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…showed last 75 words of 789 total…t. Regardless of his intent, the allusion still stands. It is a reflection of his own life-- an outlet to tell his own story in an incredible literary form. A very smart man, Ernest Hemingway knew what he had to do for success and what would become of it all. The Old Man and The Sea alludes to this situation in a way that invokes the thought and insight of the millions who read it.