Well I don't think that The Old Man and the Sea reflected that many events in history. The book really didn't deal with any specific events that took place in history. However, you can pick out the time period and what was kind of going on in that time period by certain things that Santiago talks about in the book. For example, several times times he talks about baseball in the book. ( Hemingway, 68) He is always telling Manolin about Joe DiMaggio and how his father was a fisherman. Joe DiMaggio was a baseball player in the 1950s so automatically you can tell that the story takes place around that time. So, the things that the book does point out I would say they point out pretty accurately, but they talk alot about historical events that took place.
Well, I do believe people have different responsibilities in society. Santiago's responsibility in the story was to catch fish so he could sell them at the market. (Hemingway, 11)Knowing that he had this responsibility probably made it even harder on Santiago during his "bad luck" streak. Santiago did have a responsibility to be a good fisherman.
Many different things could have inspired the author. People and events definitely could have inspired him , but I don't now that for sure. Something that could have inspired him to write this book though, are the values that you learn in it. He may have just decided to write this book so he could make people understand that values like courage, strength, and patience are a good thing. It also shows that even though you may not get everything you want in the end, it is good to keep a good attitude.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scibner Paperback
Fiction, 1995. Print.
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