The_Old_Man_And_The_Perennial_Questions

The Old Man And The Perennial Questions The Old Man and the Perennial Questions The Old Man and the Sea is a classic novella by Ernest Hemingway that draws upon Socrates’ eternal Perennial Questions to put across a theme of honor in struggle, life, and death. The main character, Santiago, is an old fisherman who has been on a low for 84 days. Even though he has not caught anything, the boy, Manolin still looks up to him. Hemingway uses Santiago’s perseverance to show that he is a character to admire. Socrates’ questions also emphasize this point. “Am I free or determined” is the first query that stresses Hemingway’s themes. In this work, many of Santiago’s actions reflect Socrates’ eternal question “Am I free or determined'” The main character feels that he does not control his luck with fishing – he says it is all up to God. Santiago thus thinks of himself as determined. Manolin, the boy that looks up to the old fisherman, tells Santiago that he is bound to have good luck because he had once gone 87 days without catching a fish. Manolin, also thinks that Santiago is determined, that his catching fish is all dependent on how many days he has gone without caching sea, santiago, fish, old, really, manolin, fisherman, santiago’s, out, about, questions, marlin, knows, keeps, even, socrates’, mind, just, character, trying, thoughts, man, know, himself, going, fishing, determined, days, boy, been, admired, time, through, though, thinks, struggling