Q: Discuss the sea as a living entity.
Ans: Earnest Hemingway has depicted the sea as a living character in the novel, “The Old Man and The. Sea”. He has attributed many characteristics of a man to the sea which prove it to be a living character in the novel.
The old man always . thinks of the sea as feminine because in Spanish poetry the sea is treated as a woman. People call her La means feminine in Spanish when they love her. Santiago thinks that some of the younger fishermen call the sea as el mar which is masculine. They speak her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. So different people call, her by different names but as living character.
The sea also plays a role of a teacher in the.novel. It teaches the fishermen how to lead their lives and earn their, livelihood. It teaches the old man how, to ask help from God at the hard time of life. It proves to be a moral teacher for the old man. The old man loved the sea because it housed his friends
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