The most useful approach to use in critically analyzing The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway is "Santiago as a Christ Figure".
This is because, in OMS, many sentence or representation which seems to relate to Christianity. Also some directly words are used, such like Hail Marys, the Virgin of Cobre, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and so on. These will be enough evidence to indicate the relationship between OMS and Christianity. NP lecturer said that, Hemmingway tried to compare Santiago as Christ, but in my opinion comparison of ordinary people to Christ is very rude act. Especially religious christian feel impoliteness. By these reason I stated above, I conceive this approach is most useful to critical analyze.
