Old Man and the Sea- Santiago

Santiago was a very old man who had spent most of his life fishing for a living. As the days drew slim, and the hours even less he knew his time was limited. He planned to go fishing one morning and had a feeling that that was the day he hooked the big fish he had always hoped for.

Before his fishing trip though Santiago was cared for by his young friend Manolin, Manolin was a young boy who fished for a big boat down the dock. Although he wanted to fish with the old man, since he was his mentor and he learned everything from the old man, he couldn't because his parents wouldn't let him. They called him un-lucky and not a good fisherman. Even though he couldn't fish with the old man, he would spend every minute he could with Santiago. Every night the little boy would help Santiago get prepared for bed, then he would leave and go to bed for himself. In the mornings he would awake before Santiago and go wake him up. Then he would get the two of them coffee from the bar/cafe up the street. Before he ever went fishing he would walk the old man and his stuff out to the little skiff of Santiago's and watch him set sail. Then he went to his bosses boat and worked for the day doing the thing he loved most.

The old man was a willing little determined robot of flesh and bone, every day he did the same thing for many years. One of the old mans best attributes was his determined heart to finish a job. He would never leave something unfinished and that included catching fish. He never gave up, and the marlin was living proof of this. After spending one day and one night at sea the old man was tired and ready to head back, but he never did he waited til the deed was done and he had beaten the fish.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print