SANTIAGO: A MIRROR OF CONTRAST IMAGE OF

HEMINGWAY Prepared by- Urvi Dave

Course- M.A.Semester- 3

Enrolment Number- 14101009Email id- dave.urvi71@gmail.com

Batch Year- 2014-16Paper no- 10

Paper Name- American LiteratureSubmitted to- Smt. S B Gardi

Department of EnglishMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji

Bhavnagar University

- Earnest Miller Hemingway was born on 21st July 1899 in USA. He was a journalist as well as an author.

- His life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.

- Published 7 novels, 6 short stories and 2 non- fiction works. Won Nobel Prize in literature in 1954.

- In 1952, published his greatest work ‘The Old Man and the Sea’. He was awarded Pulitzer Prize in 1953.

- In 1961, he committed suicide by shooting himself. This was the last published work of Hemingway. After writing this novella, Hemingway has proved his victory.

- He immortalises himself by this novella. He also got many experiences in his journey of life.

- Story of an old man’s struggle.

- Santiago is the winner as he wins over solitude, shame and despair.

-“A man can be destroyed and not defeated”.

- Death is the unavoidable force in the novella, kind of open ended.

- The background in The Old Man and the Sea is derived from real-life Cuban fishing villages near the Gulf of Stream.

- The subject of the unlucky man who caught a giant fish also came from personal experience.

- Santiago serves as a metaphor for the creative artist, someone like Hemingway himself. Hemingway’s loneliness is apparent in Santiago’s characterization and external conflict.

- Santiago- once a great fisherman

- Critics say that this novella is a comparison as Hemingway, an old man is fighting to retain an active lifestyle and Santiago, an old man fighting to master the fish and maintain his reputation.

- Representation of Santiago

“It is good to have an end to journey toward : But it is the journey that matters in the end”.