The greatest ritual of all was the confrontation between man and animal. ... The Hemingway man does not want to die, but he is not afraid of dying. ... While deep-sea fishing one summer in Cuba, Hemingway spoke of the immense pleasure he took in "being on the sea, in the unknown wild suddenness of a great fish; in his life and death which he lives for you in an hour while your strength is harnessed to his; and there is satisfaction in conquering that which rules the sea . . ."" ... There were still dangers involved when fishing far out at sea. ... Another of the matadors is trying to concea...

• Word Count: 3224
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

He surprised many of the critics when the novel, The Old Man and the Sea, was published.. ... Two years later he received the Nobel Prize for his "powerful, style-making mastery of the art or modern narration- (Griffin 1) for The Old Man and the Sea. ... Santiago from "The Old Man and the Sea- is a hero because he was courageous and was not afraid of death. Santiago went out to sea, never gave up, and knew he could survive anything that happened. ... Most of the source material for The Old Man and the Sea comes from Hemingway's own experiences fishing off the coast of Cuba. ...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It was the brief, understated style of a newspaper man. ... Bernard Bereson summarized brilliantly what it is about Hemingway's prose that makes it so powerful when he provided a blurb for The Old Man and the Sea at Hemingway's prompting. (The Old Man and the Sea is) communicated in prose as calm and compelling as Homer's verse. ... (Fishkin 140-141) It was not just an attention to detail and a talent for brevity that Hemingway learned from his time as a newspaper man, it was an entire theory of literature. ...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate