Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June, 2020

The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway’s philosophy in the novel  The Old Man and the Sea . Buy this Book https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/812690710X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3638&creative=24630&creativeASIN=812690710X&linkCode=as2&tag=souravdas0f-21&linkId=cc0e25e4f7a5c1498ea0224743df8bbe One of the most famous writer Ernest Hemingway’s  The Old Man and the Sea is a philosophical novel. Santiago is the hero of  The Old Man and the Sea  who is an old fisherman in Cuba who, when we meet him at the beginning of the novel, has not caught any fish for eighty-four days. It is the story of his quest for the great catch that will save his career. Hemingway’s philosophy is that Santiago endures a great struggle with ¬¬¬an uncommonly large and noble marlin only to lose the fish entirely expect for its skeleton to rapacious shark on his way back to land. But despite the loss, Santiago is shown as having his spirit intact at the end of the novella. Hemingway’s philosophy towa...

Character of Captain Haddock in Tintin in Tibet

CHARACTER OF CAPTAIN HADDOCK IN TINTIN IN TIBET Written by Sourav Das Subscribe my YouTube channel Sourav Omnibus for English literature Captain Haddock is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Herge. He is one of Tintin’s best friend, seafaring pipe-smoking Merchant Marine Captain. He first appears on page 4 of the specially created weekly supplement, ‘Le Soir Jeunesse’, on January 9, 1941. We are always keen to learn the age of a character but Haddock’s character is of course fictitious and his creator remains silent about his age. Haddock was a seafaring captain and the archetypal sailor, depicted with a hot temper and capable of infuriating actions. He sailed for over twenty years. Tintin in Tibet (1960) is the twentieth adventure of Tintin. In Tintin in Tibet Captain Hoddock  is one of the most important character after Tintin. He is a middle aged person. His full name is Captain Archibald Haddock. Amongst the essential...