T HE S E M IO T IC A NA L YSIS ON S E L E CT E D SYM B OL S IN E RN E S T HE M INGWAY ’S THE OLD MA N AND THE S E A
Abstract
I
n
the
pr
o
c
e
ss
of
wr
it
ing
thi
s
thesis,
the
pr
oblem
is
a
ddre
ssed
onto
the
re
v
e
a
ls
of
the
mea
ning
on
mar
li
n,
s
e
a
,
sh
a
rk,
sk
e
leton,
bird
a
n
d
li
on
s
y
mbol
in
the
n
ove
l
.
The
sc
ope
in
thi
s
stud
y
is
a
bout
the
re
ve
lation
mea
ning
of
it
s
s
y
mbol
through
the
info
rma
ti
on
insi
de
the
nove
l
.
I
n
o
rde
r
to
g
e
t
a
n
e
a
sier
wa
y
to
a
n
a
l
y
z
e
the
s
y
mbol
,
se
mi
oti
c
s
i
s
the
most
a
pprop
ria
te
theor
y
to
use
.
F
or
ge
tt
ing
the
be
st
re
s
ult
of
thi
s
re
se
a
rc
h,
the
method
to
use
in
thi
s
nove
l
is
qua
li
tative
a
nd
inductiveme
thod
since
the
re
se
a
rc
h
us
es
de
s
c
r
i
p
ti
on
a
nd
it
is
be
gun
fr
om
a
n
a
l
y
z
ing
the
spec
ific
to
the
g
e
ne
ra
l
one
,
while
the
supporte
d
da
ta
a
r
e
take
n
fr
om
the
li
br
a
r
y
re
se
a
rc
h.
The
goa
l
of
wr
it
ing
thi
s
thesis
is
to
discove
r
the
mea
ning
o
f
se
lec
ted
s
y
mbol
in
the
nove
l.
The
a
na
l
y
sis
b
e
gins
with
the
P
e
irc
e
‟s
triadic
of
sign
im
pleme
nted
on
the
se
le
c
ted
s
y
mbol
,
then
I
c
las
sif
y
t
he
info
rma
ti
on
I
c
oll
e
c
t
fr
om
th
e
nove
l,
then
the
mea
ning
of
e
a
c
h
s
y
mbol
w
a
s
c
onc
luded.
Mar
li
n
is
the
re
pr
e
se
ntame
n,
a
nd
then
I
discove
re
d
some
infor
mation
a
bout
mar
li
n
a
nd
c
lassifie
d
it
a
s
ha
rd
to
c
a
tch,
suff
e
ring,
p
ride
a
nd
ha
pp
iness
insi
de
the
nove
l.
B
a
se
d
on
thes
e
,
I
c
onc
lude
d
that
mar
li
n
is
a
struggle
o
f
li
fe
.
The
re
st,
other
s
y
mbol
s
re
v
e
a
l
diff
e
re
nt
mea
ning.
The
va
li
dit
y
o
f
c
lassifie
d
infor
mation
is
supporte
d
b
y
the
quotat
ion
found
in
the
nove
l.
The
e
nd
of
the
discussi
on
in
thi
s
thesis
is
of
fe
ring
ba
c
k
to
the
r
e
a
de
rs
wha
t
the
y
shoul
d
be
li
e
ve
ha
ving
re
a
d
the
nove
l
a
nd
thi
s
wr
it
ing,
since
the
da
ta
given
a
re
most
l
y
fa
ir
f
rom
the
re
late
d
li
ter
a
l
sourc
e
.
Keyw
or
d
s:
Gr
ound,
I
nt
e
rpr
e
tant, Obje
c
t, S
ign, S
y
mbol
.