In the novella The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, the main character Santiago went through several struggles and obstacles over the course of the story. Santiago struggles with the potent marlin, strenuous sharks, and with the most important, himself. The results of these struggles are fatigue and smarting, because Santiago is an old, but wise man.
One thing that Santiago struggles with is catching the fish. “‘Fish” he said, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends”.(54) I picked this quote to show this situation because it showed how much Santiago needs to kill the fish, but it also shows how much he loves and respects the fish. This is a struggle because Santiago consider the fish to be his brother and I think he feels a little bit guilty in the end. I think this because he killed the fish and then it got eaten by the sharks. I also think this situation represents karma and what you do always comes back to you in the end.
A second thing Santiago struggles with the strenuous sharks and how they persistently come to attack the fish. They came at least four times and every time they took a little bit of the fish with them. They didn’t stop attacking until the fish was gone. “The shark was not accident. He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea”. (100).This quote represents the sharks very well because it shows how they are very deceiving. They attack without knowing and take the most precious thing to you away in a second. Santiago cared so much for the fish and he struggled with the fact that the fish was now taken away from him, and how he now regretted killing it.
A thing that Santiago struggled was with himself. Two quotes that show this are, “Certainly his back cannot feel as badly as mine does.” (52). “He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers and tried to gentle his fingers”. (60).The struggles against him is that Santiago is facing old age and how he gets tired fast and easily. Also that he doesn’t have that much strength anymore, and when he does it doesn’t last for that long. He put in every ounce of strength and dedication into catching this fish and his reward didn’t last long. The exact struggles he went through to catch the fish was his back hurting, his knee hurting, his hand cramping up, and his hand bleeding from putting so much effort in to catching the fish.
This was a very hard task for Santiago . He put everything he had into catching the fish and it was very sad when the sharks instantly took it away from him. Santiago deserved to catch that fish and be able to bring it home, but in the end karma caught up to him and what goes around comes around. Since he killed the fish, the fish got taken away from him.
One thing that Santiago struggles with is catching the fish. “‘Fish” he said, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends”.(54) I picked this quote to show this situation because it showed how much Santiago needs to kill the fish, but it also shows how much he loves and respects the fish. This is a struggle because Santiago consider the fish to be his brother and I think he feels a little bit guilty in the end. I think this because he killed the fish and then it got eaten by the sharks. I also think this situation represents karma and what you do always comes back to you in the end.
A second thing Santiago struggles with the strenuous sharks and how they persistently come to attack the fish. They came at least four times and every time they took a little bit of the fish with them. They didn’t stop attacking until the fish was gone. “The shark was not accident. He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea”. (100).This quote represents the sharks very well because it shows how they are very deceiving. They attack without knowing and take the most precious thing to you away in a second. Santiago cared so much for the fish and he struggled with the fact that the fish was now taken away from him, and how he now regretted killing it.
A thing that Santiago struggled was with himself. Two quotes that show this are, “Certainly his back cannot feel as badly as mine does.” (52). “He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers and tried to gentle his fingers”. (60).The struggles against him is that Santiago is facing old age and how he gets tired fast and easily. Also that he doesn’t have that much strength anymore, and when he does it doesn’t last for that long. He put in every ounce of strength and dedication into catching this fish and his reward didn’t last long. The exact struggles he went through to catch the fish was his back hurting, his knee hurting, his hand cramping up, and his hand bleeding from putting so much effort in to catching the fish.
This was a very hard task for Santiago . He put everything he had into catching the fish and it was very sad when the sharks instantly took it away from him. Santiago deserved to catch that fish and be able to bring it home, but in the end karma caught up to him and what goes around comes around. Since he killed the fish, the fish got taken away from him.
3 comments:
1- your thesus seems strong and percise not confusing one bit
2- “‘Fish” he said, “I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends”.(54) was my favorite qoute used in your essay baecause it was syraight to the point and you explained it well.
3- one thing this essay does well is prortrey santiagos attidtude towards his struggles and shows well how he overcomes but also how they hurt him.
4- i liked your essay very much and the only advice i would give is to use more interesting vocabulary.
nice job great begining i like how you wrote the basics with out too much unneeded information, but it still had great detail. it also didnt make me want to stop reading i actually wanted to finish it.
Rachel, I loved your story. Your thesis was very well written and straight to the point. The story has great detail with a strong beginning which made me want to read on. Good story.
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