Comparing Protagonist's Staying True To Themselves

Protagonist’s Staying True to Themselves The protagonists, Santiago, Nick, Alexandra, and Huckleberry all do in what they believe is best. Each novel may be different, but in a way they all have a similar thought behind them. They do not listen to what others may think and stick to what is right. Though there is variation of the method in each of the four novels, a common theme of a protagonist staying true to himself is developed.
In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago stayed true to himself by never giving up. This theme of staying true started to develop when he failed to catch anything in 84 days. He could have quit and said he was cursed and unlucky, but he kept going out to fish everyday. Eventually he caught a huge fish and it drug him a long way out to sea.Though, he stuck around with the marlin and kept him on the line, while he sat tight. Santiago had a lot of patience. No one was in sight; being all alone for that long must have been difficult. His hand had got quite beaten up, and overworked. However, he was determined and he proved that. Many others may have

develops this theme of staying true to herself through very stressful decisions she is given. First off, she had to choose to stay with the land like her late father would have or to go find different work. However, she stayed and no one could change her mind, even though her brothers tried to. Shockingly she was right, and from then on she always went with her first instinct. Alexandra let Ivar stay with her after his land got taken over; some called her crazy. Even when Ivar worried that he would get sent away Alexandra stuck by his side and kept to her word. She was true to herself and never depended on anyone. The only person that had ever stayed true to her was herself. Her father and mother passed away, Carl left again, and Marie and Emil were murder. A lot of whom she had loved no longer were with her. She was true to herself and never depended on