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The Old Man and the Sea
"The old man was fishing all alone in his boat in the Gulf Stream. For eighty-four days he went to sea and did not catch a single fish. For the first forty days a boy was with him. But day after day he did not bring a catch, and the parents told the boy that the old man now obviously alao, that is, the most unlucky one, and they ordered to go to sea on another boat, which really brought three good fish in the very first week. It was hard for the boy to watch how the old man returned every day with nothing, and he went ashore to help him carry tackle or a hook, a harpoon to a sail wrapped around the mast. The sail was covered with patches of burlap and, rolled up, resembled the banner of a completely defeated regiment.
This is the backstory of events that unfold in a small fishing village in Cuba. Main character- old Santiago - "thin, emaciated, deep wrinkles cut through the back of his head, and his cheeks were covered with brown spots of harmless skin cancer, which is caused by the sun's rays reflected by the surface of the tropical sea." He taught the boy Manolin to fish. The boy loves the old man, wants to help him. He is ready to catch him a sardine as a bait for his tomorrow's sailing. They go up to Santiago's poor hut, built of royal palm leaves. There is a table, a chair in the hut, a recess in the earthen floor for cooking. The old man is lonely and poor: his meal is a bowl of yellow rice with fish. They talk to the boy about fishing, how lucky the old man is, the latest sports news, baseball scores, and famous players like DiMaggio. When the old man goes to bed, he dreams of the Africa of his youth, "its long golden coasts and shallows, high cliffs and huge white mountains. He no longer dreams of fights, nor women, nor great events. But often distant countries and lions appear in his dreams. coming ashore".
The next day, early in the morning, the old man goes fishing. The boy helps him pull down the sail, prepare the boat. The old man says that this time he "believes in luck".
One by one, fishing boats leave the shore and go to sea. The old man loves the sea, he thinks of it with tenderness, as of a woman. Having put the bait on the hooks, it slowly swims with the flow. Mentally communicates with birds, with fish. Accustomed to loneliness, he talks aloud to himself. He knows the different inhabitants of the ocean, their habits, he has his own tender attitude towards them.
The old man is sensitive to what is happening in the depths. One of the rods trembled. The fishing line goes down, the old man feels a huge heaviness, which entails it. A dramatic many-hour duel between Santiago and a huge fish unfolds.
The old man tries to pull up the line, but it doesn't work. On the contrary, she pulls, as if in tow, the boat behind her. The old man regrets that the boy is not with him. But it's good that the fish pulls to the side, and not down to the bottom.
It takes about 4 hours. Noon approaches. This cannot go on forever, the old man thinks, soon the fish will die and then it will be possible to pull it up. But the fish is alive.
Night. The fish pulls the boat farther from the shore. The lights of Havana are fading in the distance. The old man is tired, he tightly grips the rope thrown over his shoulder. The thought of the fish never leaves him for a second. Sometimes he feels sorry for her. “Well, isn’t this fish a miracle, God alone knows how many years it has lived in the world. I have never come across such a strong fish. And just think how strange it behaves. . Mentally talking to the fish. "I won't leave you until I die."
The fish begins to pull not so powerfully, it has clearly weakened. But the old man's strength is running out. His hand is numb. Finally, the forest began to go up, and fish are shown on the surface. She burns in the sun, her head and back are dark purple, and instead of a nose she has a sword as long as a baseball bat. It is two feet longer than the boat. Appearing on the surface, she begins to go into the depths again, pulling the boat behind her, and the old man has to mobilize all his strength to prevent her from breaking loose. Not believing in God, he reads "Our Father". "Though it is unfair, but I will prove to her what a man is capable of and what he can endure."
Another day passes. To distract himself, the old man reminisces about baseball games. He remembers how once in a Casablanca tavern he measured his strength with a mighty dark-skinned, most strong man in the port, how they sat at the table for a whole day, not lowering their hands, and how he finally gained the upper hand. He participated in such fights more than once, won, but then gave up this business, deciding that he needed his right hand for fishing.
The battle with the fish continues. He keeps the forest right hand, knowing that when the forces run out, it will be replaced by the left. The fish comes to the surface, then approaches the boat, then moves away from it. The old man is preparing a harpoon to finish off the fish. But she steps aside. From fatigue, thoughts are confused in the head of the old man. "Listen, fish," he says to her. "After all, you don't care to die. Why do you need me to die too."
