... fend off the sharks. In the end the sharks had eaten the fish down to the bone leaving the old man nothing. The old man noticed that his skiff sailed faster without the huge fish tied on to the side of his boat. When the old man got home he took all his belongings up to his shack where he rested. The old man dreamed about lions, and he was happy. The first, and main character in the book The Old Man and the Sea is in fact the old man, Santiago. The old man, Santiago ... feed and cloth the old man, he could have also fished with him. Santiago lived in a shack by the water of Havana. The ...

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Old Man and the Sea In this book by Ernest Hemingway an old man shows that he could still fish and do his daily tasks as if he were still a young man. He shows triumph in the face of defeat in the battle of the great marlin and his own old age. The old man develops a relationship with a young boy, which would last an eternity. This would in turn help the old man as he aged. This book takes place in the past and is about ... the unlucky old man. The boy goes on another boat and catches fish while the old man does not catch anything. It is also shown by the success the boy had and the failure t...

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• Grade Level: High School