In the book, The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway tells a story of an
old fisherman. The old man, named Santiago, had gone for eighty-four days
without catching a fish. Santiago feels that the following day would be a
good day because eighty-five is his lucky number. The following day he gets
up before dawn and sets out for a day of fishing. He had set one bait at
forty fathoms, the second at seventy-five fathoms, and the third and forth
were at one hundred and one hundred and twenty-five fathoms. While Santiago
is fishing he sees a bird trying to get a flying fish that was being chased
by tuna. The old man tries to put his boat over the school of tuna in hope
of getting a catch. Suddenly something hooked itself on the bait that was
set at one hundred and twenty-five fathoms. The old man had caught a huge
marlin that was now pulling him out to sea. The fish continued to pull the
old man out to sea for about 3 days. The old man survived by putting one of
his other lines out so that he could catch fish and eat them in order to
keep his strength. On the third day he finally caught the fish. He had
pulled the fish in slowly and then threw his harpoon at the fish’s heart
killing it instantly. The old man tied the fish to the side of his skiff and
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The Old Man and the Sea is novella written by Ernest Hemingway in 1952. It tells the epic journey and struggles of the old fisherman, Santiago, and his younger fishing partner, Man olin. The story goes into detail the day to day life struggles that a fisherman off the coast of Africa endures. The majority of the story focuses on one particular trip out sea. In life, one will go through a number of ...
began to sail home. As he was sailing a shark took a large bite out of the
fish he had caught. The old man harpooned the shark in his brain, and as the
shark rolled off of the fish it took the old man’s harpoon with it. The old
man knew that there would be other sharks that would follow the scent of the
fish’s blood. He tied his knife to the butt of one of his oars. Two more
sharks came and the old man killed them both. The second shark broke the
blade as it rolled off the fish. Desperate, the old man waited for the other
sharks. All he had left was a club, and he was going to use it. More sharks
came, but this time in a pack. The old man desperately fought off the shark
with his club, but the club was grabbed from his hands. He then ripped part
of his boat off and attempted to fend off the sharks. In the end the sharks
had eaten the fish down to the bone leaving the old man nothing. The old man
noticed that his skiff sailed faster without the huge fish tied on to the
side of his boat. When the old man got home he took all his belongings up to
his shack where he rested. The old man dreamed about lions, and he was
happy.
The first, and main character in the book The Old Man and the Sea is in
fact the old man, Santiago. The old man, Santiago, is a tough, persevering
man with fishing in his blood. Santiago just wants to fish because that is
what he lives to do. The old man constantly asks himself, “What would the
great DiMaggio do in a situation like this?” This leads us to say that
Santiago looks up to this base ball player whom he addresses as “The Great
DiMaggio” constantly. I like the old man because he was a strong old man,
and he was confident too. Even through the toughest tasks Santiago
perseveres. The old man improvises and never gives up, just like when his
fish was attacked by sharks. “But there was nothing to be done now. ‘Yes
there is,’ he said aloud. ‘I can lash my knife to the butt of one of the
oars.” Even in his darkest hours he kept on striving to protect his fish. He
killed many sharks and when he ran out of weapons he continued to fight.
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The Old Man and The Sea: Santiago as an Image of Christ Introduction Through the history of civilizations, as distant as the early ages when Homo Sapience first roamed the planet, man has incessantly entered into conflict with environment. As the ancient man has evolved, he has become over dependant on nature to the point where he takes benefit of its abundance of gifts. In spite of the fact that ...
“But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped.
…reached under the stern for the club.” The old man refused to give up.
Santiago would fight the sharks until he died. “Fight them,’ he said. ‘I’ll
fight them until I die'” The other main character featured in this story was
the boy, whose name is Manolin. There is not much background on Manolin, for
he is not in most of the book. Manolin is a young boy who looks out for the
old man bringing him food and clothing. I disliked the boy. He left the poor
old man for a “luckier” boat. Had the boy stayed with the old man, there may
have been a chance of getting the fish back to the harbor intact. The boy
also had a foul mouth that I did not like at all. Though the boy did feed
and cloth the old man, he could have also fished with him.
Santiago lived in a shack by the water of Havana. The old man had to have
lived near a large city because when he was out at sea he looked for the
bright lights of Havana. There was a restaurant within walking distance of
his shack. The boy often got food, coffee and beer from the restaurant for
the old man.
I think there was a point that Ernest Hemingway was trying to get across in
his book. I think it was a self reflection of his life. He was a depressed
person, having committed suicide. The Old Man and The Sea is a depressing
book. I think the author was trying to illustrate how he was feeling so the
book reflected the author. I think a key point in this book was that life is
hopeless. The old man really had nothing to live for. The old man caught the
biggest fish he had ever seen, but in the end nothing remained. After he had
caught the fish and lost it he must have been worked. The boy was crying
because the old man was in such a bad condition. “He went out quietly to go
to bring some coffee and all the way down the road he was crying.
‘…Sleeping,’ he called. He did not care that they saw him crying. ‘Let no
one disturb him.’ ‘…D*** my fish,’ he said and he started to cry again.”
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Of Mice and Men In many pieces of literature authors discuss human potential. In the novel Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck Illustrates human potential and its effects on Lennie Crooks and George. Steinbeck suggests humans have the natural potential to seek happiness although the potential can be fatal or harmful. Although Lennie does not have the potential to be smart, Lennie has the potential to ...
The boy cried a lot, it was either that he was very emotional, or that the
old man was doing poorly. The whole illustration of the book leads to say
that life is pointless. I think life is pointless without God.
My personal opinion of the book was that it was a sad story; a story of the
highlight of a man’s life. There was one time in this guy’s life when it
counted and he was let down. I did enjoy the fact presented in the book that
the old man was not discouraged in the end to the point of quitting. I
disagreed with the fact that there was really no resolution to the problem
of the story. That is what made the book so sad, that there really wasn’t an
ending, and the problem was never solved. If I had written the story I would
have changed a few aspects of the story. First, I would have taken care of
the boys foul mouth problem. I would have probably made the boy a Christian
so that he would be talking to the old man throughout the book about the
truth. Doing this would have also been a witness to the people reading the
book. Second, I would have had the old man give his life to God in the end.
He would have realized that there is something more to life. The fact that
he had lost the fish would have had been no matter to him after he had given
his life to God. The story, after having these changes, would now be a happy
story with resolution to the problem.
