Ravindranath Chittajallu, a skilled and enthusiastic educationist, is a retired English Lecturer, having been engaged in teaching for over two decades and acquired M. A. (Sociology), M. A. (Philosophy), M.A. (English), M. Phil in English and M.Ed. He has a passion for teaching, learning, and traveling. The first two are his profession, and the last is his hobby. He traveled widely and visited Europe, Switzerland, Singapore, the US, Vietnam, Egypt, and Bhutan as a tourist and in pursuit of studying the system of higher education in those countries as comparative education was his optional subject in M Ed. During his tenure as a lecturer in English, he dedicated himself to various education roles, teaching English as his specialty. He has been a successful English trainer for aspirants of several competitive exams and a proven expert in teaching English for IELTS. He is also experienced in curriculum, content development, and structuring of the syllabus for high schools in the US and India. His co and extra-curricular activities include being a manager of the folk dancers' group of Andhra Pradesh, which participated in the 'Apna Utsav" Folk Dance Festival, held in Delhi in the year 1986. Acted as a Liaison Officer in coordinating the officials from different states of India who participated in Afro Asian games held in Hyderabad in 2003. He visited the home of Hemingway in Keywest, Florida, US, to gain first-hand knowledge about Hemingway's writings and living. The present volume critically evaluates Earnest Hemingway's novella 'The Old Man and the Sea' and explains the themes and symbolism.
