The Old Man and the Sea #5

In Ernest Hemingway's short novel, The Old Man and the Sea, and old man, Santiago, is a lonely old man. There has been many hardships in his life. His wife died on him. It would be hard to live without the love of a wife. He has been an unlucky fishermen for eighty four days. He is going out for his last day because he said that he could not go eighty five days without catching a fish. There is a boy that helps Santiago out. Santiago has taught him everything that the boy knows about fishing. The boy feels bad about leaving the Old Man because his family made him. He wants to be able to help the Old Man but the Old Man will not allow him to. The boy tries to help Santiago as much as he can. He brings the Old Man food, beer, and helps his to prepare his boat for the next day out. The boy loves the Old Man and he wants not to be lonely. The Old Man goes out to sea the next day by himself. I do not think that is it a good idea to go out to sea by yourself to catch fish. There is a lot of problems that can go wrong and it is helpful to have help when that happens. For example, when the fish jumps out of the water, the rope that is connected to the fish cuts the Old Man's hand. The Old Man's hand is bleeding and its strarts to cramp and turn to a claw. The Old Man is right handed and his right hand was the cut hand. It would have been very helpful to have the boy by his side to help him catch the fish. The Old Man wishes that he had the boy. This shows that he is very lonely, and he is finially coming to his senses that he is a lonley old man.