The Old Man and the Sea Book Summary in English

By the end of this episode, you will learn everything about Ernest Hemingway’s famous novella, The Old Man And The Sea.

Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man And The Sea in 1951 in Cuba and published it one year later. It is considered to be one of Hemingway’s best works which brought him a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway himself praised the book and called it the personification of what he always desired to create.

the old man and the sea, at its heart, is the story of a man at odds with his weaknesses, and it is not until he meets a worthy opponent that he can get the true measure of his strength. The main character, Santiago, has many great qualities that make him a likable hero. His respect and appreciation for his opponent, the great fish, his love for nature, his disarming simplicity, and his gratitude towards what he has been given, regardless of how little it might be, rise the readers' interest and make them root for him in his quest to conquer his bad luck.