Characters-Old Man and the Sea

There were two very important characters throughout the book The Old Man and the Sea and their names were Santiago (the old man) and Manolin (the young boy). Santiago was a very superstitious kind of man, even though he had gone eighty four days without catching a fish, he still managed to have his hopes high. He lived in an old shack that had a dirt floor and he slept on newspapers. Although he was as poor as you could get back then he still went on with living life. Eighty four days without catching a fish and he had a feeling that the eighty fifth day was going to be the day that he was going to catch his fish. His attitude was promising, high hopes, and he had a lot of courage. Now the young boy that was around him most of the time was Manolin. He too was a poor boy, but had better luck with catching fish. The young boys parents decided that they did not want Manolin to go out with Santiago anymore. Of course the one time that he does not go out with Santiago, Santiago needs help. Manoling shows much care for the old man. When the old man was away catching his big fish, Manolin went to Santiago's shack everyday to see if he made it back ok. A great showing of this was when Hemingway said, "He was asleep when the boy looked in the door in the morning. It was blowing so hard that the drifting boats would not be going out and the boy had slept late and then come to the old man's shack as he had come each morning" (Hemingway 122). This shows how much Manolin cared for Santiago while he was away. Manolin had shown much courage throughout the book as well as bravery while Santiago was gone on catching his big fish. The two main characters had shown much appreciation for each other throughout the book.

Bibliography

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 1996. Print.