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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
The only thing I did note and then dismissed was the reference to the sound Santiago made when he hurt his hand as being the sound a man would make when a nail was hammered into his hand. I thought that Hemingway was wanting us to see Santiago as Christlike, and I thought it was a bit over the top.
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I think that was what was intended, though. I'm still struggling with this, and the best I can come up with is that Santiago was supposed to be Christlike, as you say, and not Christ, in the sense of having taken up his cross and dealing with the means of his salvation. Santiago is everyman in that respect, and not Christ himself. I'm still trying to work through the metaphors, but I am absolutely confident they're there.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
I think Hemingway was being seriously disingenuous.
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Yup.