ARW Blogging Assignment6

The most useful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is the Fisherman as Artist. That's because this novel is strongly influenced by Hemmingway's experience. Hemmingway loves fishing and seek the romance in the sea, therefore the old man behaves as artist. For example, the old man go on fishing in spite of he cannot catch fish for eighty four days, and he fight with the big fish for a long time. Moreover he is proud of that he is a fisherman. He respect DiMaggio whose father is a fisherman. It is difficult to understand why the old man is particular about fishing. By using the approach that the fisher man as artist, however, reader can understand why the old man run a risk.