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Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea : Reading Beneath the Surface

Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea : Reading Beneath the Surface. Iceberg Theory:. Origin in Freudian psychology Mind is mostly made up of feelings we are unaware of—the unconscious ( unaware) More is left unsaid—reader must read between the lines to discern the meaning. Hemingway says:.

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Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea : Reading Beneath the Surface

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  1. Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea:Reading Beneath the Surface

  2. Iceberg Theory: • Origin in Freudian psychology • Mind is mostly made up of feelings we are unaware of—the unconscious (unaware) • More is left unsaid—reader must read between the lines to discern the meaning

  3. Hemingway says: "No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in...That kind of symbol sticks out like raisins in raisin bread. Raisin bread is alright, but plain bread is better....I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea, a real fish and real sharks. But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things. The hardest thing is to make something really true and sometimes truer than true.”

  4. Code Hero: the Macho Man and courage.

  5. Setting: Cuba • Small, remote fishing village • Santiago as immigrant from Spain • Cuba becoming Communist during this period • Fear of overtly practicing religion, though most were Catholic

  6. Spanish terms: • Salao= Unlucky • Guano = palm tree • Bodega = grocery store/warehouse • Brisa = breeze • Calambre = cramp • Fuegos = games • un espuela de hueso= a spur of the bone • El Campeon= the champion • Dorado = golden • Galanos = shovel-nosed sharks • San Pedro = Saint Peter • Tiburon = Shark • Queva= Oh, no! • Agua mala = bad water

  7. The Lost Generation: • Group of writers and artists who lost faith in America during the period of and after World War I. • Many became expatriates who settled in Europe, often in France and Spain. • Many of them grew up and “came of age” during the 1920s. • Their work is characterized by a mood of futility and despair.

  8. Biblical Allusion: Christ Figure • Leader, mentor to others—had disciples, followers • Had deep faith and commitment to his mission • Experienced long and painful suffering and mocking from others • Crucifixion– injury to hands (where nails went in) • Crown of thorns—injury to head • Carried his cross, fell as he carried the cross • Good Friday is day of Crucifixion, Easter Sunday is the day of resurrection to heaven • Names: Santiago (has the word saint in it) , Manolin (means messiah), Pedrico (Saint Peter, disciple and fisherman)

  9. Cultural allusion: Joe DiMaggio • 13 year career playing for Yankees, 56 game hitting streak. • Father thought he was lazy because he wouldn’t become a fisherman. • "Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping." • In 1934, his career almost ended due to injuries. • He made a comeback after that. • He said he had a lonely life, but felt that he had a successor—Mickey Mantle—whom he referred to as “the Boy.”

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