In
the story the Old Man and the Sea by Ernest
Hemmingway the boy has to choose between fishing with the old man or the more successful boat. He
disobeys his parents and continuous to help the old man as much as he can. The
boy feels that the old man is like a grandfather to him. The young boy has a
history with the old man he has known him for a long time. The boy and the old man
shared a love for fishing and baseball. The old man loves fishing so much he
dreams about it “White beaches so White they hurt your eyes “(pg 24) the boy
thinks the old man is someone he can talk to when he needs to get something of
his chest. The boy thinks the old man is like a mentor to him guiding him with
his wisdom of fishing and baseball.
The
boy is helping the old man by giving him the old caching bait. This bait helps the old man in his goal to cache a really big
marlin. The boy can no longer go fishing with the old man and has to work on a
boat that brings in a profit. Not in a small skiff with an old man that has not
had a catch for a great number of days.
At the end the old man colt the fish and the boy fawned out that you can
do anything you set your mind to and see it throw.
The
fish was not edible for consumption, but it was the old mans dedication to
fishing that helped him catch that big fish. When the boy sow the fish he was
astonished and gasped that is a really big fish. It was a trophy for the old man. It was the
best fish he had ever gotten. The boy was so proud and that was the biggest
fish in the port in a long time. The old man was not gloating in his mined he
hade the best fish but not a person to share it with.
