Pride and Prejudice

The novel tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman fighting with a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream far offshore. Although Hemingway's old man is tragic, he has Nietzsche's "Superman" quality, accepting defeat calmly and facing death calmly. These "tough men" embody Hemingway's philosophy and moral ideal of life, that is, the fighter spirit and positive and optimistic attitude towards life of human beings who do not bow to fate and never admit defeat.