For eighty-four days, old Santiago has not caught a single fish. At first a young boy, Manolin, shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day, the boy’s father tells his son to go in another boat. From that time on, Santiago works alone. Each morning he rows his skiff out into the Gulf Stream, where the big fish are. Each evening he comes home empty-handed.
The boy loves the old fisherman and pities him. When Manolin has no money of his own, he begs or steals to make sure that Santiago has enough to eat and has fresh baits for his lines. The old man accepts his kindness with a humility that is like a quiet kind of pride. Over their evening meals of rice or black beans, they talk about the fish they had caught in luckier times or about American baseball and the great Joe DiMaggio. At night, alone in his shack, Santiago dreams of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone on a sailing ship years before. He no longer dreams of his dead wife.
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After leaving the smell of land behind him, he sets his lines. Two of his baits are fresh tunas the boy had given him, as well as sardines to cover his hooks. The lines sink straight down into deep dark water. As the sun rises, he sees other boats in toward shore, which is only a low green line on the sea. A hovering man-of-war bird shows him where dolphins are chasing some flying fish, but the school is moving too fast and is too far away. The bird circles again. This time Santiago sees tuna leaping in the sunlight. A small one takes the hook on his stern line. Hauling the quivering fish aboard, the old man thinks it a good
Life is full of obstacles. The Old man has many, but chooses to push through life. One of his obstacles is the fact that he lives a lonely life. Santiago lost his wife and never remarried. He has no children or family to comfort and support him. The only companion Santiago has is the local boy. The boy is fond of Santiago, but his family is not. The boy’s parent do not think Santiago id good for the boy because the man is unlucky. The boy brings Santiago food and companionship. Even though the boy is a friend to Santiago he still has an empty part that should hold family. The old man continues through life with no wife or children and on to his next journey with the sea.
Thomas Benz 8/24/15 Per.2 R.A. #1 1.) Santiago is an old fisherman who is the main character in the story. 2.) Manolin is Santiago's friend, he also fished with him before he got bad luck.
But what Manolin's parents didn’t know is that being at rock bottom all you can do is come up. That is exactly what Santiago did. He went out into the sea farther than he should have and got the biggest fish he has ever caught in his life. There was an unfortunate turn of events bringing the fish back but he knows that he had reached his goal.
Along with Gatsby’s determination, using The Old Man and The Sea, which is based in Cuba, the reader can still see many parallels to American hopes and dreams when Santiago doesn’t give up on his hopes and dreams to catch a fish. While talking to Manolin, Santiago remarks: “‘Eighty-five is a lucky number’ (Hemingway 16).” The remark gives detail to the reader of Santiago’s trust in himself and his own
After 84 days of life, the old fisherman Santiago nothing at all. Alone, poverty, in the face of his own death, San Diego now considered unlucky. So Manolin fishing partner until recently (San Diego and San Diego church since the age of five young people) has always been the parents of the fish ship in another more productive. Every night, though, when San Diego empty-handed again, Manolin told him to help home equipment, to his company, and he brought food.
In the novel, “The Old Man and the Sea”, Santiago’s fatal flaw is his pride. Despite struggling with age, poverty and a series of streaks of misfortune, Santiago’s pride prevents him from relying on others for assistance. However, this pride serves as a righteous feature for Santiago since his pride is a combination of his passion for fishing and trying to retain his identity and dignity in an unjust society. “You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for
In the novella, The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago is an unlucky fisherman who has not caught anything in 84 days. Yet he sets out alone on the 85th day to try again. For three days he struggles with a large marlin which he finally kills; but, despite his best efforts, he loses the fish to repeated shark attacks.
The epic journey of “The Old Man and the Sea” describes struggle, discipline and manhood. The main characters relationships exemplify how faith and skill overcome man’s adversity during life on the sea. Santiago’s growing relationship with the boy idealizes his statute as a father figure and develops his integrity and values towards the boy. Hemmingway shows us how an old fisherman’s will to overcome the sea’s obstacles proves his manhood to himself and the young boy. His skills and knowledge of the sea provide a positive influence for the young boy to become a great fisherman someday.
Santiago's life, whose father was a fisherman. There was only one other love the old man had
Santiago is a lonely man that is poor he is a tragic hero with a tragic flaw santiago was out to sea to find a big fish and that's when he caught the marlen but will things turn out the way he planned? “ the old man saw his mouth open and his strange eyes and the clicking chop of the teeth as he drove forward in the meat just above the tail”(101). Santiago was out to see to find a big fish and he do all this tuff to find the marlen and all of that was wasted the sharks ate almost every bit of the marlen . This quote shows that the old man had really bad luck with the marlen nothing was going the way he wanted it to go . as a result of tragic flaw santiago shows himself as a tragic
The more courageous the act, the greater its beauty, clarity, and ethical purity.” ( Davis 206) As Carl Davis states the old man Santiago also fit characterization of hero, that’s why Manolin the boy like Santiago no matter he catch fish or not. "There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only you."
”In the book, Hemingway states on page 10, “Santiago has even caught big fish for 3 weeks.” After he waited 87 days though. In the book, Hemingway states on page 10, “Even though he may not catch a fish for 84 days he looks and feels undefeated”. In the book, Hemingway states on page 125, “after Santiago comes back with his half eaten Marin the boy gets to fish with the old man and they get reunited”. The old man's dreams were even a success.
Santiago is a very experinced fisherman. He knows that the fish are in the spot that he always goes to. He knows that if he keeps his lines as strait as possible his lines will be where he wants them to be. He knows if he is paicent the fish will come. He fought an 18 foot marlin for many days and nights.
The nobility of character of the old man prevents him from feel hate and rancor toward the other fishermen. Despite the taunts of the other fishermen, Santiago is quiet and admits having a bad streak of luck. This makes him an honorable man, which avoids any conflict and is able to recognize his flaws as a fisherman. Although the sea has given him several bitter drinks, he is able to keeping on loving it. “A man is honest when he acts honestly, he is humble when he acts humbly, he loves when he is loving or being loved.” (Waldmeir 165). Perhaps, the crowning act of humility in Santiago is when he is forced to recognize that by his own forces he will not be enough to grab the fish, and decides to carry out prayers to the Almighty. At the end of the hunting of the big animal, Santiago does not become conceited. His simple and humble soul thanks with a prayer for the outcome of his effort. Although the fighting has been severe and bloody, the old man was not self-styled "hero”. Santiago humbly considers himself as one fisherman more, and the categorization as a hero depends on the readers. “It is the knowledge that a simple man is capable of such decency, dignity, and even heroism, and that his struggle can be seen in heroic terms, that largely distinguishes this book.” (Young 131). The evident relation between his humility and dignity helps to place Santiago as a perfect
One of the predominate dreams that Santiago has during the book takes place on the coast of Africa with lions playing around with each other. The book tells us this is the only dream he has and the dream connect Santiago with memories of his childhood. Like the lions, Santiago is a hunter at heart with him being a fisher. But since his dream depicts the lions playing instead of hunting, the dream serves as a break from the real world.In the Old Man of the Sea, one of the main themes in the book is modernism. One of the characteristics of modernism found in the book is when Santiago is stuck on the boat while he is fishing. It is only him and his thoughts and the readers get to read everything. Through his thoughts we are able to understand how he feels. Despite the the fish Santiago