The last act of the duel. "He gathered all his pain, and all the rest of his strength, and all his long-lost pride, and threw it all against the torment that the fish endured, and then it turned over and quietly swam on its side ...". Raising the harpoon, he thrusts it with all his might into the side of the fish. Feels how the iron enters her flesh, and pushes it deeper and deeper ...
He is overcome by nausea and weakness, his head is foggy, but he still pulls the fish to the side. Tie the fish to the boat and start moving towards the shore. Mentally calculates: the fish weighs at least fifteen hundred pounds, which can be sold for thirty cents a pound. "I think that the great DiMaggio could be proud of me today." The direction of the wind tells him which way to swim to get home.
An hour passes before the first shark shows up. Smelling the smell of blood, she rushes after the boat and the fish tied to it. She approached the stern, dug into the fish, began to tear it apart. The old man hit her with a harpoon. She sinks to the bottom, taking with her a harpoon, part of the rope and a huge piece of fish. "Man is not created to be defeated. Man can be destroyed, but not defeated."
Served with a piece of fish. Notices the fins of a whole flock of sharks. They are approaching at great speed. The old man meets them by raising an oar with a knife tied to it. Sharks pounce on fish. The old man joins them in battle. One of the sharks is killed. Finally the sharks left. They had nothing to eat.
When he entered the bay, everyone was asleep. As he unmasted and lashed the sail, he felt tired. Behind the stern of his boat rose a huge fish tail. All that was left of her was a skeleton.
On the shore, the boy meets a tired, crying old man. He reassures Santiago, assures that from now on they will fish together, because he still has a lot to learn. He believes that he will bring good luck to the old man.
The next morning rich tourists come to the shore. They are surprised to notice a long white spine with a huge tail. The waiter tries to explain to them, but they are very far from understanding the drama that happened here.
Hemingway Ernest Miller
Artwork “The Old Man and the Sea”
“The old man was fishing all alone on his boat in the Gulf Stream. For eighty-four days he had been sailing in the sea and had not caught a single fish. For the first forty days he had a boy with him. But day after day did not bring a catch, and the parents told the boy that the old man was now clearly alao, that is, the most unlucky one, and ordered to go to sea on another boat, which really brought three good fish in the first week. It was hard for the boy to watch the old man return every day with nothing,
And he went ashore to help him carry the tackle or the hook, the harpoon into the sail wrapped around the mast. The sail was covered with patches of burlap and, rolled up, resembled the banner of a completely defeated regiment.
This is the backstory of events that unfold in a small fishing village in Cuba. The protagonist, old Santiago, is “thin, emaciated, deep wrinkles cut through the back of his head, and his cheeks were covered with brown spots of harmless skin cancer, which is caused by the sun's rays reflected by the surface of the tropical sea.” He taught the boy Manolin to fish. The boy loves the old man, wants to help him. He is ready to catch him a sardine as a bait for his tomorrow's sailing. They go up to Santiago's poor hut, built of royal palm leaves. There is a table, a chair in the hut, a recess in the earthen floor for cooking. The old man is lonely and poor: his meal is a bowl of yellow rice with fish. They talk to the boy about fishing, how lucky the old man is, the latest sports news, baseball scores, and famous players like DiMaggio. When the old man goes to bed, he dreams of the Africa of his youth, “its long golden coasts and shallows, high cliffs and huge white mountains. He no longer dreams of fights, women, or great events. But often distant lands and lions come ashore in his dreams.”
The next day, early in the morning, the old man goes fishing. The boy helps him pull down the sail, prepare the boat. The old man says that this time he "believes in luck".
One by one, fishing boats leave the shore and go to sea. The old man loves the sea, he thinks of it with tenderness, as of a woman. Having put the bait on the hooks, it slowly swims with the flow. Mentally communicates with birds, with fish. Accustomed to loneliness, he talks aloud to himself. He knows the different inhabitants of the ocean, their habits, he has his own tender attitude towards them.
The old man is sensitive to what is happening in the depths. One of the rods trembled. The fishing line goes down, the old man feels a huge heaviness, which entails it. A dramatic many-hour duel between Santiago and a huge fish unfolds.
