The Old man and the sea by Earnest Hemingway

• The Old man and the sea

It is too short to call a novel and too long to call a short story. its a novella by American writer Earnest Hemingway. The language is very simple, but that simplicity is full of deeper meanings.

it is a story of an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago goes for fishing into sea for eighty four days but returns empty handed. But then even he didn't lose the courage and catches a big fish Marlin. while returning other sharks and fish attacks Marlin and thus he returns empty handed with ruined Marlin.

But there is victory even in defeat.

Novella is full of beautiful quotes like "Man can be destroyed, but not defeated". 
and "Man is not made for defeat"

Another critical aspect for which text is critically praised is its sincerity. Santiago says to Marlin : "I love you, i respect you But i have to kill you". This is very important. Santiago is not hypocrite. This is the one reason that texts like this are given the awards. Literature stands for characteristics like this.

In real life people go on doing wrong things, but they never confess. They pretend to be good. But Hemingway's hero Santiago is not so.

I would like to use Hindi lines for the Spirit of the old man:- "Zindagi ki jung me, Me haar kaise maan lu. Tu Abhi jeeti nahi aur mein abhi haara nahi".