The Old Man and the Sea, a great novel (write) by the American author Ernest Hemingway, was published in 1952. The (succeed) of the book made him well-known and contributed to honor he received in 1954— the Nobel Prize in Literature .It was Hemingway's last major work of fiction.
The story concerns an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago who (not catch) a fish for 84 days. (convince) that he will change his bad luck, Santiago takes his boat far out into the Gulf Stream, where the water is very deep, and hooks a giant marlin fish, is even longer than his fishing boat. all his great experience and strength, he struggles with the fish for three days and eventually succeeds in catching it, his hard work then goes for nothing—sharks eat the captured fish when he can return to the harbor.
Hemingway is famously interested in ideas of men proving their worth by (face) and overcoming the challenges of nature. Through the old man's struggle he shows the ability of human spirit bearing hardship and suffering in order (obtain) greater success and victory.
