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Mr. B-G
In the novella the Old Man and the Sea, the main character Santiago encounters many obstacles and power struggles. All of his problems are based around the one big challenge in the story, to catch the fish. Santiago’s obstacles and power struggles, such as weakness, sleep deprivation, and shark attacks. These made the story interesting and it wouldn’t have been the same without them.
One of Santiago’s bigger problems of the story was being weak. Catching a huge fish is not and easy job. Even for a young man it has to be hard, so imagine the old man trying to catch it. The man’s old age definitely played a big part to the challenge of catching the fish. Also it didn’t help that his hand was being torn by the fishing line. The old man’s hand kept cramping which wouldn’t make it any easier for him. “He was comfortable but suffering, although he did not admit the suffering at all.” (64) I think this quote shows how the old man was comfortable out at sea and with what he was doing, but he was suffering from pain which was holding him back.
Another struggle the old man had to encounter was sleep deprivation. The old man was at sea for many days trying to catch the fish. And throughout this whole time the old man didn’t have time to sleep. It also would’ve been very hard for him because he was holding the fishing line. And when he did finally get to take a nap it was for a very short period of time, about three hours. “I’m tireder than I have ever been, he thought, and now the trade wind is rising.” (89) This quote shows that the old man is admitting one of his weaknesses and really needs some sleep. He is hoping to catch the fish soon so that will happen.
Shark attacks were a big obstacle for the old man. After he had caught the fish, he had to tie the fish up to the side of the boat. Doing this allowed blood to drip in the water attracting sharks. When a shark would attack the old man was ready to kill it. But the sharks’ numbers got big, and the fish was attacked so many times the old man couldn’t keep up with them. “When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished.” (101) The old man realized that the sharks weren’t going to give up on getting the fish. And he needed to work extra hard to keep them away. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but he was going to do it to save his fish.
In the Old Man and the Sea, Santiago went through many obstacles and power struggles. Those made the book have more character and made it more interesting. It helped you picture what it really would’ve been like to be the old man out at sea. And even though the old man had to go through so much, he still caught the fish and was happy.
One of Santiago’s bigger problems of the story was being weak. Catching a huge fish is not and easy job. Even for a young man it has to be hard, so imagine the old man trying to catch it. The man’s old age definitely played a big part to the challenge of catching the fish. Also it didn’t help that his hand was being torn by the fishing line. The old man’s hand kept cramping which wouldn’t make it any easier for him. “He was comfortable but suffering, although he did not admit the suffering at all.” (64) I think this quote shows how the old man was comfortable out at sea and with what he was doing, but he was suffering from pain which was holding him back.
Another struggle the old man had to encounter was sleep deprivation. The old man was at sea for many days trying to catch the fish. And throughout this whole time the old man didn’t have time to sleep. It also would’ve been very hard for him because he was holding the fishing line. And when he did finally get to take a nap it was for a very short period of time, about three hours. “I’m tireder than I have ever been, he thought, and now the trade wind is rising.” (89) This quote shows that the old man is admitting one of his weaknesses and really needs some sleep. He is hoping to catch the fish soon so that will happen.
Shark attacks were a big obstacle for the old man. After he had caught the fish, he had to tie the fish up to the side of the boat. Doing this allowed blood to drip in the water attracting sharks. When a shark would attack the old man was ready to kill it. But the sharks’ numbers got big, and the fish was attacked so many times the old man couldn’t keep up with them. “When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished.” (101) The old man realized that the sharks weren’t going to give up on getting the fish. And he needed to work extra hard to keep them away. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but he was going to do it to save his fish.
In the Old Man and the Sea, Santiago went through many obstacles and power struggles. Those made the book have more character and made it more interesting. It helped you picture what it really would’ve been like to be the old man out at sea. And even though the old man had to go through so much, he still caught the fish and was happy.
3 comments:
hey livvvvy.
i loved your esay. it was really clear and organized. you got straigt to your point and had a wonderfulll thesis statement. I like your first quote because when i read it with the rest of your paragraph it seemed like it was made for it.again your organization was a key part in the essay,& keep doing that in all your essays.
Livvvvv. I agree with lyndsey that your essay was very clear and to the point. You used just enough detail to explain, but not too much to make it like boring.
Also your paragraphs were very detailed so by the time you read the quote you had a good understanding of what was going on.
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