Title
Not Against Nature: Hemingway, Fishing, and the Cramp of an Environmental Ethic
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Arguing against traditional interpretations of The Old Man and the Sea as man against nature, Van Noy and Woods outline their approach to teaching the novella and “Big Two-Hearted River” as representations of Hemingway’s environmentalist ethic. Contends that rather than dominating nature, the protagonists immerse themselves in the natural world, which leads them to important lessons about restoration and equilibrium. Includes post-reading exercises such as “what happens next” in which students add to the narrative or compose a one-word review.
Published in
Date
2018
Pages
89-101
COinS
Citation
Maier, Kevin, ed. Teaching Hemingway and the Natural World. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2018.