Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman who has not caught anything in eighty-four days. During the first forty days Manolin helped him, a young fisherman of the village, but his misfortune seems so final that the parents of the boy embark on another boat to go fishing with more luck than the old with respect to their fishing. However, the young boy still helping him and making him company.
The morning of the eighty-five Santiago leads the boat offshore, where fish may know something
That day the old man went to sea (as they call those who want it, Hemingway said) in order to end his run of bad luck in fishing. The boy had managed to bait. A few hours of sailing, having lost sight of the coast, a fish hook beak. It was an enormous fish, ready to fight to the death if necessary. The boat sails at the whim of the fish offshore. The forces of the old growing iban unless and predicted that it could kill the fish, but had a strong determination to get out of the water, and he did not care if I had to leave her life in the attempt. After a long, hard battle, the fish had the worst luck, and the old, brimming with happiness, because he did not think the fish was so huge, tied him to the side of the boat, heading for the coast. Every effort would have been futile if failing to bring the fish to shore. However, to their disappointment, a shark appeared. When approached monola eat the fish old man dealt a mortal blow on the head with the harpoon. He had escaped the shark, but it would soon close over other tracking of blood scattered fish injured. Achievement to beat the old, but it had been half eaten fish. At night he came over, which ended with him, leaving only the head, spine and tail, enough to witness the feat.
So get to port. It was night and there was nobody to help you collect. When finished he went to his house to sleep. The next morning the boy, very worried, went home to see how it was and promised to come to fish with. Other fishermen recognized the merit of Santiago, to see the remains of the fish.
