The Old Man And The Sea Introduction

Does what it says on the tin! I use it with GCSE students

1. The Old Man and the Sea An Introduction

2. April 1936 – Esquire Magazine On the Blue Water: A Gulf Stream Letter

3. Planning as early as 1939 Written in Havana in 1951

4. Historical Context The Cold War The Arms Race The Korean War Socio-economic change

5. Socio-economic Change Human Labour Connected to nature Close community Code of honour Mechanised Environmentally negligent Individualistic No code

6. Santiago – ‘everyman’ Culturally a Spaniard A journeyer in Africa A Cuban An American (Old & New world)

7. Santiago’s Struggle Age Poverty Loneliness Mortality Identity Luck & the battle with the fish

8. Allegory Allegory is an extended metaphor Its underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance. It therefore operates on 2 levels -literal and symbolic.

9. Hemingway’s Style The sparse, simplistic language of the reporter Repeated images allusions, actions & themes Repeated sounds, rhythms & sentence structures

10. Animation (20 mins )