As it says in the back of the book, this novel was written in 1952, so I am assuming that it was set at around that time too. There aren't many parts in this book that mention the time, but there are a few things that kind of give away some thoughts about what the time was like.
First off, the old man and the young boy talk about baseball a bit in the beginning of the book. In the fifties, I know that baseball was becoming quite big in the United States so those things connect. He also mentions specific baseball players like Joe DiMaggio, who he actually talks about a lot and seems to look up to quite a bit as well. Baseball was a huge parts of peoples lives back then, so of course they'd be talking about it!
The old man was also working extremely hard to just even get fed. I know that there are hard working people now as well, but there are some people who make a lot of money doing something anyone can do. It is really unfair. Also, there are people now who do so much work that get paid hardly anything. It really makes you think about society sometimes... Anyway (getting a little side tracked here, sorry) Most people I know nowadays don't really have to work just to maybe get fed and not make any money (or hardly any) and from the book says it seems that most people living there are fishermen and have to deal with the same issues that the old man has to deal with.
This book shows hard work, pride, and courage! It is no wonder why this book is so famous. It must have been a good read for people want to be encourage and inspired many people at the time who were maybe in the same lump as the old man.
Those things were the couple parts that I could find (or at least remember) from the book that give away the the time and things like that.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.
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