, close to nature, separated from modern technology, and restricted by large families and closely connected villages) began to be impacted by the fishing industry (relying on the industrialized world, regardless of or ignoring the environment, relying on machinery and equipment to obtain profits, and less restricted by large families and local villages). Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" is not a plot novel in essence, but a fable novel. It embodies the spirit of a tough guy who fights tenaciously through the old fisherman Santiago's fight with the big shark.
Reader comments
This book is very good! I particularly like the story "The Old Man and the Sea". The scene of the old man fighting the shark at sea is so shocking! What he said, "A person can be destroyed, but not defeated" is really classic. This book made me feel the spirit of a tough guy who fights tenaciously, and also made me think more about life.
This book is very good! I particularly like the story "The Old Man and the Sea". The scene of the old man fighting the shark at sea is so shocking! What he said, "A person can be destroyed, but not defeated" is really classic. This book made me feel the spirit of a tough guy who fights tenaciously, and also made me think more about life.