Symbolism in the Summer Readings

The main book that had symbolism in it was The Old Man and the Sea. The whole book was based on a christian background, and most things that happened had a double meaning. When Santiago was fishing, a lot of things happened that represented what Christ went through. For instance, when he cut his hand that was supposed to represent Christ when he got nails through his hands on the cross, and also when Santiago let out a scream when he was fishing was supposed to represent when Christ would yell out in pain. At the end of the book, Santiago was very weak and passed out on his bed, and Christ never did have much energy at the end and especially on his walk to Calvary. Steinback, the author of The Old Man and the Sea was a religious man, so talking about these things was comfortable to him, and that is what he loved.