Samyam Kharel

The Old man & The Sea by Ernest Hemingway It’s one of the classic from American literature, it fetched him Nobel and Pulitzer and took his works to new heights. Story: Santiago, an old fisher man at a fishing hamlet on Cuban coast had been struck by ‘salao’, worst form of luck, haven't had a single catch in 84 days in a row and his young apprentice had to abandon him. But he still ventures into the sea the next day and goes deep into the blues and had to figh fort a night and day to harpoon out a large marlin and ties it to side of his skiff. Unfortunately, the sharks surround him — feast his labour, his brother(fish). Later the boy wakes up him in his hut, exclaiming the villagers are awe struck by his catch and quarreling for its head — tired old-man goes to sleep, to dream about the lions of the African beach. Thirdeye: It’s ostensibly a very simple story, but is typical example of author’s ice berg theory: as only one eighth is visible the writer must leave the remaining for the reader to interpret and discover. For me it was ocean geography: Gulf stream, Florida strait, sea & land breeze, bio-luminance and it explores the rich fauna, flying fish, cod, dolphins, sea-birds etc., moreover it’s story about Universal brotherhood, oldman respects & bonds with the nature and the globe which is now facing a climate crisis, global warming, ozone depletion, sea level rise and what not etc., so it also emphasis to protect and preserve it. For more reviews follow @insta: pearljack990 285 people found this helpful.