“Existentialism in the Old man and the Sea”

• Name: Goswami Gayatri M.• Roll no:8• M.A. Semester: 3• Paper no.:10 The American Literature• Year: 2014-15• PG Enrolment no: PG13101011• Email ID: gayatrigoswami19@gmail.com• Submitted to: Department Of English Smt. S. B. Gardi M. K. Bhavnagar University

Dt.:2/10/2014

“What is Existentialism ?”

Existentialism is a philosophy which stresses the importance of human experience , and says that everyone is responsible for the result of their own action.

Hemingway As Existentialist

• Hemingway is existentially empty and directionless , without family and without distention

• Existentialism and Nihilism the twin philosophy systems that influenced Hemingway ‘s writing

• Hemingway’s Existential themes also appear in his African stories

Introduction of the novella • Hemingway ‘s novel bear witness to the author's strange preoccupation with death.

• This is life-likeness in his novel.

• The sea in the novel Represent the life and Santiago's isolation in the universe • In this novel vital role of the Santiago or old man

• Hemingway support to fidelity to life

Old man / Santiago

Menolin

• First of all in this novel Hemingway present idea of the existentialism , Hemingway says that man was most able to prove himself worthy in isolation

• As per my point of view existentialism is important part of Santiago’s life

• It is also suggest existential struggle within storyline

Existentialism in the novel

• Here Existence of man is understood as a part of nature

• The man struggle is repetitive

• In the fishing episode his struggle is to assert his own existential values

• The idea of existential issue is supported by following aspects

• old man is alone man engaged in an isolated , repetitive struggle that must end in defeat

• The novel only focus on the particular defeat , first catching the huge fish marlin and the old man fight with sharks

• Hemingway in his novel present the Realism and the naturalistic

• The man struggle is meaningless

Existentialism “Fairy Tale” • The written home in all from the listener come back to the real world

• Super Ego in unconscious are in Fairy tale far from reality

Conclusion

• Humans, as stated in Genesis, have been created by God to have dominion over all other living creatures, including the fish in the sea

• Yet humans like Santiago still suffer because of Adam and Eve's original sin of eating the apple from the tree of knowledge

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