Essay Archive - Old Man and the Sea: Themes
Old Man and the Sea: Themes
This part of the story has to do with Santiago against nature and
the sea. In this part of the story, he goes out and fights nature in the
form of terrible forces and dangerous creatures, among them, a marlin,
sharks and hunger. He starts the story in a small skiff and moves out in a
journey to capture a fish after a long losing streak of eighty-four days.
Unfortunately his friend must desert him due to this problem and a greater
force, his parents. Santiago must go out into the danger alone. For three
harsh days and nights he fights a fish of enormous power. This is the
second form o....
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