Santiago at the plate: baseball in 'The Old Man and the Sea.'(protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's novel): An article from: The Hemingway Review

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From the supplier: Allusions to baseball in Ernest Hemingway's novel, 'The Old Man and the Sea,' provide the story's allegorical and structural foundations. The novel literally begins and ends with mention of baseball. Santiago, the protagonist, views baseball with religious fervor and worships Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio as a kind of god. The number three, so important in baseball, recurs throughout the narrative. Santiago, for example, has three great tests, or chances at the plate, during the novel. Ultimately, Santiago strikes out, but symbolically passes his bat, the fish's spear, to the boy Manolin.

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Title: Santiago at the plate: baseball in 'The Old Man and the Sea.'(protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's novel)
Author: James Plath
Publication:The Hemingway Review (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: Ernest Hemingway Foundation
Volume: v16 Issue: n1 Page: p65(18)

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