This arbitrative man draws many parallels to the traits and life of Wiglaf. It could be said that The Seafarer is an epilogue or continuation to Beowulf. The story of Beowulf is the “high-point” of warriors; it is the model of the Anglo-Saxon morals and traditions. The Seafarer takes place after that is gone, and the only surviving hero is Wiglaf. Wiglaf’s morals would cause him to search for men with these same beliefs, even when knowing it is no longer there.
Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love” (315). I admire that he talks about the bond that they all share by the time the war is over. He values the friendships that he has made, and the love that they all have for each other. I really like that he never loses touch with reality even though it was hard at
This input from the boy helps build the father and son's relationship that the whole novel is based on. Another aspect of the father and son relationship is their love they have for one another. Many of the fathers actions help exemplify the love he has for his son. Throughout the novel there a countless number of times when the father puts his son before himself. For example, the father gives his son the last of the food and water.
“The best thing we can do is get ourselves rescued,” (Golding, pg.53). Ralph still shows the best of a person when he is selfless. By wanting to get off the island like everyone else he knows what it takes to get off because his dad is in the marines. In the novel, “Lord of the Flies,” by William Golding, he emphasizes that Ralph is an ego in the book by keeping everyone together and safe. What Ralph does is he teaches us to be selfless and try to help other people before ourselves.
The marlin is a male as the old man explains in page 49 “He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it.” He is obviously a strong fish as he does pull for a long time, “It is half a day and a night and now another day…” He is not going to give up without a fight though and I know that for the fish it is all instinct but I think that he has to have at least a ‘trait” of perseverance and tenacious. He in many ways is equal to the old man, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” The reason I feel that the fish needed to be review is because I thought that this reflection would be unique and that everyone’s reflection would be about the old man. This is reflection of the blue marlin’s appearance, “personality”, and a bit about the story. This is my reflection on “The Old Man and the
When Santiago finally catches the Marlin, he is proud of himself. He is looking forward to showing the boy and the other fishermen that he is still strong. Although when nature fought back he was only a man but felt he was in control. "I must hold his pain where it is, he thought. Mine does not matter.
A Seminar Paper on The Indomitable spirit of Man as expressed by Hemingway in The Old Man and The Sea Submitted By: Submitted To: Sriparna Chakraborty Dr. Shweta Saxena A0706110008 (Assistant Professor) AMITY INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES AND RESEARCH AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH “Success” is all too often assumed to be the indicator of the value of a man. But success, in and of itself, merely speaks to a particular status and may have nothing to do with the journey that the man took to get there, or whether or not he retained his integrity along the way. Among the many aspects of the story, it is the idea of redefining success and victory that makes The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway’s classic novella, so profound. It is a seemingly simple story: Santiago is an old, experienced fisherman who hasn’t brought in a catch for months. On the 85th day of this dry spell, he heads far out into the Gulf of Mexico where he hooks a giant marlin.
Faulkner uses a quantity of words of encouragement to drive writers to write with compassion and from the heart. In the beginning of his speech, he says, “Ladies and gentlemen, I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work – a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before.” Faulkner is saying the award was not given to him, but to his work, work that was worth the award, a work so hard that may take a lifetime to complete. Faulkner uses the words of struggle in this quote he says the “work of the human spirit that causes agony and sweat.” He is saying to be able to achieve this reward you must work extremely hard. That the reward, to receive the Nobel Prize, is not easy to receive, not so far from grasp, but requires dedication. If
The gratification he gains from seeing his son grow and flourish throughout the novel has to be one of the most fulfilling experiences a parent can have. The man also experiences a spiritual transformation as a result of his hardships. When a person experiences crisis in their lives they can turn to their spirituality. The father is a perfect example of this. He could easily become selfish and self centered given the circumstances, but he sticks with his ethics given the thinking that his reward will be greater in the longer
Heroic Old Man To be a hero means different things to different people. To some, a hero is a merciless, powerful warrior, to others a kindhearted pacifist. However, it cannot be denied that everybody yearns to be a “hero”. In the eyes of Ernest Hemingway, a hero was silent, and powerful. They were undeniably loyal to a person or group of people.