Analysis Of The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway

Santiago’s mindset is very simple. He doesn’t care about what others say about him and is imprudent to others opinions of him. For example, in the beginning of the book, Ernest Hemingway quotes “They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.” This sentence shows us, the readers, that Santiago knows that only his self-worth can only be decided by himself. Santiago also loves the little boy, “Manolin” and he’d do anything for him, and this is shown when Santiago shows Manolin that he can still fish by sailing out to sea to catch the marlin. In the end, Santiago could not actually catch the marlin and while reading the book, Hemingway never tells the reader if Santiago felt or was successful or not. The old man’s success can be viewed in many perspectives when he went out to sea. Someone could say that the old man could be thought of as successful because the marlin exceeded his expectations and although he did want to catch it, he was content without catching the marlin because he never had thought he would hook onto that big of a fish. For example, in the “Old Man and the Sea”, Hemingway quotes “He had seen many that weighed more than a thousand pounds and he had caught two of that size in his life, but never alone.” The old man went out to sea expecting to find a small fish, such as a tuna or mackerel. But he caught myriad fishes! For some people, the old man’s success is viewed from a materialistic perspective, such as how