ARW Blogging Assignment 5

The main characters in Old Man and the Sea are Santiago, a fisherman and Manolin, a boy who helps him.

Three adjectives that describe Santiago are confident, patient, and lonely. The reason of confident is that even if he cannot catch any fish, he never change his stuff for big fish. According to OMS, his line was strong and made for heavy fish. If there are no fish for a long time, many people change what to get, for instance not only big fish but other much small fish. The reason of patient is that he never quit fishing. Also, he said with turtle's strong body "I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs." in OMS. The reason of lonely is that in OMS he said he wish the boy were there. In addition to that, OMS says "He had probably started to talk aloud when alone" and he talks aloud many times in OMS.

Two adjectives that describe Manolin are faithful and sweet. The reason of faithful is that even if Santiago cannot get fish, he respect him very much and he help him with his daily life and also he believes he will catch the big fish. The reason of sweet is that some scenes, the author describes his kindness. For example, he cried when he looked at Santiago's hands after Santiago's fishing. Also after that Manolin asked Santiago to go fishing with him but he said that he wasn't lucky anymore and Manolin said "I'll bring the luck with me." Santiago asked him how his parents said but he told him that he didn't care about that.