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My Presentation on Press Trust of India (PTI)

Critique of The Old Man and the Sea

Critique of The Old Man and the Sea

Our life is full of struggle and at that time I recall some lines of the poem “Agnipath” by Harivansh Rai Bachchan,

“Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath

 Tu na Thakega Kabhi

 Tu na Thamega Kabhi

 Tu na Mudega Kabhi . . .”

     The above mentioned lines are somewhere relevant to “The Old Man and the Sea”, Ernest Hemingway has presented the story and the character of the Old Man in a way that they have become an Inspirational one for us. Same way the Old Man struggles to live his life in a dignified manner. The indomitable spirit of the Old Man propels him and gives him courage to cope with the situation like, when he is surrounded by the Sharks in the Sea. This novella motivates us that we should try to do the things which we have never done in our life. “BE COURAGEOUS, AND NEVER GIVE UP”, perhaps Hemingway would have tried to convey this through the character of the Old Man. While reading this novella, somewhere one may have question like, Why the Old Man? Why not the Young Man? Here, some autobiographical elements may be possible. Hemingway wanted to join the Army but he was deferred because of his poor vision in the left eye. By reading some aspects of his life, we can say that Hemingway had some desires to do adventurous job but he failed to fulfill those desires so by portraying such character like, the Old Man and showing him as an Adventurous Hero, he fulfilled those desires. Because the things that he couldn’t achieve in his youth, he tried to achieve them by his writings in his life. Here, we can also find the Archetypal Image of the Old Man who symbolizes for his Wisdom, knowledge, experience and purity. We can see all these aspects in the character of the Old Man but somewhere and somewhat the Old Man of this novella is different from the image which Archetypal Literature says. When he goes too far in the sea at that time he thinks that I should have not come too far in the sea. So being an experienced and knowledgeable Fisher Man, he does mistake in his fishing and this incident shows his Error of Judgment. It means lack of Knowledge in the thing in which you are Master. So this is how the character of the Old Man differs from the Archetypal image of the Old Man.

Importance of Placement

In today’s era, Placement has become a significant factor for the people. Everybody has a dream to get a good job in his or her life. Placement is a beneficial thing for the candidates. Nowadays, some institutes have started giving PLACEMENT to the students and this thing can be helpful to the students for making their future in a better way. These kinds of institutes have proved to be helpful for the students. But today, some institutes use this strategy for their benefit. They try to tempt students by using such jargons like 100% Job Guarantee and also by giving promises that they will give them placement if they join this or that institute. So this is another reality about placement.

What is Literature?

What is   Literature?

Literature . . . . ? There are many critics who have various views regarding this particular term. There is not any specific definition that defies what exactly literature is. Literature represents society in a way which shows the behavior of the people. It also represents the human psyche and his or her inner struggle towards life. Sometimes literature conveys moral message or displays the cruel image of the society. It seldom represents the imaginative world of the writer. As Terry Eagleton said about imaginative writing of literature….

“Imaginative writing in the sense of fiction-writing which is not literally true.”

So the writer only shares his imagination in the terms of writing. He also creates the imaginative world which is completely different from the original one. Somewhere this imaginative writing in literature represents the inner world of the human being. In this way, we are convinced to read the thing which is not possible in the real world. We accept this imaginative world of the writer. As E. M. Forster said,

“What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.”

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