The Notions of Victory and Defeat in "The Old Man and the Sea": A Stylistic Consideration

Abstract

One of the masterpieces of English literature is “The old man and the sea” which is a heroic novelette by Ernest Hemingway, it is regarded as the most famous literary work during his lifetime where after the publishing, and this novella was the reason behind winning Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

The present study considers the most important ideas in the novella: victory and defeat through modern viewpoint, indicating that it is not necessary to win to be victorious, rather, victory could be achieved through the honor of resisting massive destructive competitor. The present study investigates the ideational concepts of victory and defeat in one of the most famous narrative pieces in the 20^th century, the old man and the sea that represents the struggle of the man in the modern age.