In 1954, the novel: The Old Man and the Sea got Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway’s creation of Santiago wins the success of this novel. It will analyze that Santiago is different from other heroes. He is old but not senile, unlucky but not defeated. His image shows that man should have courage to challenge the misfortune and defeat it. In 1954, the novel: The Old Man and the Sea got Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway’s creation of Santiago wins the success of this novel. It will analyze that Santiago is different from other heroes. He is old but not senile, unlucky but not defeated it. His image shows that man should have courage to challenge the misfortune and defeat it.