![]() ![]() Hemingway himself claimed that he wrote on the 'principle of the iceberg,' meaning that 'seven-eighths' of the story lay below the surface parts that show. Manolin wakes the old man the morning after his return and suggests that they once again fish together. In The Old Man and the Sea, nearly every word and phrase points to Hemingways Santiago-like dedication to craft and devotion to precision. Even with just the bare remains of the fish, the experience has changed him and altered the perception others have of him. Santiago gets back to shore - weary and tired - with nothing to show for his pains but the skeletal remains of a large marlin. The sharks eat the flesh of the marlin, and Santiago is left with only the bones. Santiago does his best to fend off the sharks, but his efforts are in vain. ![]() Santiago has to drag the marlin behind the boat, and the blood from the dead fish attracts sharks. This victory does not end Santiago's journey he is still far out to sea. A kind of kinship and honor develop between the fish and the man. Finally, the fish - an enormous and worthy opponent - grows tired, and Santiago kills it. To avoid letting the fish escape, Santiago lets the line go slack so that the fish won't break his pole but he and his boat are dragged out to sea for three days. ![]()
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