The Old Man and the Sea - Day 1

In the book 'The Old Man and the Sea', the old man, or Santiago, goes through a journey of trying to catch a fish. On the first day, he has already gone out to sea eighty four times. On these eighty four days, the old man has not caught a single fish. He has not quite lost his faith, though. For the first forty days of his journey, he had his young apprentice, Manolin, with him to help him fish. Manolin was forced by his father to leave for a different ship after forty days with no catch. His father believed the old man to be "salao" or "unlucky". Manolin still helps the old man by supplying bait to him, which the old man reluctantly accepted. The old man carried all of his fishing gear back to his shack with the help of the young boy. When they arrived back at the old man's shack with all of their gear, the young boy asks the old man what he was going to eat for dinner. Like every night, the old man replied by saying that he would be eating yellow rice and fish for dinner. He offered the young boy some food, knowing that he would not accept. The boy then offered to start the fire for the old man to cook his dinner on and like every night, the old man refused. They both knew that the old man did not really have any food to eat that night. Next, the old man excitedly grabbed the newspaper that was given to him by Perico. He reads about his favorite player "the great Dimaggio" while Manolin goes out to get him the bait he promised him and dinner which was a gift from Martin, the man who owns the cafe. As they eat the dinner, the old man and the boy discuss baseball. After eating dinner, the boy leaves and the old man goes to sleep. While he sleeps he has his favorite reoccurring dream of the lions playing on a beach.



Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.