Day 2- Old Man and the Sea

During day one, the old man had finally caught a fish. He was happy about catching this fish but the bad thing was that he could not actually reel it in. Now onto day two Santiago is still struggling with catching this beastly fish. He is realizing that this fish is going to stay in the water for a couple of days and does not want to come up and get caught. Also, the old man is so lonely that he has come to the conclusion that he is going to talk to himself and the fish. I think that this shows a weakness of the old man. Santiago has been lonely for many many years. The only actual friend that he has is Manolin. When Hemingway says, "I don't think I can eat an entire one, he said and drew his knife across one of the strips. He could feel the steady hard pull of the line and his left hand was cramped. It drew up tight on the heavy cord and he looked at it in disgust. What kind of a hand is that, he said. Cramp then if you want. Make yourself into a claw. It will do you no good" (Hemingway 58). This shows that Santiago is missing Manolin very much if he has decided to talk to his hand. Throughout day two Santiago finds the strengths and the weaknesses with himself. He finds out that he has very good patience with this fish, but he has also figured out that he is a very lonely old man out in the sea by himself. Day two was a critical day for Santiago because it tested his strengths and his weaknesses throughout the day. Santiago is a very strong man and he is very capable of being able to put together enough strength or whatever strength he has left in order to pull up this fish. Even though it is only day two Santiago still has a lot of obstacles coming his way.

Bibliography

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