Feelings of Isolation

If Hemingway is trying to use the old man as an analogy of himself, then the fact that the old man fishes alone could mean that Hemingway also feels alone. One of the symptoms of depression is a feeling of being isolated. Maybe Hemingway felt like no one knew what he was going through.

The quote "The old man's head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his life."(p.19) I believe this means by the way the old man looks at that point in time there is nothing left for him to do in his life.

when i read this section i thought that his exterior was now in a state of hopelessness in which since his eyes which previously said to have been full of life were closed he looked almost lifeless which i thought could be how hemingway was feeling towards the later years of his life

Codi J wrote:The quote "The old man's head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his life."(p.19) I believe this means by the way the old man looks at that point in time there is nothing left for him to do in his life.

yeah i agree with that one. He felt since he haven't caught a fish in 84 days that he had nothing to lose and his life was over. he had nothing to write about so he felt useless in life.