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Ernest Hemingway
1952
Novella
Allegory
A third-person omniscient narrator tells the story of The Old Man and the Sea, often revealing the main character's thoughts.
The Old Man and the Sea is narrated in the past tense.
The title refers to the novella's main character, Santiago, an old fisherman, whose struggle with a marlin plays out in the open sea, symbolizing humankind's epic struggle with nature.
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