The old man tries to pull up the line, but it doesn't work. On the contrary, she pulls, as if in tow, the boat behind her. The old man regrets that the boy is not with him. But it's good that the fish pulls to the side, and not down to the bottom.
It takes about 4 hours. Noon approaches. This cannot go on forever, the old man reflects, soon the fish will die and then it will be possible to pull it up. But the fish is alive.
Night. The fish pulls the boat farther from the shore. The lights of Havana are fading in the distance. The old man is tired, he tightly grips the rope thrown over his shoulder. The thought of the fish never leaves him for a second. Sometimes he feels sorry for her. “Well, isn’t this fish a miracle, God alone knows how many years it has lived in the world. Never before have I come across such a strong fish. And just think how strange she is acting. Maybe that’s why she doesn’t jump, because she’s very smart.” Mentally talking to the fish. "I won't leave you until I die."
The fish begins to pull not so powerfully, it has clearly weakened. But the old man's strength is running out. His hand is numb. Finally, the forest began to go up, and fish are shown on the surface. She burns in the sun, her head and back are dark purple, and instead of a nose she has a sword as long as a baseball bat. It is two feet longer than the boat. Having appeared on the surface, she begins to go into the depths again, pulling the boat behind her, and the old man has to mobilize all his strength to prevent her from breaking loose. Not believing in God, he reads "Our Father". “Though it is unfair, but I will prove to her what a man is capable of and what he can endure.”
Another day passes. To distract himself, the old man reminisces about baseball games. He remembers how once in a Casablanca tavern he measured his strength with a mighty black man, the strongest man in the port, how they sat at the table for a whole day, not lowering their hands, and how he eventually prevailed. He participated in such fights more than once, won, but then gave up this business, deciding that he needed his right hand for fishing.
The battle with the fish continues. He holds the forest with his right hand, knowing that when the strength runs out, it will be replaced by the left. The fish comes to the surface, then approaches the boat, then moves away from it. The old man is preparing a harpoon to finish off the fish. But she steps aside. From fatigue, thoughts are confused in the head of the old man. “Listen, fish,” he tells her. “Because you don’t care to die. Why do you want me to die too.”
The last act of the duel. “He gathered all his pain, and all the rest of his strength, and all his long-lost pride, and threw it all against the agony that the fish endured, and then it turned over and quietly swam on its side.” Raising the harpoon, he thrusts it with all his might into the side of the fish. She feels the iron enter her flesh and push it deeper and deeper.
He is overcome by nausea and weakness, his head is foggy, but he still pulls the fish to the side. Tie the fish to the boat and start moving towards the shore. Mentally calculates: the fish weighs at least fifteen hundred pounds, which can be sold for thirty cents a pound. “I think the great DiMaggio would be proud of me today.” The direction of the wind tells him which way to swim to get home.
An hour passes before the first shark shows up. Smelling the smell of blood, she rushes after the boat and the fish tied to it. She approached the stern, dug into the fish, began to tear it apart. The old man hit her with a harpoon. She sinks to the bottom, taking with her a harpoon, part of the rope and a huge piece of fish. “Man is not made to be defeated. Man can be destroyed, but not defeated.”
Served with a piece of fish. Notices the fins of a whole flock of sharks. They are approaching at great speed. The old man meets them by raising an oar with a knife tied to it. Sharks pounce on fish. The old man joins them in battle. One of the sharks is killed. Finally the sharks left. They had nothing to eat.
When he entered the bay, everyone was asleep. As he unmasted and lashed the sail, he felt tired. Behind the stern of his boat rose a huge fish tail. All that was left of her was a skeleton.
On the shore, the boy meets a tired, crying old man. He reassures Santiago, assures that from now on they will fish together, because he still has a lot to learn. He believes that he will bring good luck to the old man.
The next morning rich tourists come to the shore. They are surprised to notice a long white spine with a huge tail. The waiter tries to explain to them, but they are very far from understanding the drama that happened here.
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The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway's most famous novel. The idea of the work was nurtured by the author for many years, but the final version of the story was published only in 1952, when Hemingway moved to Cuba and resumed his literary activity after participating in World War II.
At that time, Ernest Hemingway was already a recognized writer. His novels Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, collections of short prose Men Without Women, The Snows of Kilimanjaro were in great demand among readers and were successfully published.
