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Old Man in the Sea
Title: Old Man in the Sea
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 408 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Old Man in the Sea
AUTHOR The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway who was born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. He later died of suicide in 1961 in Idaho. This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, and Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954. He was an ambulance driver in World War I and wrote many major works.
CHARACTERS
Santiago, the main character, was a wise old Cuban fisherman who was very experienced in …showed first 75 words of 408 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 408 total…exhausted but was considered a hero by the village people after they measured the length of the fish’s skeleton. The boy was worried and promised to always go with Santiago from then on.
SETTING
This book takes place in Cuba in the 1940’s. The story continues over the course of three days.
Distinguishing Characteristics
Hemingway’s style of writing is direct and terse. He challenges the reader to think about human emotions and courage.
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