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The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by Ernest Hemingway. In this story there is an old man and his name Santiago . He is a fisherman who is very old and has a good friend Manolin who is younger and helps him fish. Santiago decides to go fishing alone this time, he has had very bad luck and hasn’t caught a fish for 84 days. He must fight through many struggles, both internal and external. These struggles affect the plot of the story. Internally Santiago is regretting his decision to not bring along the young boy. Also he is trying to overcome his horrible luck, and external he is struggling with his declining health and age, bad hand, the marlin, and the sharks.
Santiago has not caught a fish in 84 days, and I think it is a tough thought looming over him. "It could not happen twice. Do you think you can find an eighty-five(pg.18)" This quote is significant because it is Manolin and Santiago discussing his long streak on not catching any fish. I think this is a big struggle for Santiago, but he has faith that he will catch another fish. He thinks this because he has had this streak before, and he had over come this streak on the 85th day, and that is his lucky number. Also another one of his internal struggles is his decision to not bring the boy on the trip. He dose not have the strength and stamina to keep the big marlin on the line and to fight off the sharks.
Santiago struggles with his injury and he declining health all the way through out this novella. Santiago’s hand was hurt and it was very difficult to fish with his hand through his trip. But Santiago’s declining health and age was a real big struggle for him. Santiago is an old man and he had to keep a marlin on his line for three whole days, and that took a lot of strength. He wanted to stop and try and go to sleep, but he couldn’t "But you have not slept yet, old man, he said aloud (pg.77)" This is a significant quote because it is showing how tired he is. He also felt like quitting at times because he was so old with no stamina left.
The two most biggest struggles for Santiago was trying to catch the marlin, and to try and kill off the sharks. Santiago had, had the marlin on the line for about three whole days, and he was so tired, but he had finally caught the giant. This took place for almost the whole novella and it might have been the biggest struggle for him, with everything from his injuries to his streak. Another mighty struggle for Santiago was the sharks. He had to try and stop them from eating the marlin once he caught it. So he used everything he could find for a weapon to kill the sharks. The sharks had killed a lot of the sharks but in the end they had devoured the once mighty beast. The marlin had been eaten, and was just a skeleton.
Santiago face a lot of struggles through out the novella, and he overcame most of these struggles. I think this shows how strong and how determined this old man is. Even though the odds were against him he never gave up. Santiago had to face may external struggles, but he also face some tough internal struggles also. The struggles in this story had a big part in the plot and theme of this novella.
Santiago has not caught a fish in 84 days, and I think it is a tough thought looming over him. "It could not happen twice. Do you think you can find an eighty-five(pg.18)" This quote is significant because it is Manolin and Santiago discussing his long streak on not catching any fish. I think this is a big struggle for Santiago, but he has faith that he will catch another fish. He thinks this because he has had this streak before, and he had over come this streak on the 85th day, and that is his lucky number. Also another one of his internal struggles is his decision to not bring the boy on the trip. He dose not have the strength and stamina to keep the big marlin on the line and to fight off the sharks.
Santiago struggles with his injury and he declining health all the way through out this novella. Santiago’s hand was hurt and it was very difficult to fish with his hand through his trip. But Santiago’s declining health and age was a real big struggle for him. Santiago is an old man and he had to keep a marlin on his line for three whole days, and that took a lot of strength. He wanted to stop and try and go to sleep, but he couldn’t "But you have not slept yet, old man, he said aloud (pg.77)" This is a significant quote because it is showing how tired he is. He also felt like quitting at times because he was so old with no stamina left.
The two most biggest struggles for Santiago was trying to catch the marlin, and to try and kill off the sharks. Santiago had, had the marlin on the line for about three whole days, and he was so tired, but he had finally caught the giant. This took place for almost the whole novella and it might have been the biggest struggle for him, with everything from his injuries to his streak. Another mighty struggle for Santiago was the sharks. He had to try and stop them from eating the marlin once he caught it. So he used everything he could find for a weapon to kill the sharks. The sharks had killed a lot of the sharks but in the end they had devoured the once mighty beast. The marlin had been eaten, and was just a skeleton.
Santiago face a lot of struggles through out the novella, and he overcame most of these struggles. I think this shows how strong and how determined this old man is. Even though the odds were against him he never gave up. Santiago had to face may external struggles, but he also face some tough internal struggles also. The struggles in this story had a big part in the plot and theme of this novella.
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