Human and nature
A. de Saint-Exupéry
Ernest Miller Hemingway – the largest American writer of the XX century, Nobel Prize winner. He was a unique, talented person who courageously and freely lived his life, repeatedly confirming the phrase that was dropped once: “I’m not afraid of anything.” The author of novels “Farewell, Arms!”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, Hemingway wrote novels, short stories, poems, was an excellent journalist.
In the spring of 1936, Hemingway published an essay in which he told of an episode of fishing in the Gulf Stream. The old fisherman caught a big fish, long dragging a boat. When he was found, the fish was eaten by sharks, and the fisherman sobbed in despair. This original event became the basis for the philosophical story “The Old Man and the Sea,” in which the author examines important social and moral themes. One of them is the relationship between man and nature.
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Santiago understands both the responsibility of man to nature, feels guilty before her. He says to the caught fish: “Fish, I love you very much and respect you, but I’ll kill you before the evening comes…” “Shall I fish you?” God sees, it’s not easier for me myself. ” The old man is burdened by the thought that a man extorts food from the sea, kills his fellow-fish, birds, animals. “How good that we do not have to kill the sun, the moon, the stars…”
The story “The Old Man and the Sea” not only evokes pride in the Man, which can not be defeated. It makes you think about the principles of its existence, about the attitude to life and nature. A person can do much, he can be stronger than nature itself. But he must understand his eternal connection with her and eternal guilt. While Man is guided by conscience and reason in relations with Nature, she tolerates our coexistence and shares her wealth.
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