In the opening pages of the book, he has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish and has become the laughingstock of his small village. He then endures a long and grueling struggle with the marlin only to see his trophy catch destroyed by sharks.
This setting makes for great storytelling as the old man battles for the fish while having to fight with the elements, as well as the sea itself. He respects him a great deal for he knows that the old man is very wise and is a magnificent fisherman. Santiago berates himself for having gone out too far. He kills a great mako shark with his harpoon but loses the weapon. He makes a spear by strapping his knife to the end of an oar. He kills three more sharks before the blade of the knife snaps, and he clubs two more sharks into submission.
The old man taught him how to fish. Although the young fishermen make fun of Santiago, he is not angry with them. Santiago respects the fact that Manolin is willing to carry on his legacy and trusts him to do so. Santiago leans over, strips off a piece of the marlin from where the shark bit it, and eats it. What did Santiago feel beat him? Does manolin agree? Making a relation to Jesus on the cross, he slammed the nail on his hand into the wood.
Santiago knew he was too far out, but made an irrational choice to stay and fight that ended up costing him because he so badly wanted to save his pride and status after so many failures. Manolin became more of the caretaker, instead of being an apprentice. Now he helps Santiago with all his fishing gear and supplies and makes sure he has enough to eat. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis April 30, What is the ending of The Old Man and the Sea?
The marlin suddenly surges, waking Santiago. In the darkness, he sees the marlin jump from the water, again and again. The jumps jerk the line, pulling Santiago face-first into the leftover dolphinfish meat from his meal. Santiago desperately holds onto the line with his back and hand. His left hand is cut open again, and Santiago wishes that Manolin were with him to wet the lines to reduce their friction.
The reopening of the wound in Santiago's hand again evokes Christ's stigmata, linking Santiago's struggle to Christ's. Neither Santiago nor Christ sought to escape their suffering, Instead, each chose to endure it, and in the process, transcend it. Active Themes. Resistance to Defeat.
Desperate not to lose his strength from nausea, Santiago wipes the dolphinfish meat from his face. He examines his hands, which look almost like raw meat, and tells himself that "pain does not matter to a man. Santiago again uses his pride in himself as a man to derive the strength he needs to endure the pain in his hand.
As the sun rises, the marlin begins circling the skiff. Santiago now slowly fights the fish for line, pulling it closer to the boat inch by inch. The struggle takes hours. Santiago begins to feel faint and black spots appear before his eyes. As the marlin passes beneath the skiff, Santiago gets a glimpse of its full size and is awed by how big the marlin is.
He pulls the fish in closer and closer in order to harpoon it. The effort is immense, and it seems to Santiago that the fish is killing him. He tells the fish, "Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who. The struggle between Santiago and the marlin reaches its climax. Santiago's faintness and the marlin's slowly shrinking circles indicate that both are tiring and approaching death.
Santiago considers the struggle more important than its outcome: the struggle to survive and overcome is more important than actually living or dying. Related Quotes with Explanations. As the marlin comes in closer, Santiago takes out his harpoon. He tries several times to harpoon the marlin, but misses, growing weaker and weaker. Finally Santiago draws all his strength, pain, and pride together and plunges the harpoon one last time, driving it into the marlin's heart.
The marlin makes a final leap, glistening in the light, then falls into the water, dead. The marlins' blood stains the water red. Stabbing the marlin in the heart symbolizes Santiago's love for the marlin. It also shows that to Santiago the marlin's death is essential. The mixing of the marlin's blood with the water alludes to a wound Christ received while on the cross that bled water and blood.
Santiago estimates the marlin weighs about pounds, too big for Santiago to pull inside the boat. Santiago lashes the marlin alongside the boat. In death as in life, the marlin is Santiago's companion, literally traveling by Santiago's side. As he works, Santiago thinks about how much money the marlin will bring, then imagines how proud of him DiMaggio would be.
He wonders if his injured hands are comparable to DiMaggio's bone spur. The marlin wakes Santiago by jerking the line. The fish jumps out of the water again and again, and Santiago is thrown into the bow of the skiff, facedown in his dolphin meat.
The line feeds out fast, and the old man brakes against it with his back and hands. His left hand, especially, is badly cut. Santiago wishes that the boy were with him to wet the coils of the line, which would lessen the friction. The old man wipes the crushed dolphin meat off his face, fearing that it will make him nauseated and he will lose his strength.
As the sun rises, the marlin begins to circle. For hours the old man fights the circling fish for every inch of line, slowly pulling it in. He feels faint and dizzy and sees black spots before his eyes.
The fish riots against the line, battering the boat with its spear.
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