Unlock the more straightforward side of The Old Man and the Sea with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, one of the author's most famous and widely acclaimed novels. After 84 days without a big catch, the elderly fisherman Santiago takes to the open sea, where he wages a three-day struggle against a tenacious swordfish only to see his prize snatched...

Story of a Cuban fisherman who becomes locked in a struggle with a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream.

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published early in the 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Old Man of the Sea' is one of the author's short stories. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties, publishing his first short story in 1895. Most of Jacobs' work appeared before the onset of World War I, and although the majority...

The story of the old Cuban fisherman and his epic battle with sharks for his giant fish.

The Old Man and the Sea is a deceptively simple work. An old man goes fishing. He catches a giant marlin after much struggle. Sharks attack and destroy the fish. The old man is left with the bare bones of the fish-a Monday morning "fish story." But much lies beneath the surface. The action is condensed and presented in carefully crafted images, in words and details selected because of their multivalent meanings, and in several external narrative strands,...

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.