Why Is Pride Worth Someone's Life

Is pride worth someone's life? The old man in the story, The Old Man and the sea, believed that the answer to this question proved to be yes at least for himself. The problem that the old man faced happened out in the middle of the churning sea. He had been fishing for the past couple of days with no success until he spotted something down deep, the fish of his dreams! First of all, everyone can agree that the old man was a good fisherman, after all he had been fishing for decades. Unfortunately, many people believe that he was not a very good fisherman since he hadn't caught a fish in more than three months. The old man should have cut the big fish loose for these three reasons: the old man was tired, he already had a fish, and he could have injured himself. First and
Undoubtedly, the fish could easily have pulled the old man down into the depths of the sea. Being alone out on the raging sea could have caused any number of problems that could have cost the old man his life, and his town, worry. While he was fishing, a group of sharks discovered him. The sharks could have taken his arm off while he was trying to fight them off. One final motive for why the old man should have cut the big fish free is that he already possessed a fish. During the fight with the sharks, one of them grabbed large chunks of the fish he had in his boat. Something that the old man discovered once he had hooked the bigger fish was that the fish was much too large to easily reel in, not to mention that he already had a nicely sized fish in his boat. Surely, one more fish was not worth his life or this much effort. Now many people would disagree with the points that have been stated. On the other hand, others would say the old man should not have cut the fish loose. A point that they would bring up is that he would be a hero to the town for catching such a large