Day four- Old Man and the Sea

Santiago is nearing the end of his trip. He has battled this huge fish for so long and he finally was able to spear it. It was to big to put on his little boat so he decided to hang it off the side. When Santiago was coming back into shore he knew what was going to happen to him. He knew that there were going to be some hungry predators waiting for him to get into their territory. He decided to take the risk of hanging the fish on the side of the boat and he knew what the consequences were going to be. When Hemingway wrote, "When the old man saw him coming he knew that this was a shark that had no fear at all and would do exactly what he wished. He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on. The rope was short as it lacked what he had cut away to lash the fish. The old man's head was clear and good now and he was full of reslution but he had little hope. It was too good to last, he thought" (Hemingway 101). As you can see Santiago had so much hope that he was able to bring home this huge fish to show the boy and he knew that it was to good to last long. Even though there is still some meat still on the fish he knows that more sharks are going to be coming this way especially since the fish is ripped open. Santiago just wanted proof that his luck had ended in the last eighty-four days. He wanted to show people that he is not unlucky for he is a man of luck. He wanted to show Manolin that he is able to fish with him again, now that he caught a fish. Now nearing the end of his trip Santiago has to find a way to keep the sharks away from his boat and more importantly his fish.

Bibliography

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