ARW Blogging Assignment 6

The most useful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is Santiago as the Archetypal Hero. A hero always fights with someone who is like another hero or who is completely antagonist. In this story, the former is the big fish and the latter is the shark. Also heroes finally success in everything even though they have heavy handicap. They overcome their handicap with great effort. In addition, heroes are perfect in their personal. The old man has all these elements, so I think he is written as archetypal hero.