Thursday 15 September 2011

Symbols in the ‘’OLD MAN AND SEA’’


To convey the meaning the author uses various symbols and to understand them we need to read between the lines. The old man, Santiago is himself the symbol of brave old man who defies the again as far as the perseverance is concerned. He is not the typical aged person who sit in the home reading the news paper. Instead he goes no dreaming of achieving big thing field. The patched sail of his shift is symbol of defeat the sea symbolizes all compassionate motherly figure and the home of many creatures three days later , when he returns to his  shack carrying mast over his shoulder Christ with cross appears  before our eyes . Thus the novella has variety of symbols and they enrich the writing.
        

2 comments:

  1. Good attempt on the subject of symbols in the novella but please mention few more symbols and its relevance to the story. Keep it up Jitendra...

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  2. Hello Jitendra!
    I must appreciate your attempt that you have written not so much but really meaningful. And I would suggest the same as Mahesh has suggested. And present or write that variety of symbols if possible...
    Keep writing...
    Best wishes.....

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