ARW Blogging Assignment 6

The most usuful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is Santiago as a Christ Figure. I think we can not read The Old Man and the Sea critically and deeply without knowledge of Bible. There are many passage imply that The Old Man and the Sea is based on the Crucifixion. This is because, there are some strong resemblance between Santiago's situation and the Crucifixion. For example, Santiago and christ spent three days of crucifixion and also their hands were bleeding and so on. For the reasons stated above, I think Ernest Hemmingway describes the old man as a Christ Figure and it is most usuful approach to read The old Man and the Sea critically.