Figurative Language In The Old Man And The Sea By Hemingway

Many authors use figurative language is different ways and with different word usage, but how and why do authors use figurative language? What is the proper way to use them, when should they be used, and what is the difference of books that use it, and the ones that do not? In “The Old Man And The Sea” written by Ernest Hemingway, many types of figurative language are used throughout the book such as alliteration, similes, and personification, and all of them are used to describe the things that are taking place. Alliteration is used throughout the book when the old man; Santiago expresses his feelings about/ to the fish, “But man is not made for defeat...A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” The words destroyed and defeated were used to create a rhythm that show how he will fight until he catches the fish. “I must hold his pain where it …show more content…
“Each line, as thick around as a big pencil, was looped onto a green-sapped stick.” This simile is demonstrating how thick the fishing line is to have been compared to a pencil. “...his left hand was still as tight as the gripped claws of an eagle." This quote is showing how tight the hook is to his hand, and what it feels like. “The clouds over the land rose like mountains.” This simile is showing us how the high the clouds rose above the ground, which made them seem as if they were mountains. All of these similes listed in the book help the readers understand what Ernest Hemingway thought of when comparing those two objects to each other, and it makes us think and see things differently when we use similes in our writings. It will also make other people think outside the box when thinking why those two objects were being compared, and what other meanings these two words