HEMINGWAY’S THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
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Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea remains one of the most influential literary works of the 20th century. Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous works in 20th-century American literature. First published in 1952, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, and his battle with a giant marlin off the coast of Cuba. The novella earned Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and was instrumental in securing his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.The novella explores themes of struggle, endurance, and the triumph of the human spirit. It is widely regarded as one of Hemingway’s masterpieces, praised for its symbolic depth and its exploration of human condition through simplicity and economy of language.The novella’s minimalist style, profound themes, and use of the iceberg theory have left a lasting impact on contemporary literature. Modern writers continue to draw inspiration from Hemingway’s ability to convey deep existential struggles through simple, yet powerful prose. This paper explores how The Old Man and the Sea has shaped storytelling techniques, character development, and thematic explorations in modern literature.
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