old fisherman. The old man, named Santiago, had gone for eighty-four days

without catching a fish. Santiago feels that the following day would be a

good day because eighty-five is his lucky number. The following day he gets

up before dawn and sets out for a day of fishing. He had set one bait at

forty fathoms, the second at seventy-five fathoms, and the third and forth

were at one hundred and one hundred and twenty-five fathoms. While Santiago

is fishing he sees a bird trying to get a flying fish that was being chased

by tuna. The old man tries to put his boat over the school of tuna in hope

of getting a catch. Suddenly something hooked itself on the bait that was

set at one hundred and twenty-five fathoms. The old man had caught a huge

marlin that was now pulling him out to sea. The fish continued to pull the

old man out to sea for about 3 days. The old man survived by putting one of

his other lines out so that he could catch fish and eat them in order to

keep his strength. On the third day he finally caught the fish. He had

pulled the fish in slowly and then threw his harpoon at the fish's heart

killing it instantly. The old man tied the

DiMaggio" constantly. I like the old man because he was a strong old man,

the old man was not discouraged in the end to the point of quitting. I

side of his boat. When the old man got home he took all his belongings up to

book. Second, I would have had the old man give his life to God in the end.

so that he would be talking to the old man throughout the book about the

...reached under the stern for the club." The old man refused to give up.

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)