The Old Man and the Sea | Ideas for Group Discussions
In general, group discussions of The Old Man and the Sea seem to work best when they focus on the exact details of Santiago's character, his relationship with nature, and his relationship with Manolin. Precise attention to the text is important to prevent such discussion from dwindling into sentimentalities and platitudinous generalities. Adventurous discussion groups may wish to venture into the mine field of revisionist, "politically correct" assertions and denigrations of Santiago (and Hemingway) found in Brenner's controversial recent study of The Old Man and the Sea (see...
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