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 as,
“perhaps its your first journey”. He wished him good luck. In short, he
lived in the company of sea birds and sea creatures. He remembered the
boy. He talked to fish. In this way, he fought against his loneliness
and isolation.
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