In The Old Man and the Sea what is the mans relationship to nature?

Answer 1

The relation is that they have both been around for what seems like ages and are both full of information. As for sailors the sea calls to us and the call becomes stronger the older we get and when we answer the call we become one with the sea and are in harmony with it living as if it were a human, but we are always aware of her moods and can interperate them and understand them, and therefore want to be on the sea as much as we can because it is one of the few things that we can relate to.

Answer 2

The relation is that they have both been around for what seems like ages and are both full of information. As for sailors the sea calls to us and the call becomes stronger the older we get and when we answer the call we become one with the sea and are in harmony with it living as if it were a human, but we are always aware of her moods and can interperate them and understand them, and therefore want to be on the sea as much as we can because it is one of the few things that we can relate to.

Answer 3

The old Man and the Sea is not the only strugle of santiago but the struggle of gthe each human beings of the world.

we face the struggle in our deaily life as the santiago face in the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

Like santiago we have to fight with our destiny. with the positive courage we fight with our problem we get the solution in life.

Answer 4

As a fisherman who has caught nothing for the last 84 days, Santiago is a man fighting against defeat. Yet Santiago never gives in to defeat: he sails further into the ocean than he ever has before in hopes of landing a fish, struggles with the marlin for three days and nights despite immense physical pain and exhaustion, and, after catching the marlin, fights off the sharks even when it's clear that the battle against them is hopeless. Whenever the situation gets particularly difficult and despair threatens to overwhelm Santiago, he turns to a number of tactics to fuel his resistance to defeat: he recalls memories of his youthful strength; he relies on his pride by demanding that he prove himself a worthy role model for Manolin or by comparing himself to his hero Joe DiMaggio; and he prays to God, even though his prayers do nothing to ease his physical suffering.

Ultimately, Santiago represents every man's struggle to survive. And just as Santiago's effort to bring the marlin back to land intact is doomed, no man can ever escape death. Yet through Santiago's struggle, Hemingway makes the case that escape from death is not the issue. As Santiago observes near the end of his struggle with the marlin, "a man can be destroyed but not defeated." In other words, victory over the inevitable is not what defines a man. Rather, it a man's struggle against the inevitable, even when he knows it is inevitable, that defines him. And the more difficult the struggle, the more worthy the opponent, the more powerfully a man can prove himself.

Answer 5

In "The Old Man and the Sea," the man, Santiago, has a deep and respectful relationship with nature. He sees the sea and its creatures as his companions and respects their power and beauty. Through his interactions with nature, especially the marlin he catches, Santiago finds a sense of interconnectedness and harmony with the natural world.