The Old Man and the Sea

Santiago carries the mast up the hill after landing in the village explain the allusion in the way hemingway describes the old mans difficulties in doing this

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The allusion is in reference to Christ's crucifixion. he carries the mast in the way that Jesus carried the cross, and he falls along the way in the same way Jesus fell from the weight of the cross he bore.