The beginning of this novel takes place in a small fishing village, along the cuban coast. As soon as the novel introduces the main character Santiago, an old fisherman, who’s whole life and home is the sea. You imediately feel a sense of pity for him. The novel explains everything that he does not have, and how he is the out cast of the village. Santiago is described as feeling a lot of pain. The novel, brings you into his world, which makes you feel that you are right there with him on his journey.

Santiago, who in the past, was a very skilled fisherman. The whole village except for Manolin, believe that his luck has gone out. For the past eighty-four day Santiago hasn’t been able to catch a single fish. Ev

Santiago catches a huge marlin, aproxametly 18 ft., and strggles for it. He struggles for 3 full days and night to keep the fish alive. Santiago apologizes to the fish for taking it’s life and has great respect for it. Santiago refers to the fish as his brother. Even though he caught the fish didn’t mean that there wouldn’t be any complecations though. The fish could, dive to the bottom and break the net. The fish , aslo had the posability of dying or sinking.

Manolin is a young boy that means a lot to Santiago. Their relationship is very strong considering the age difference. Even though, the whole village out casts Santiago, Manolin is still their for him. Manolin looks up to Santiago, and wants to learn from him. The way they talk is mostly small talk,

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Approximate Word count = 525
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)