How Is Santiago Successful

In the book, The old man and the sea by ernest hemingway, the old man, named Santiago, had not caught any fish for 84 days, this was seen as a major failure by the people of his town and by many of the readers. But although santiago’s journey was seen as a failure, he still was successful because of his good attitude, his determination, and the fact that he loved what he did. Thes qualities made santiago succeed, in the midst of all of his failures. Santiago had a very good attitude, though he had failed many times. As seen on page 47, it says, “the sack cushioned the line and he had found a way of leaning forward against the bow… the position actually was only somewhat less intolerable, but he thought of it as almost comfortable.” this is explaining how santiago was able to make the best out of any situation, and stayed positive, by always looking at the good parts of every scenario, and even though it still hurt him, he thought of it as somewhat tolerable. And people wouldn't usually be that positive, most people will think of that situation as miserable. That shows just how much more of a person santiago is.

He continued to keep on going, and stayed determined to complete his task. Santiago was portrayed by the author as a very determined and wise man, who had the kind of mindset that said either i die or the fish dies. As seen on page 87, it says, “for an hour the old man had been seeing black spots before his eyes and the sweat salted his eyes and salted the cut over his eye and on his forehead. … twice though he had felt dizzy and that worried him. (the old man said)”i could not fail myself and die on a fish like this”...” this is showing how he had refused to die while catching the fish, which only proves his determination and grit that is the character