January Book Review

The main character in the novel Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is an old cuban fisherman named Santiago. Santiago is old but still strong. He has evidence of skin cancer on his face from the lack of shade on the ocean.

Santiago is very respectful of the fish he kills and often finds himself feeling sorry for them. He also shows a lot of care toward the boy in the novel.

Santiago's motivation in the novel is the need for money and food. He rows out farther than any of the other fisherman because he knows where there are fish.

Santiago comes across many conflicts in the story, the hardest being trying to bring in the fish he has hooked. It took hime three days to kill it. On the way back, his catch is attacked by sharks. He attempts to fight them off, but by the time he gets back to shore, the meat is stripped from the bones of the fish.

He doesn't go through any changes in the story. He is just the same as he was at the end of the story as he is at the beggining.

I didn't have any personal connection with Santiago.

Santiago is a very effective character in the story because he is the person that the story is written around. The story is written around facing hardships and getting past them. Santiago does this throughout the story.