The Old Man and the Sea - 3

The old man in the book The Old Man and the Sea was a very reputable man. He is someone who is a good example to others as to how one should live. The old man was someone that was a very good example for the boy and was a good person for the boy to learn from and to model his life after.

The old man was a very hardworking man. Every single day he was out in the sun all day on his sailboat fishing. He fished non-stop every day. It was what he did. The man had gone one time for eighty-seven days consecutively without catching a single fish, yet he remained hopeful for the future and went out every day and worked just as hard with a good attitude even when he did not catch a single fish. This happened again, and where the story picks up is that the man had gone eighty-five days without catching a fish and he went out yet again but this time went farther out beyond the point that any other fishermen go. The old man was extremely diligent in his work and always worked hard with all his heart.

The old man had very good character. He always worked hard. He looked old and beat up and weathered, but the book describes his eyes as "still cheerful and undefeated". And the man was for certain still cheerful and the man carried himself everywhere undefeated. He did not and would not give in. When he was struggling with the fish, he struggled for three days and did not stop. This old man had extreme perseverance.

This man was also very strong. Physically his body seemed to be failing him, but he remained mentally strong; because of that his body remained strong as well. Along with mental strength, the old man had moral certainty. He was brave and courageous and always was certain of himself and that he could accomplish anything.

This man was also a tender-hearted man. His best friend was a boy, and that did not bother him at all. He was an outcast in his village and people did not treat him right, and that was OK with he. He still did what he did. And when he was out at sea with the huge dying marlin, the man apologized to the fish and said he was killing the both of them. This man was so tender. He apologized to a fish. He also talked to himself. Some may say that him talking to himself makes him crazy, but I say it makes him tender. He becomes more vulnerable when he talks to himself, and that is why talking to himself makes him more tender.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Mand and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 1996. Print.