Title- The Old Man and the Sea Author- Ernest Hemingway Point of View- third person Setting- A small village near Havana and water of the Gulf of Mexico in 1940s Characters- Santiago: An old Cuban fisherman who has been going through a lot of bad luck. ... Although he has gone through all that bad luck he never gives up. ... Since Santiago has been going through a lot of bad luck, Manolin's parents have forbade him to go on Santiago's fishing boat. ... The next day, the 85th day Santiago goes for farther than usual to try to change his luck. ...

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He had been hailed as the best fisherman in his youth but his bad luck had plagued him for the past eighty-four days. The younger and luckier fisherman of his village ridiculed him and did not help him in fear that the bad luck may spread to them. ...

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The story is about a man that thought his fishing career was over, but decided to give it one more try and shake the bad luck he had been having. ... Now the villagers say he is bringing bad luck and no one will fish with him. ... Even though the village people wanted nothing to do with Santiago while he was having his bad luck, they realized in the end that he was still a great fisherman. ...

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He has had streaks of bad luck in the past, and he is hopeful that the next day will bring him better luck. In fact, he makes up his mind to go far out to sea and try his luck, optimistic that he may catch a really large fish. ... After not catching fish for forty-four days, they have decided the old man is bad, and they do not want it to rub off on their son. ...

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With the narrator describing Santiago's situation as "salao... the worst form of unlucky" (9), he shows that the man lives with a huge burden of carrying this type of luck and that he still goes out determined to change it. ... This theme is repeated with the image of the rocking chair whose owners have died the same way; the townspeople threw it into the ocean to get rid of the bad luck and prevent anything bigger from it. ... This causes momentary doubt in Santiago but is then taken over by his drive to catch the fish and bring it in to change his luck around. ...

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In Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago initially undergoes traumatic pain. Having gone eighty-four days without catching a fish, Santiago becomes the fool of his small village. However, Santiago withstands the pressure in every conflict, regardless of how perilous he is. He ...

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The old man Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea is a character seen in many perspectives, as a hero, an ordinary fisherman, an unlucky old man, and a wise man. Throughout the novella he is made out as a person of motivation, passion, and hope. Despite what others do or do not think he is a man of ...

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For instance, despite hunger, pain and eighty-four days of bad luck, Santiago does not complain about his aching back, his hunger, nor does he blame his hand, Manolin, who leaves him after many unsuccessful fishing trips. ...

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Do to the bad luck that Santiago had been experiencing with his fishing Manolin's parents, or as Santiago calls them salao "the worst form of unlucky", Manolin was forced to find work on a more successful fishing boat. ...

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