Q: Old man found meaning in existence during his combat with the Marlin. Discuss.
His combat with Marlin is full of meaning, in this novel, persons, things and events suggest something more. The old man in the story represents man in general. The big fish represents the great desires of man.
During his combat with the Marlin, we get the idea that man is great because of his courage and power to stay. The old man struggles with the fish. He fights against the sharks. He is tired but does not yield. In his struggle with the Marlin, Santiago does riot lose heart or experience: a feeling of helplessness or despair.
The grace and the grandeur of the
fish strengthen his resolve to show “what a man can do and what a man
endures."
The fish leads him to a mystic union, but toe fact
remains that Santiago belongs to a temporal order of time. Hemingway
presents toe fish as the desire of human being, so the biggest desire is
toe biggest challenge for. the Santiago.
He wishes to prove his worth against a worthy adversary, the Martin. During toe combat, Santiago finds some meanings about life that life is constant struggle. So to get toe big desire, we have to struggle constantly with great courage, will-power and determination as Santiago does in toe novel.
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