American Literature / Unit 15 AML 1417 short lesson, about 20 seconds
*The Old Man and the Sea* and the Nobel
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The idea
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a great marlin, fights it for days, and brings home the skeleton the sharks left. The short novel restored his reputation and was cited at his Nobel Prize, and its line about a man being destroyed but not defeated became his motto.
In practice
A marlin, and a skeleton brought home.
Where people slip
Destroyed but not defeated, the book says.
Your place on the trail
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