sea

A Short Review of The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is a stirring ode to human resilience. Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, battles a giant marlin alone at sea for days, facing exhaustion, hunger, and the cruelty of nature. Though he returns with nothing but a fish skeleton, his unyielding spirit—“A man can be destroyed but not defeated”—turns defeat into a moral victory. Hemingway’s concise, forceful prose strips the story to its core, highlighting the quiet dignity of a man refusing to surrender to fate. It is not a tale of triumph over nature, but of triumph over one’s own despair. Would you like me to help you pick out 3 key English sentences from this review for your recitation practice?