Transition, Ritual and Rites of Passage in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea<Tab/> <Tab/>The term threshold evokes images of entering and departing, crossing and changing. It marks the point at which choices and decisions must be made in order to proceed. In this paper I intend to investigate the symbolic meaning of threshold as a position of growth for the characters in the …showed first 75 words of 4490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4490 total…the individuals to find practical solutions, comfort in their identity and the capacity to continue on with their lives. Works Consulted Hastrup, Kirsten. A Passage to Anthropology. New York: Routledge, 1995. Murphy, Robert F. Cultural and Social Anthropology an Overture. New Jersey: Prentice <Tab/>Hall. 1989. Scott, Alex. Philosophical Enquiry of the Origin of the Idea of the Sublime and the <Tab/>Beautiful. 2002 http://www.anglefire.com/md2/timewarp