Intellectual, Symbolic, and Philosophical Dimensions in The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemnigway

Abstract

There is  almost no literary work without its content carrying two dimensions: the closer one directed to the reader, and the other one directed to the addressee. In both discussions, the literary work achieves its goal and  conveys its message.

The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway bears these two dimensions. The writer worked through it to entertain the reader with what he presented and the story  he narrated about his hero, old Santiago, and his suffering  for reaching what he dreamed of. On the other hand, Hemingway  communicates a set of messages to his readers.

This reading aims to identify these two dimensions and the intellectual,  symbolic, and philosophical dimensions they carry, leading to the farthest and sought after end of reading world literature represented in revealing its creative beauty, intellectual, cultural, and humanitarian contributions at the private (local  and public)  as well as global levels .