The Old Man and the Sea- Manolin

In the book 'The Old Man and the Sea', Manolin is a young boy who wants to be a fisherman. He learned everything he knows about fishing from the old man, and he has been fishing with him for a very long time. After forty days with out catching a single fish, Manolin's parents become inpatient and declare that the old man is "salao" which means the worst form of unlucky. Manolin's father tells Manolin that he can not fish with the old man anymore, and forces him to move to a more prosperous fishing boat. The young boy would rather stay with the old man and continue to fish with him, because he respects the old man so much and he has so much faith in him. He does not believe that the old man is unlucky. He never completely ditched the old man though, he always remained faithful to him. He would help the old man when ever he could in any way that he could, even though it may have been an inconvenience to himself. He would help the old man every morning in preparing his ship for a day on the sea. He would help the old man at the beginning of the day, by carrying all his fishing supplies from the old man's shack to his boat, and at the end of the day when the old man returned by moving all of his supplies back from the boat to the old man's shack. The young boy cared a lot about the old man. Every evening he would go to the old man's small shack and make sure that the old man had something to eat for dinner. He would go to the cafe and get the old man some food to eat for dinner and every morning he would bring coffee for the old man to drink to start off his day. When the old man was gone at sea for a few days, Manolin was very worried about him. Although he knew that the old man was a very skilled and experienced fisherman, he still worried that something might be wrong since the old man did not return in the evening. In conclusion, in this book, Manolin is a very caring and faithful character.



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