Old Man and the Sea - Santagio

Santiago is the old man in the Old Man and the Sea. A weathered and tired fisherman nearing the end of his days he has not caught a single fish in eighty four long grueling days. Nearly three months without a catch to sustain his livelihood. His young friend Manolin is no longer allowed to go fishing with Santiago by order of Manolin's parents. They need income from Manolin and no fish means no money. Manolin is forced to work for another fisherman but all the same he remains loyal to Santiago. Who every days believes his streak will break having encountered long dry streaks before. In previous times he had broken the drought of fish with a large large fish that payed well. Santiago goes out on his eighty fifth day believing today will be the day. When he finally gets a bite, this fish is historically big, bigger than anything he has ever seen. To strong to reel in by himself Santiago must stay with the fish in order to tire it out. After days and days of the strong beast dragging him to sea Santiago finally is able to reel in the fish. Santiago is the typical old man with a anything is possible attitude. Never letting his age affect what he believes he can do. Many people laugh at Santiago because of his dry streak but he does not get angry and takes the ribbing in stride without letting it affect him to much. He has an inner strength about him that is hard to define other than he is the type of guy who would take the whole load without complaint, a sort of iron-man. Santiago does not do much in the book other than sort of talk to himself about fishing and day dream about Joe DiMaggio. Few things are learned about his past or his feelings on many topics. Overall the lack of information about Santiago makes himj at the same time interesting and annoying. Knowing there could be so much more yet the reader is cut off.