The old man went eighty-four days without catching a fish. The old man's apprentice, Manolin, was a young boy who was taught to fish by the old man and loved him. Manolin works for a different fisherman because his parents think that the old man has bad luck. They both take a seat on the terrace and the boy buys the old man a beer. All the fishermen make fun of the old man and some of them look at him and feel sad. After a conversation on the terrace the boy helps the old man take his equipment back to his shack up the road. "The shack is made of the tough budshield of the royal palm which are called guano and in there was a bed, a table, one chair, and a place on the dirt floor to cook with charcoal." On the wall of the shack was a color picture of the S

Santiago has many feelings for the sea and its creatures. The flying fish are "his principal friends of the ocean." Some fishermen view the sea as masculine. But Santiago see her as feminine. The old man arranged the baits on the hooks and sets them in the water at different depths. Santiago spots a dolphin and tries to catch it but they went away. Later on he feels that a big fish is going for that bait. The old man talks to the fish telling him to take it. The fish takes the bait and is hooked. The fish started going more down and then starts to pull the boat with him. Hours past and the old man is still holding on to the fish, keeping the line taut so it won't break. The old man wishes that the boy were there to help him out. Night comes and Santiago tries to endure the pain he is receiving. The fish started to change courses. Santiago couldn't see the glow of Havana so that means that he was far from land but he was calm about it. He was confident that he would catch this fish.

Santiago is keeping the tension on the line so that it will make the fish go in a smaller circle. The old man is feeling dizzy. The fish got near him and Santiago stabbed the fish with the spear but it was still alive. Then the fish jumped up and the old man hit it again and killed it. He then thinks of how much he would make with this fish. Now the old man is on his journey back to Havana. An hour past and now a shark came for some of the fish. Santiago sticks his spear in the shark's brain and dies after taking a few bites of the marlin. He is now feeling sorry for killing the fish. The old man lost his spear to the shark so he lashed his knife into his oar. Two sharks arrive. They both get some of the fish before getting hit my the old man. The old man steers his way back to the glow of the harbour. When he arrives to the harbour, he took his equipment up the road to his shack, falling a

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Approximate Word count = 1284
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)