The Old Man and The Sea - 1

1) What does the writing reveal about the author's values and attitudes?  From what perspective does he/she write?

Hemingway wrote The Old Man and The Sea from a third person perceptive.  Although the author is narrating from an outside figure's point of view, he still is able to understand each character's feelings and thoughts. Its like reading from the perspective of a Godly being.  I feel as though the author is extremely imaginative and profound in his writing.  There are many hidden symbols within the context of each page, which leads me to believe that much thought was put into every word.  I noticed that the very simplistic choice of words was able to create a long dragging feeling, which created the same feeling that the young boy and the old man felt (Hemingway 1).  Every word and phrase was premeditated, and I find that it shows something about Hemingway.  This tells me that although he clearly possesses the ability of construct intricate literature, he knows how to create a feeling in the reader's head through simplicity.  It tells me that the author has a great and powerful mind behind his books.
Because of the immense amount of planning put into each thought, I am led to think that there is not much of a connection between the story of the old man and Hemingway.  Obviously there is some sort of connection because these thoughts were born in his own mind, and they had to sprout from somewhere, but these thoughts were so premeditated that the only connection is buried and hidden behind hours of contemplation.  
There is enough of a link that you can vaguely pick out some of Hemingway's values and attitudes.  The story is about a struggle (Hemingway 57).  Something in his mind must have wanted to express struggle while he wrote this book.  His had to have been trying and not succeeding at some point to follow such a desperate story.  You can see that the whole story must have meant something entirely different to him than it could mean to any of us.  We can never really know what he was thinking when he wrote such a tale.  I found that Hemingway must value loyal friendship because of the close bond between the old man and the young boy (Hemingway 32).  The dedication of the boy to that old man is so strong that there is no way it was a mistake.  Hemingway intentionally emphasized the boy's loyalty, and he must therefore value that sort of close friendship.  

Hemingway, E. The Old Man and The Sea. New York, NY: Scribner, 1980