![]() During the period of time in which Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea, he was living in Cuba. His direct style of writing is suited perfectly to the life and death situation that Santiago finds himself in. The story is moving, endearing, and emotional. Climax: When Santiago finally catches the marlinĮrnest Hemingway and The Old Man and the SeaĮrnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is one of his most popular novels.Setting: 1940s, Cuban fishing village, the Gulf of Mexico.Point-of-View: Third-person omniscient, mostly limited to Santiago.He hooks an enormous marlin, the biggest he’s ever seen and the majority of the novella follows him trying to reel in this gigantic fish. The story follows Santiago, a poor Cuban fisherman who is suffering from a long streak without successfully catching anything. This short novella was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and is often cited as one of the defining factors (along with several near-death experiences) in Hemingway’s selection for the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is the last of Hemingway’s great fiction books. ![]()
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