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A 5 page review of the common elements of survival found in these works by Ernest Hemingway and May Angelou. Instead of fighting against the sea, the marlin, and the sharks, as did Hemingway’s Santiago, Angelou is fighting against the societal realities of being female and black. She, like Santiago, is influenced heavily by others perceptions and beliefs in regard to her limitations but like Santiago was able to capture the marlin and bring at least its head back to shore as proof of his accomplishment, Angelou is able to persevere and to use her writing to pull her out of the stagnation of other’s expectations. Bibliography lists one source.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPcagedB.rtf
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The survival theme is found in a considerable body of the worlds greatest literature. It is
even a common theme in such obviously disparate literature as Maya Angelous "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and Ernest Hemingways "The Old Man and the Sea". Although
the differences between these two authors and their work are astronomical in many respects, there are many commonalties in the way in which the theme of survival is emphasized.
In the case of Angelous "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" the survival theme which is presented is autobiographical in nature while in
Hemingways "The Old Man and the Sea" it is fictional. Never-the-less, there are common elements between the two works. While the theme of survival presented by Angelou is
truly autobiographical, it could be contested that presented by Hemingway parallels on autobiographical, fictional as his plot might be. Hemingway treats
his character in "The Old Man and the Sea" no differently than he does in most of his works. He creates a man who is aloof to a certain
degree to the horrors and less desirable things in life that occur all around them. Atlas (PG)observes that Hemingways characters are often stoic even when things are falling apart
around them or when they are experiencing the worst of hurts. This is certainly true in "The Old Man and the Sea". It was also true for Hemingways
life in general. Despite all of his bravado and machismo, Hemingway was in some respects an empty shell of man, a shell which although not swayed externally by the
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