This fish was taking all the strength out of him and it was pulling his skiff farther and farther out to sea. Now he wished that the boy were here with him to help him pull it up. It was three days later until he finally got the fish to jump out of the water. When it did he saw that it was the biggest marlin he ever saw. It was longer than the skiff he was in to regain strength and pull the fish in; he had to eat the dolphin that he caught. He found some flying fish in the stomach of the dolphin, which he saved, for later. He ate all of it and it helped his hand that was cut from the rope. The fish was now getting tired and almost by the boat. It started circling the boat and when it was close enough, he stabbed it in the heart and killed it. He was so amazed of the size of it and he could not take his eyes off it. He tied the fish to the skiff and put his sails up. He was off on his way home, but no land was in sight. While on the way back, he sees a fin out of the water. He notices it is a large mako shark that is coming after his fish. He gets his harpoon out ready to kill. The shark takes a chunk out of his fish and the old man harpoons and kills the shark but his harpoon breaks. Now he was left only with a knife to protect what was left of the fish. The fish is now bleeding, and sharks are attracted when they see and smell blood. A couple hours later on his voyage home, he sees to more sharks heading right for his fish. Both sharks take a chunk out of the fish but the old man manages to stab both sharks in the eye killing them. His fish was getting smaller and smaller because of the sharks taking bites under boat where he can"t kill them. This time while stabbing the sharks in the eyes his knife breaks, now all he has to kill the sharks is an oar. If any more sharks come he is ruined. A couple more hours of sailing two more sharks come and eat the rest of his fish, leaving just the head and scales of the enormous fish he had.