Santiago And The Marlin Analysis

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Starting from the very beginning of the novel, Santiago was defined as someone struggling against defeat. He had gone eighty-four days without catching any fish. However, the old man refused defeat every time; he made up his mind to sail out past all the other fishermen to where the bigger fish usually were. He finally caught a marlin after a difficult three-day battle, and even after that he continued to fight off sharks from eating his prize, even though he knew the effort was useless. Both Santiago and the marlin showed pride, honor, and bravery, and both were victims of the same general rule: they must kill or be killed. Santiago realized this as he reflected upon a tired warbler flying towards shore, where, he believed, it would surely

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