The Old Man and the Sea

Jesse Young

Mike Bittorf

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In the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway, the main character Santiago is a fisherman all his life. He has a fellow fisherman a boy named Manolin that he has helped the old man for a very long time. They have been fishing for forty days and have caught nothing so Manolins parents don't want to him to be fish with him because then he is not making any money. So Santiago

The young boy that helps the old man Santiago is very kind to the old man and he does things for the old man that he does not ask to be done. Here the old man honors the young boy for what he has done for him. Also the old man honors the fish because he says "I shouldn't have gone out so far, fish," he said. "neither for you nor for me. I'm sorry, fish."(Page 82) another way that Santiago portrays honor is on page 8 when the boy, Manolin asks if Santiago wants him to go get some fresh bait and he doesn't steal them.

Also in the story Santiago shows courage and a couple ways he does that is when the old man left Manolin to go out and fish on his own that shows great courage to leave behind the only one person who cares about you. On page 76 Santiago shows courage when he fights off the sharks so they won't eat his fish that he just spent day to catch.