Religious symbolism in the Old Man and the Sea pdf

The Old Man and the Sea also uses traditional Christian symbols like fish and fishermen found in the Gospels. Santiago's struggle on the sea not only represents a physical struggle similar to Christ's but also the fisherman's internal, spiritual conflict.

Main symbols in The Old Man and the Sea are: Marlin, dreams, loins, sea, mast, shark, harpoons, bird, bear, and cottage.

Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea contains Christian themes and imagery.

Hemingway's literary works are riddled with symbolism. In the Hills Like White Elephants Hemingway uses the train station as a symbol for transience. The train stations represents the state of the two main characters in the story. In A Day's Wait Hemingway uses The Book of Pirates as a symbol for masculinity.