The Old Man and the Sea brought Hemingway two of the most prestigious awards in the field of literature - the Pulitzer and the Nobel Prizes. The first was awarded to the writer in 1953, the second - a year later, in 1954. The wording of the Nobel Committee was as follows: "For the narrative skill, once again demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea."
The story is truly a masterpiece. She inspired many cultural figures to create new works, in particular artistic adaptations. The first film was made in 1958. The issuing country is the USA. The director's chair was taken by John Sturgess, the role of old man Santiago was played by Spencer Tracy.
Screen version of the work
In 1990, Jud Taylor directed another TV version of the cult work. And in 1999, Russia went on a bold experiment by releasing an animated version of The Old Man and the Sea. The short animation won BAFTA and Oscar awards.
The most recent project based on the story was released in 2012. This is the film "The Old Man" from the Kazakh director Ermek Tursunov. He was warmly received by critics and nominated for the national Nika award.
Let's remember the plot of this realistic and magical, cruel and touching, simple and infinitely deep work.
Cuba. Havana. An old fisherman named Santiago is getting ready for his next trip to the sea. This season for Santiago is unsuccessful. This is the eighty-fourth time he has returned without a catch. The old man is no longer what he used to be. His hands lost their former strength and dexterity, deep wrinkles dotted his face, neck, nape, from constant physical labor and poverty, he emaciated and dried up. Only the still mighty shoulders and eyes of the color of the sea, "the cheerful eyes of a man who never gives up," remained unchanged.
Santiago really wasn't in the habit of falling into despair. Despite the hardships of life, he "never lost hope or faith in the future." And now, on the eve of the eighty-fifth exit to the sea, Santiago does not intend to retreat. The evening before fishing with him is spent by his faithful friend - the neighbor's boy Manolin. The boy used to be Santiago's partner, but due to the failures that befell the old fisherman, Manolin's parents forbade him to go to sea with the old man and sent him to a more successful boat.
Despite the fact that young Manolo now has a stable income, he misses fishing with old man Santiago. He was his first teacher. It seems that then Manolin was about five years old when he first went with the old man to the sea. Manolo was almost killed by the mighty blow of the fish that Santiago caught. Yes, then the old man was still lucky.
Good friends - the old man and the boy - talked a little about baseball, sports celebrities, fishing and those distant times when Santiago was still as young as Manolin and sailed on a fishing boat to the shores of Africa. Falling asleep on a chair in his poor hut, Santiago sees the African coast and the handsome lions who come out to look at the fishermen.
Saying goodbye to the boy, Santiago goes to sea. This is his element, here he feels free and calm, as if in a well-known house. Young people call the sea el mar (masculine) and treat it as a rival and even an enemy. The old man always called him la mar (feminine) and never feels hostility to this sometimes capricious, but always desirable and pliable element. Santiago "constantly thinks of the sea as a woman who bestows great favors or denies them, and if she allows herself to act rashly or unkindly, what can you do, such is her nature."
The old man talks with marine life - flying fish, sea swallows, huge turtles, colorful physalia. He loves flying fish and considers them his own. best friends, faithful companions during long swims. He regrets sea swallows for their fragility and defenselessness. Fizaliy hates because their poison killed many sailors. He enjoys watching them being devoured by mighty turtles. The old man ate turtle eggs and drank shark oil all summer to gain strength before the autumn season when the really big fish came.
Santiago is sure that luck will smile on him today. He deliberately swims far into the sea on great depth. There is probably a fish waiting for him here.
Soon the fishing line really starts to move - someone pecked at his treat. "Eat, fish. Eat. Well, eat, please, - the old man says, - The sardines are so fresh, and you are so cold in the water, at a depth of six hundred feet ... Don't be shy, fish. Eat, please."
The fish is full of tuna, now it's time to pull the line. Then the hook will plunge into the very heart of the prey, it will float to the surface and be finished off by the harpoon. Such a depth - the fish, for sure, is huge!
But, to the surprise of the old man, the fish did not appear above the sea surface. With a powerful jerk, she pulled the boat behind her and began to drag it into the open sea. The old man clung to the line with force. He won't release this fish. Not so easy.
For four hours the fish had been pulling the boat with the old man like a huge tugboat. Santiago was as weary as his prey. He was thirsty and hungry, the straw hat hit his head, and the hand clutching the fishing line ached treacherously. But the main thing is that the fish did not appear on the surface. “I would like to look at her with at least one eye,” the old man reasoned aloud, “then I would know with whom I am dealing.”
