ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel The Old Man and the Sea. He wrote his publisher the same day, saying he had finished the book and that it was the best writing he had ever done. The critics agreed: The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and became one of his bestselling works.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Old Man and the Sea, short heroic novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952 and awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It was his last major work of fiction. The story centres on an aging fisherman who engages in an epic battle to catch a giant marlin.

Detailed explanation-3: -He wasn’t caught up with meanings and symbols as he wrote. Instead, he wanted to offer a good and true account of a real story. He believed that by doing so he would create something that could mean many things to many people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime.

Detailed explanation-5: -Santiago. The old man of the novella’s title, Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who has had an extended run of bad luck. Despite his expertise, he has been unable to catch a fish for eighty-four days.