Narrative point of view in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Abstract

The article explores the narrative point of view in The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The point of view in this novel changes flexibly from general to specific, from omniscient insight to an internal view that illuminates the characters emotions. In this paper, the author focuses on analyzing the omniscient point of view with zero focalization, the external point of view through dialogue and the internal point of view through monologue.