Old Man and the Sea
In Ernest Hemingway’s Old man and the sea, Santiago, the book’s main character, is an old fisherman who is unlucky in the past 84 days. Manolin, his young devoted apprentice and friend, was forced to leave the boat by his parents because Santiago hadn’t caught anything for so long. So on the 85th day Santiago decides to go much farther than he has ever gone before, and in doing that he catches an 18…
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…some examples of how Santiago acted when under struggle, defeat, and death.
During this same time Santiago experienced a lot of pain but he endured it the whole time. When his hand cramped up and he couldn’t do anything, he had to endure that until it finally un-cramped and he could work with it again. When the fish jumped the line cut his hands badly and it hurt him to do anything with them.
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