Kinesiology 3378F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ernest Hemingway, Marlin, Joe Dimaggio
5 Jan 2019
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Man"s battle against the natural world, but the novella is, more accurately, the story of man"s place within nature. Both santiago and the marlin display qualities of pride, honor, and bravery, and both are subject to the same eternal law: they must kill or be killed. The world is filled with predators, and no living thing can escape the inevitable struggle that will lead to its death. Man is not made for defeat . [a] man can be destroyed but not defeated. in. Hemingway"s portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men (and animals) will nonetheless refuse to give in to its power. Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man"s trophy catch. The novel suggests that it is possible to transcend this natural law. In fact, the very inevitability of destruction creates the terms that allow a worthy man or beast to transcend it.
