Examples of fatalism in the Old Man and the Sea?
I’m writing an analytical essay and I need some examples of fatalism in The Old Man and the Sea to prove that Hemingway was a fatalist.
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After having read the text, you cannot find even one example?
And to quote you, “I hope you don’t think that I’m trying to get out of my work.”
I do, I do.
Most of the examples are of optimism. I need three examples. I have found 2 but I need one more.
Show us what you have so far. And maybe you can’t prove that Hemingway was a fatalist but demonstrate only that he showed tendencies in this particular short story.
“There isn’t any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is the old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are sharks, no better, no worse. All the symbolism people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know”. -Big Papa
And look how Big Papa ended up.
The title itself is fatalistic. One can say the sea is no place for old men.
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Well, the way he ended up had nothing to do with the question I think. I found this site, perhaps it could help: http://www.timelesshemingway.com/content/themesfaq#fatalist . The way his writings did deal with death could be just a way to show a realistic view of the world, at least according to him.
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