What does the dolphin in the Old Man and the Sea symbolism?
What does the dolphin in the Old Man and the Sea symbolism? I can’t figure it out. Does it represent survival? Or what? Please Help. Thanks.
Old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway.
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By Emma, April 15, 2010 @ 7:12 pm
I understand thta this may not be what you’re looking for, not at all, but Stenbeck said something along the lines of, “The Old Man and the Sea has no symbolism. It is the man and the sea.”
By augie6_1, April 15, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
Survival – The old man eats only out of necessity.
He hopes for a dolphin so he’ll have something to eat.
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