The Old Man and the Sea was written in the year 1951. During this time, baseball was a very popular past time to both play and watch. This is shown in the book, 'The Old Man and the Sea'. In this book, the old man is very interested in baseball. It is what he thinks about a lot when he is all alone in his boat on the sea. It is what he talks about with his apprentice and young friend, Manolin when they are eating dinner together. It is what he reads about when he comes home after a long day on the sea. In the book, the old man's favorite player is The Great DiMaggio. The Great DiMaggio was a very famous and popular baseball player for the Yankees. The old man speaks and thinks a lot about the great Dimaggio in this book. He says that DiMaggio is his favorite player because like the old man, he also enjoys fishing. DiMaggio's father was a fisher and DiMaggio also fished with his father and knew a lot about fishing. Many times in the book, the old man wonders, "Would The Great DiMaggio be proud of me?". This is how you can tell that the old man truly respects and admires DiMaggio. He respects him enough to want him to be proud of him. The old man also wonders if the Great DiMaggio would go to all the trouble of staying out on the sea all night and day with cuts and cramps just to catch a single fish. You can really tell that the old man enjoys baseball because that is the main thing that he and the boy talk about. They talk about the baseball scores and the players and the coaches. They often converse about who the best coaches are or who the best players are. Also, every day when the old man returns home, the thing that he is most excited to do is read the baseball scores. You can tell that baseball was a very popular past time when this book was written by how many times the author wrote about it in the book.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.
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