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Deng, T.Z. (2008) The Difference between Santiago and the Old Man in The Old Man and the Sea. Foreign Literature, No. 1, 83-89. (In Chinese)

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• TITLE: The Triple Decline Narrative in The Old Man and the Sea

  AUTHORS: Chunhui Pang

  KEYWORDS: The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, Age Studies, Decline Narrative, Mirror Stage of Old Age

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.13 No.7, July 14, 2026

  ABSTRACT: The Old Man and the Sea, as Hemingway’s peak work, has been interpreted from the perspectives of heroism, symbolism or metaphorical interpretation, but Santiago’s “oldness” has been rarely studied even neglected. Under the framework of Age Studies, this thesis focuses on the “decline narrative” in this novella to reveal the triple decline: Santiago’s aging body, Hemingway’s waning writing talent, and Spain’s fading empire power. The intertwining decline narratives deconstruct the story of a “tough guy” presented on the surface of the short novel by Hemingway, exposing the facts of ageism, creation anxiety, and the iterative renewal of the empire.