Wednesday, March 14, 2012



The Old Man in the Sea Essay

In the story The Old Man in the Sea the old man has many decisions that he has to make to try and catch the marlin. He refuses to give up. Even after getting hurt like for example when his hands started to bleed he just put the and salt water and said “Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream. the hands cure quickly, he thought” by the old man washing his hands in the salt water he is healing his hands so he can catch the marlin.

At one point in the story he has to deal with sharks attacking him and the fish. “When the old man saw him coming he knew that 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 locked what he had to cut away to lash the fish”. The old man is trying to stop the shark from attacking the marlin. He ends up killing the shark
“I killed him in self defense” said the old man in the story. the old man had to kill the shark to save the marlin and him mentally.                                                                                                                                

Near the end of the story after the old man caught the fish he made the decision to raise the sail. “The breeze was fresh now and he sailed on well”. The breeze made it easier for the old man to sail back home.
But in the way home it was not a easy sail back. He had to deal with the sharks attacking the marlin. “Then he hooked up the bar with the knife lashed as he could because his hands rebelled the pain”. The old man is attacking the sharks so that they cant kill and eat the marlin.

By the end of the story the old man reaches land but the marlin has died. It was only bones now. As soon as the old man got home he fell asleep. The old man was out on the sea for three days and came back with a dead fish. So pretty much his trip out to sea to catch the marlin was not worth it. He came back with a dead fish because he couldn't keep the sharks from attacking the marlin and eating it.

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