THE MAIN MOTIFS IN “THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA” AND “GURUGLI”

Ismoilova Niginabonu To’lqin qizi

Authors

Ismoilova Niginabonu To’lqin qizi Second-year Master’s student at International Innovative University

Keywords:

struggle, solitude, hope, nature, Hemingway, Eshonkul, comparative literature.

Abstract

This article explores the main motifs of struggle, solitude, hope, and nature in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea and Nazar Eshonkul’s Gurugli through comparative literary analysis. Both authors, despite their cultural differences, portray the human spirit’s endurance and search for meaning. Hemingway presents struggle as an existential act of resistance, solitude as self-realization, and hope as a vision of perseverance. Eshonkul, on the other hand, interprets struggle as moral defiance against societal corruption, solitude as ethical alienation, and nature as a metaphysical companion. The study concludes that both works converge on a universal message: humanity’s worth lies not in victory but in the courage to continue striving despite absurdity.

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