Indledning
In society, there are two types of people. Those who fight, but eventually accept a defeat, and those who keep fighting with the determination of winning.
People who strive, sweat, and bleed to accomplish their desires in life. Goals come with challenges, and one of the most challenging parts is whether the struggle is worth fighting.
This struggle is portrayed in the novel “The Old Man and the Sea” as we follow an old fisherman, who deals with attainment and failure.
In the story, the old man has gone 84 days without catching a fish, but will he keep the fighting spirit through the struggle?
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Uddrag
The protagonist of the novel is Santiago. An elderly fisherman living alone in Cuba as a widow. His neck is wrinkled by the sun, indicating the amount of time he has spent in the sun fishing.
Furthermore, the old scars on his hands represent his endless battles at the sea. However, despite his aging body as well as his bad luck, Santiago is not lost, neither is his spirit defeated
“Everything about him was old except his eyes, and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated”. Moving on to his inner characterization, which is conveyed through dialogue and his actions.
In the novel, Santiago repeatedly remembers his younger days when he was a successful fisherman. This may suggest Santiago is unhappy with his aging body as it took away his strength.
Yet, he doesn’t let it affect him, as we are told from the very first paragraphs that Santiago is a man of resoluteness and persistence, by reading how he went eighty-seven days without fish and then caught big ones every day for three weeks.
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