The lights of Havana had long since disappeared from view, the sea area was shrouded in night darkness, and the duel between fish and man continued. Santiago admired his opponent. He had never come across such a strong fish, "she grabbed the bait like a male, and fights me like a male, without any fear."
If only this miracle fish realized its advantage, if it only saw that its opponent is one person, and that old man. She could rush with all her might or rush to the bottom like a stone and kill the old man. Fortunately, fish are not as smart as people, although they are more dexterous and noble.
Now the old man is happy that he had the honor to fight such a worthy opponent. The only pity is that there is no boy nearby, he would certainly want to see this duel with his own eyes. With a boy it would not be so difficult and lonely. A person should not be left alone in old age - Santiago argues aloud - but this, alas, is inevitable.
At dawn, the old man eats the tuna that the boy gave him. He needs to gain strength to continue the fight. “I should have fed the big fish,” Santiago thinks, “because they are my relatives.” But this cannot be done, he will catch her in order to show the boy, and prove what a person is capable of and what he can endure. "Fish, I love and respect you very much, but I will kill you before the evening comes."
Finally, Santiago's mighty adversary surrenders. The fish jumps to the surface and appears before the old man in all its dazzling splendor. Her smooth body shimmered in the sun, with dark purple stripes running down her sides, and for a nose she had a sword as big as a baseball stick and sharp as a rapier.
Gathering the rest of his strength, the old man enters the final battle. The fish is circling around the boat, in its death throes trying to turn over the flimsy boat. Having contrived, Santiago plunges the harpoon into the body of the fish. This is victory!
Tying the fish to the boat, it seems to the old man that he has clung to the side of a huge ship. You can get a lot of money for such fish. Now it's time to hurry home to the lights of Havana.
Trouble appeared very soon in the guise of a shark. She was drawn to the blood that flowed from the wound on the side of the fish. Armed with a harpoon, the old man killed the predator. She dragged to the bottom a piece of fish that she managed to grab, a harpoon and the whole rope. This fight was won, but the old man knew full well that others would follow the shark. First they will eat the fish, and then they will take him.
Another masterpiece from Ernest Hemingway is a novel about an American who came to Spain during the civil war in 1937.
In anticipation of predators, the old man's thoughts were confused. He thought aloud about sin, the definition of which he did not understand and did not believe in, thought about the strength of the spirit, the limits of human endurance, the saving elixir of hope, and about the fish that he killed this afternoon.
Maybe in vain he killed this strong noble fish? He got the better of her thanks to cunning, but she fought honestly, without preparing any evil for him. Not! He did not kill the fish out of petty desire for profit, he killed it out of pride, because he is a fisherman and she is a fish. But he loves her and now they swim side by side like brothers.
The next flock of sharks began to attack the boat even more rapidly. Predators pounced on the fish, snatching off pieces of its flesh with their powerful jaws. The old man tied a knife to the oar and thus tried to fight off the sharks. He killed a few of them, maimed others, but it was beyond his strength to cope with a whole flock. Now he is too weak for such a duel.
When old Santiago landed on the coast of Havana, there was a huge skeleton at the side of his boat - sharks gnawed it whole. No one dared to speak to Santiago. What a fish! She must have been a real beauty! Only the boy came to visit his friend. Now he will again go to sea with the old man. Santiago has no more luck? Nonsense! The boy will bring it again! Do not dare to despair, because you, old man, never lose heart. You will still be useful. And even if your hands are no longer as strong as before, you can teach the boy, because you know everything in the world.
The sun shone serenely over the coast of Havana. A group of tourists with curiosity examined someone's huge skeleton. The big fish is probably a shark. They never thought they had such graceful tails. Meanwhile, the boy guarded the sleeping old man. The old man dreamed of lions.
E. Hemingway
Name: The Old Man and the Sea
Genre: Tale
Duration:
Part 1: 8min 59sec
Part 2: 8min 44sec
Annotation:
This is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and ordeal that befell him: a relentless, torturous fight with a giant marlin in the waters of the Gulf Stream. Using simple yet powerful language, Hemingway describes the age-old themes of courage in the face of defeat and triumph in the face of loss that have made this work an enduring classic of the twentieth century.
