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A sport or livelihood?
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most famous expatriot writers of the 20th century. Like Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Hemingway places his character Santiago against a natural predator. It is a story of personal survival and dignity. Under the discussion questions below, place your commentaries on the reading. Remember to include personal commentary that is supported by text. Use page numbers and quotes to support your arguments.
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In "The Old Man and The Sea" many images were described, but the image that stood out to me the most was the description of the man. The man was so vividly described. The man was described with wrinkles and a small stature. He is very old and he is described with brown blotches on his skin from being in the sun for a long time. Since he is in the sun fishing.
Imagery is a powerful way of describing a scene, in "Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemmingway the most memorable image is when the old man caught the fish. The description of the fish stays in the readers mind as a fierce, beautiful animal. As the long journey of catching the fish continues, the image of the mighty fish swimming back and forth, and the old man suffering to keep him remains in the readers head. This represents the fight for survival of the man and the fish. This scene captivates the reader, and plants a memorable image in the mind; Hemmingway is a talented author who creates influential images in the mind.
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The imagery that lures my attention in “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway, is when the fish that had been hooked on the old man’s line finally jumped, giving the man a good look at him. The fish is described distinctly by the author in order to put a powerful image of the fish he has been chasing for days in your head. The fish had “purple pectoral fins set wide as wings and the great erect tail slicing through the dark”. This simile and description puts a set image of the fish in my head and is the imagery that sticks out the most to me in the story.
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“The Old Man and the Sea” is a very descriptive novel by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway uses very distinct and detailed methods when writing, thus producing clear images to the reader. Santiago is one such image. His appearance is old, with brown blotches of skin cancer from his long days in the sun. He is described as short in stature and extremely thin with deep wrinkles and scars on his skin and hands. However, the old man’s eyes are unlike the rest of his appearance, they are far from old. His sea-colored eyes are strong and bright, much like his personality. The imagery used in describing Santiago grasps the reader's attention and holds it for the remainder of the scene, hence the reason this image is the most memorable and apparent.
In "The Old Man and the Sea", Ernest Hemingway makes his writing very clear by using imagery. Ernest makes his writing very descrpitive and captures your thought so you stop reading and really think about how that object or person that is being described. An image that really stands out in "The Old Man in The Sea", is the old man. He is described as being thin and has wrinkles on the back of his neck. Ernest thoroughly describes the brown blotches of skin cancer on his cheeks from fishing in the hot sun that beats down on him all day. Hemmingway has the potential to create imagery througout the story, and the old man is the most descriptive and illustrative picture.
The image from "The Old Man and The Sea" that stands out the most in my mind is the old man and the fish, on page 99. I can see them so vividly, just as one thing; moving in unison with one another. I can see the man trying to bring in the fish, and the fish trying to bring in the man, but both working towards the same thing.
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The image that bests stands out in “The Old Man and the Sea” in my mind is when Santiago is describing the first shark that tried to eat the fish. He describes it with such beautiful detail that it allows the readers to picture exactly what the great shark looks like. “He was a very big Mako shark built to swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful except his jaws. His back was as blue as a sword fish and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome. He was built as a sword fish except for his huge jaws.” This description on page 100 shows how sharks can be beautiful, although the rest of the book excluding the last pages show how harmful they can be.
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