Old Man And The Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is basically a story of a battle between an old, experienced fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and been told to fish insteadwith successful fishermen.The boy visits Santiago's shack each night, hauling his fishing gear, preparing food, talking about American baseball and his favorite player Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next day, he will go far out into the Gulf Stream, north of Cuba in the Straits of Florida to fish, confident that his unlucky streak is near its end..On the eighty-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his skiff far beyond the island’s shallow coastal waters and venturing into the Gulf Stream. He prepares his lines and drops them in the water. At noon, a big fish, which he knows is a marlin, takes the bait that Santiago has placed one hundred fathoms deep in the waters. The old man expertly hooks the fish, but he cannot pull it in. Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat. Two days and nights pass with Santiago holding the line.Although he is wounded by the struggle and in pain, Santiago expresses a compassionate appreciation for his enemy, often referring to him as a brother. He also determines that because of the fish's great dignity, no one shall eat the marlin.On the third day, the fish begins to circle the skiff. The fish pulls the boat all through the day, through the night, through another day, and through another night. Santiago is worn out and almost delirious, but he uses all the strength to pull the fish onto its side and stab the marlin with a harpoon. Santiago straps the marlin to the side of his skiff and heads home, thinking about the high price the fish will bring him at the market and how many people he will feed. On his return home, some sharks are attracted to the marlin's blood that had trailed off in the water. Santiago kills a great mako shark