THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

• The story of battle between an aging experienced fisher

man,Santiago and a large marlin
• The author use symbolism in novel to show certain emotion and
mode
 THE OLD MAN
AND THE SEA
SYMBOLISM
 SANTIAGO
 THE SEA
 THE LION
 THE MANOLIN
 THE MARLIN
 THE LOST HARPHOON
 THE SKIFF
 SANTIAGO
 The novella’s
central character.
 A Dedicated
fisherman who
taught manolin
everything about
it.
 THE SEA
 The sea in the
novel represent
universe and
Santiago isolation
in it.
 THE LION
 Santiago associate
the lion with its
youth
 Suggest the
circulatory nature of
life.
 THE MANOLIN
 A young man from
the fishing village
who has fished with
Santiago since the
age of 5.
 He cares for the old
man.
 THE MARLIN
 An eighteen foot
bluish fish and a
catch of legendary
proportions.
 THE LOST
HARPOON
 Symbolic of
individuals who lose
their faith.
 Much like Santiago
without
harpoon,those
without faith are
defenseless.
 THE SKIFF
 The skiff symbol of
Santiago himself.
 As Santiago struggle
in his life, the skiff
also struggle in the
sea.
 CONCLUSION

“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope”.
THANK YOU