ds over the land now rose like mountains and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it. The water was a dark blue now, so dark that it was almost purple.” Hemingway did this through out his novel and his short stories periodically. Letting the reader see what the character sees through his or her eyes. Instead of hearing the waves crash on the shore or the splash of the fish. In fact, there is more description of what is happening than dialog. Which helps this novel to be a great work. The way Hemingway has done this to make the reader think that he is their wetting the line for Santiago for him and want so badly to see in focus what is happening. If Hemingway did not right in this style it would just be a man in a boat with a plain big fish in the ugly, polluted sea. Fear is always present and Hemingway made sure you felt the momentary truce, of facing a fear, in a hopeless battle. This is shown in two ways the fish, and Santiago. Near the end of the novel Santiago finally made the fish circle his skiff. When the fish came dangerously close he would simply turn so Santiago could not get a clear shot of killing him. When the fish did get hit with the harpoon the fish came alive with his death and jumped about until his final breath. His fear got to him at last, though he resisted the temptation of freaking out for such a long time he now realized it was a hopeless battle and death was upon him like the water surrounding him. Facing the fear of fate gave the reality of the story. Thinking that he is afraid and showing he is afraid is a night and day concept in which Hemingway use well and often. At the end of the book Santiago can’t even look at the fish for fear that his beauty that once was isn’t there anymore. Hemingway wrote, “There was nothing more for {the sharks} to eat. The old man could hardly breathe now.” Santiago could not breath now because his ...
