Gulistan state university department of the english language and literature

CONCLUSION
Ernest Hemingway became and remains an American icon and oneembodiment of America's promise: the young boy from Oak Park who set out to become the best writer of his time, and did just that. His ambition, intensity, creative drive, sense of duty, belief in hard work, and faith in the strenuous life carried him to the pinnacle of his profession and provided him with worldwide recognition and considerable wealth before destroying him when he could no longer meet the demands of his public life. It is an old story, older than written words, a story the ancient Greeks would have recognized.Hemingway told us that pursuit was happiness, and that any story followed far enough would end badly. He lived constantly on the edge of the American experience and constantly in the public eye. He wrote books that influenced two or more generations, and was awarded not only with prizes, including the Pulitzer and the Nobel,but with fame such as few writers have known or have had to endure. He remodeled American short fiction, changed the way characters speak, confronted the moral strictures confining the writer, and left behind a shelf of books telling us how we were in this century's first half and leaving a record for those who come after. At the end of the next century, the basic human struggle withuniversal demons that Hemingway put down with such clarity will still be read, and men my still take heart, knowing that they are not the first nor the last to face their fate.


Old Man and the Sea Essay It is believable that Santiago is dead at the end of The Old Man and the Sea. This conclusion can be deduced from the various hints Hemingway used throughout the novel. The foreshadowing of Santiago’s death, his comparison to Christ, and his bad luck helps one decipher that the death of the old man took place at the end of the book. First, something that leads the reader to believe that Santiago is dead at the end of the book is foreshadowing. One event that foreshadowed Santiago’s death was the death of the marlin. The fish and the old man displayed similar qualities of strength, bravery and determination. For instance, the old man surpassed his natural limits by staying far out at sea, while the fish…show more content…
When describing the man he said “the old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck ”. This depicts how old Santiago really was and how close he was to the end of his life. Hemingway also described the flag on his sail as “looking like the flag of permanent defeat ”. This quote foreshadows Santiago’s eventual death which was caused by going out at sea past his ordinary limits. Another component that stood out in the novel to make Santiago’s death appear evident was his image as a Christ figure. There were multiple times in the book that Hemingway compared Santiago to Christ. For example, when Santiago returns to shore, “he shouldered the mast and started to climb ”. This is similar to when Christ carried the cross bar on his shoulders up to Calvery. Santiago fell three times on his way back to his hut, as did Christ. Hemingway’s comparison of Santiago to Christ implies that Santiago will die just like Christ did.
In addition, Santiago’s death may have been due to the fact that he was a very unlucky man. At the very beginning of the book Santiago is described by his fellow fishermen as a “salao, which is the worst form of unlucky”. Meanwhile, by the conclusion of the book his unluckiness is vastly exposed. The marlin is attacked by sharks, and then attacked again to the point of obliteration. Santiago also loses his knife to the sharks and falls three times on the way…