Is Santiago a Failure or a Hero? In the short story Called The Old Man and the Sea the main character, Santiago could be considered as a hero or as a failure. There are several quotes, symbols and dialogs in the book that prove both. First of all, the story tells that Santiago weren’t able to catch a fish for 84 days due to his loss of luck, before; he was a great fisher but now as he is getting old he is unable to be as great as he was, he fails his “job”. As a result, his only human friend, Manolin got inhibited from him, because his parents didn’t let their son to fish with someone who can’t.
Rowan has always been quiet but when his dad died trying to save him from a burning fire he became more quite. Rowan always thought that he should have been him that died and not his Dad. Now he takes care of the Bukshah, even though the little kids usually do it. Secondly, because of the prophecy Rowan had to go to the journey that risked his life, He is very convenient of coping in many different situations like on the journey, brave, for going on the journey when he knows that he might not even come back. He knows he will probably die but he keeps on going.
He finds it challenging to have lost his father as the motif of “the boat” is used to emphasize the loss of his father. He feels that “no boat rides restlessly in the waters” generating an idea that you won’t be happy throughout your whole life because he has lost his happiness since the day he lost his dad. His memories of his father are remembered as “gigantic” and “being elevated”. But to him they are “only shadows and echoes” of his past. The “earliest recollection” of the father is filled with imagery such as “stubble of his cheek” and “ sound …boots galumphing along”.
Later in the book, Con has flashbacks to his dark moments. One of them is the moment of his brother drowning: Unforgivable. It is unforgivable. They wrestle with the boat together, the sails snapping like a rifle cracks in the wind “Get it down! Get the goddamn sail down!” (pg.
The old sea dog has experienced the thrill and the adventure of the life of a pirate with a sabre scar on his cheek to prove it. Because the buccaneer was once first mate on a ship guided by Flint, a notorious pirate that invaded the sea, it lead him to numerous encounters from unwelcomed visitors in pursuit of his sea-chest. After Bones’s death, Jim and his mother searched the mysterious chest that many have been longing for and found Flint’s map along with other valuable as well as not so valuable items of Billy Bones’s belongings. Billy Bones’s death would definitely not be an unforgettable one, the real old salt has achieved a lot in life and his passing may open a door to others, maybe even because of the map in his
He is honest, brave, and faithful to his family. He travels in the sea where his father was lost, who great man and more experienced than him. He preferred to be dead rather than staying safe but humiliated by the suitors. Moreover, he confronted the suitors with his intentions, though he was helpless and too young to debate with them. He told the suitors that they are not qualified for taking the kingship, because they are not capable of defending
His only chance for survival is to swim. Rainsford swims for what seems like an eternity and ends up at the shoreline of the island. He walks on the shoreline and later finds a place that looks like a mansion. There he meets the antagonist of the story General Zaroff who bought the island to hunt. Zaroff was a hunter as well but wants a different type of thrill that the big game animals no longer provided.
The next Tim he woke up he was on the shore of Ithaca, but he didn't know where he was at first until he saw somebody he knew. Athena had helped disguise himself as an old bigger so nobody recognize him. Odysseus is a good leader because he is brave, trusting people with secrets and coming up with risky plans. Odysseus is a good leader because he has a lot of motivation. There are many different things that he and his men are very motivational about everything throughout their very long journey.
Needless to say, the shark simply refuses to live with a big hole in its heart and dies, pouring gallons of blood into the ocean in the process. The good news is that Jonas Taylor manages to get out of the shark's bloody insides and successfully emerges from the Meg's open mouth. The bad news is that he surfaces too fast and had to be carried away to a recompression chamber immediately if he wanted to live or else he would die of the
I felt as thought I had last more then just my arm, I thought that my hopes and dreams to become a pro-surfer and adventure the world were stripped away. At first I was hesitant about everything but I was mainly just scared. I was scared that I was never going to be able to get back on my board and surf. I was terrified of sharks as you would imagine, but I was more afraid of not ever being able to surf ever again. Some days I would come out of the water crying, but I just kept at it.