d not have a fish to make money off of. He still was very proud of the battle with the fish and especially winning the battle with him. Yet, he was still defeated in the end. Which is the plot summary of the story. Man goes fishing, man catches fish, man loses fish in and the battle seems worthless yet glad he won. The same, although, can be said about the fish. The fish fought the battle well better and stronger than another fish Santiago has ever seen. The marlin was proud he last that long but, he died after the battle was over and than devoured by sharks he could have won battles against. Fish goes hunting, gets hunted, gets caught, battle strong and hard, and loses, than gets eating for the wrong reason. Without this again there would not be a novel.Santiago earned his pride and self-respect from his suffering. Every time he went out on the skiff he felt he had to reprove him self. His pride and self-respect is why this story is what it is. If he didn’t care enough but, not being a fisherman and more and to prove him self he wouldn’t have gone fishing in the first place. After the sharks came and took all the meat off the fish he still brought the skeleton home. To prove that it was not just shame that kept him away from home so long. It showed the long tormented hours of backbreaking work what was done. That he won the fight over the fish by him self in his small little skiff after everyone around the town thought he went salao, which is the worst kind of unlucky there is. When the entire fishermen club at the port saw the skeleton they thought what a battle. Than instantly after, to bad he could not hold off the sharks. They all gave Santiago his respect for at least hanging out there as long as he could.Hemingway’s way of writing is directed towards the eye rather than the ear. In his descriptive writing you can see the waves and the glow of Havana in the west. For example, “The clou...
