The relationship between Santiago and Manolin in the book "The Old Man and The Sea' is one of a teacher and a student, but it also reminds me of a friend ship. Manolin and the old man are very close to each other in this book. The old man taught Manolin all that he knows about fishing. Manolin looked up to the old man a lot in this story. Manolin enjoys fishing with the old man a lot and the old man enjoys fishing with Manolin, but after fishing with the old man for forty days with out catching a single fish, Manolin's father became very impatient and forbid Manolin from fishing with the old man any more, because he thought that the old man was "salao" meaning that Manolin's father thought that the old man was the worst form of unlucky. Even though Manolin could no longer fish with the old man with his father's blessings, he helped the old man out in any way that he could. He helped the old man carry his supplies to his ship, he brought the old man coffee in the morning and he made sure that the old man always had dinner to eat. He even bought the old man bait one time so that the old man could use some good bait to go fishing with. The young boy was no longer fishing with the old man anymore, but he still had the desire to help the old man in any way that he could. This is because he respected the old man very much. The relationship between the old man and the young boy reminds me of a teacher and student relationship in some ways but in other ways it reminds me of a friendship. For example, the old man and the young boy often eat dinner together. While they eat dinner they discuss baseball and who they think is the best player or the best coach or the best team. This reminds me more of a friendship relationship than a teacher student relationship.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.
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