Different themes of the novel

The Old Man & the Sea

Different themes of the novel:

The old man and the sea is a thoughtful novel with a message of life. The novelist has glorified human struggle for a novel cause. The novelist has used symbols it’s illustrate has philosophy of life. The old man represents all the human beings. 

The big marlin is a symbol of lofty aims and objectives of human life. The novelist wants to show that only daring and ambitious persons can make remarkable achievement in life. The sea is the symbol of the world of the nature that is full of prospects as well as hazards making. 

The sharks symbolise the unforeseen distresses and adverse circumstances that spoil the fruit of human struggle. The boy Manolin is the symbol of strength, youth and physical vigour which the old man needs badly to match the powerful Marlin. Old man dreams of lions on African shores, 

standing for his desire to gain strength and vitality for struggle of life. The old man’s remembering of DiMaggio also plays a vital role. Hemingway wants to show that this world is a batter field where the daring the determined and ambitious persons like Santiago can make remarkable achievement to get honour and prestige.