The Old Man and the Sea helped revive Hemingway's reputation as a great writer. This small work brought Hemingway great fame, for which he received Nobel Prize on literature. The novel gained popularity thanks to interesting methods of presentation, part of it is a parable, the other part is a eulogy, a memory of the lost years in search of spiritual discoveries. At once touching and powerful, the story is told in Hemingway's simple, fragile style. The book covers the greatest human needs - stability and confidence.
Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea Part 1. Summary listen online.
Hemingway is a famous writer, from whose pen many interesting works came out. Hemingway wrote the story The Old Man and the Sea in 1952. It was his last work that saw the light during the life of the writer. She tells about one episode from the life of a Cuban fisherman who had to fight a real fight with a huge fish. To get to know the episode better, we offer you stories.
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
In The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway introduces the reader to Santiago, who often fished on the Gulf Stream. That's just the eightieth day the fisherman returns with nothing. The boy Manolin once tried to fish with him, but his parents forced him to move to another boat, as they considered the old man a loser. And indeed, the boy now managed to return with a catch, but it was painful for him to watch the old man, whom the boy tried to help to the best of his ability.
Description of Santiago
Next, the writer gives a description of his main character. Old Santiago was a thin, emaciated build, with wrinkles and spots on his face that the rays of the sun cause. The old man's hands were scarred, which proved how successful his time in the past was when he managed to pull a big fish out of the sea. Everything about our hero is old. Only the eyes, the colors of the sea, were cheerful.
The boy spoke to the old man and offered to go to sea with him, but the fisherman did not agree. Manolin was upset at the refusal, but he could not do anything, continuing to believe that everything would work out for the old man. It was Santiago who taught him to fish when, at the age of five, he went to sea with him. And today the boy treated the old man to beer, and carried on a conversation, remembering the past. The conversation turned to tomorrow's fishing. The boy asked what the old man would have for dinner. He said that rice and fish, and the child understood that he did not have any rice, just as there was no net, which had long been sold.
The boy went to fetch a sardine to feed Santiago's supper, while the old man stayed to read the newspaper. When the boy returned, they talked about fishing and baseball players, and after dinner they went to bed.
In the morning, Santiago decided to go to sea further away. Having thrown the fishing line with the bait, he swam with the flow, communicating with the sea, and watching the marine inhabitants. The old man believed that today he would definitely return with prey. The fisherman was guided by the frigate - a bird that was a faithful assistant to any fisherman. Here is the first tuna caught, which Santiago leaves as bait for larger fish. Suddenly, Santiago notices that a larger prey has fallen on the hook, and begins to pull. Yes, it was not there.
Our summary story The Old Man and the Sea reader's diary continues to fight. The author describes how the old man tries to pull the fish out, but he fails. The fish is huge. The old man does not let go of the line, and meanwhile, the fish goes into the sea, dragging the boat behind him. Santiago hopes that the fish will die, but hour after hour the monster goes further into the sea. Santiago wants to see what kind of fish it is. He thinks about her more and more, at the same time wanting to defeat the enemy, and set him free. The old man spends the whole night fighting. But the fish did not get tired, and continued to carry the boat into the distance. In the morning, the hero's hands were numb, but the old man could not lose his catch, because such a fish cost a lot of money.
Further, Hemingway says that the forests began to gradually weaken, and prey appeared from the water. It was a large dark purple fish with a sword for a nose. It was longer than Santiago's boat by a full two feet. The old man did not give up. And so the day flew by. To amuse himself, he talked aloud, thought about baseball players, remembered how he fought a black man and how he won.
In order to be able to eat, the old man cast another line, which caught a mackerel. Then he decided to rest a little, and holding the forest, he fell asleep. The old man dreamed of lions, then porpoises appeared, and then lions again. Santiago woke up because his hand was strongly pulled. This fish changed direction. The fisherman knew that soon she would get tired, she would appear from above, and then he would use the harpoon.
Santiago was also losing strength. He is tired as he has never been tired before, and soon a fish appears on the surface. She swims in circles near the boat, and the fisherman tries to pull her closer. He talks to the fish, persuades her to give up, and when she appeared, the fisherman fired from the harpoon and hit right in the heart. Santiago killed the fish, and decided to fix it to the boat, because otherwise it could not be delivered to the shore.
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