traits of the old man- The Old Man and The Sea

In the book 'The Old Man and the Sea' the hero is the old man. In the book, the old man is very brave. He risks his life by sailing out farther into the ocean than he ever has. He knows that by sailing out that far, a lot of things could go wrong for him. He is also very brave when he decides to continue fighting with the fish even though he knows that the fish is much stronger than him and he may not be able to kill it. He also shows his bravery when the sharks begin to attack the fish because they smell its blood. He could get out of the situation by just giving up and cutting the line that attaches the fish to the boat, but instead he is brave and fights off the sharks. The old man is also very patient in the book. He is patient with the people in his life and with the situations that he gets put in. He is patient with the young boy when he announces to the old man that his family will not let him fish with him anymore. His family believes that the boy would do better in a different ship because they do not believe in the old man. When the young boy tells the old man this news, the old man does not get upset with the boy. He is very patient and understanding. He is also patient with the people in his town. Everyone in the small fishing town makes fun of the old man and says that he is unlucky. They all laugh at him for not catching a lot of fish, but he is patient with them and does not get upset about it. The old man is also very patient with the situations that he is in in this book. He goes for eighty four days without catching a single fish. Most fishermen would be devastated by this but the old man remains patient and keeps telling himself that the big catch will come the next day.

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