ent like this. And he has attained the respect ofthe townspeople, who had once thought he was sad and pitiful. Santiago is abrave and defiant old man who is sad that he did not manage to complete hisjourney with his trophy beside him. If one was to look into this more and try and come to a conclusion as towhy the old man constantly repeats that he went out to far, I think theywould find that it is the old man's way of dealing with his loss. As much ashe says it though, I do not think that if he had it to do over again, hewould stop before he caught the fish. Santiago is a true fisherman and hewould do whatever it took to prove that....
