헤밍웨이, 『노인과 바다』

"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated."


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He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.


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“Come on, galano,” the old man said. “Come in again.” The shark came in a rush and the old man hit him as he shut his jaws.



Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea