ent of the story and allowed for more suspense. For example when Santiago is battling the sharks that are trying to eat the marlin, Hemingway vividly described how he killed the first shark with a harpoon. The author explained how the wound to the shark left a large blood trail and was sure to attract more frenzied sharks.Ernest Hemingway has a very simple way of writing. It was easy to understand and he used well thought out, precise words. Hemingway could convey detail with out writing a substantial amount about it. For example he did not write much about the cuts and bruises that he suffered, yet you still understood that he was going through intense, sever pain; almost to the point of loosing consciousness. The book did not have any chapters. This is probably because it is a continuous story. For nearly the entire story Santiago is on his adventure battling the marlin or the sharks. There is no need for chapters because the whole story is flowing without breaks.Hemingway uses great symbolism in this novel. Santiago is an old man who is thinking back at his youth. The battle he had with the marlin symbolizes all the goals that all people including Santiago want to achieve. He attempts to capture the marlin but he must work vigorously and is even injured. After he subdues the marlin, with a heavy price, his achievement is embittered when sharks come and takes large bits away from the marlin eventually eating the entire marlin. The sharks represent everything bad in the world that eat away people emotionally because they eat away from their achievements. The water represents the solitary life of Santiago; actually it is what created its solitary life. Fishermen must be in the ocean all day for days at a time. When they come home, they come home tired and hungry, so they really don't have any time to do anything else. The marlin and Santiago actually represent each other. The marlin kept on fighting the inevitable just like Santiago was...
