the old man and the see Essay

The old man and the sea summary
Dr.I.Dryden
ESOL 0043-8003
April , 20, 2009
By thaher mahamdeh
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Part (3)
    The old man is awoken by a strong pull from the line and hits his face with his fist. His left hand becomes numb and the fish jumps from the ocean and falls back in hard. His jumps pull the skiff quickly along. His hands are cut badly, but he anticipated this move by the marlin and does not allow the line to slip from his hands. He endures and ignores the pain. He waits for the marlin to start circling, and when the fish does, Santiago begins to see black spots before his eyes, the salty sweat from his forehead dripping into his eyes and cuts. He again prays to God for his help in surviving this battle against the marlin. He is very fatigued and the fish has dragged him far out into the Gulf.
        The old man tries to get close to the fish to harpoon and kill him. He will no longer be able to endure the turns of the circling fish and tells the fish that it is killing him. You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or nobler thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who.

    The old man has to remind himself to keep his head clear and suffer like a man, or fish. Finally, after a few more circles, the fish gently swims up by the side of the skiff and   the old man plants a harpoon in it. Though it is dying, the boy comes alive for its last moments and proudly jumps out of the water and falls back in, spraying the old man and the skiff.   old man says he has killed his brother.
      The shark detected the blood from the boy   and followed the trail to the skiff. After struggling with the approaching shark, the old man maims him. However, the shark has already torn apart and devoured 40 pounds of old man boy. In the process, the shark also takes the old man's harpoon and rope. It is difficult for old man to look at...