"Old Man By the Sea" by Hemingway

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'The great DiMaggio is himself again!'(21), in Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea, which takes place near Havana, Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, a very old, unlucky, fisherman sets out for the big catch. The great DiMaggio is seamed throughout the novel to symbolize the old man and his struggle to catch the big fish, yet also he poses as a role model for Santiago (the old man). The old man …

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…the old man. Within this paper there were great facts from the novel to prove that my thesis is indeed strong, and something to think about. But one could ask himself, 'Is it possible to take a model figure, such as the great DiMaggio, and use him in such a way to give yourself courage, confidence, and strength to succeed in your goals?' The old man would tell you so, and so would I!