The Old Man and the Sea.(1)Baseball and the Marlin.(2)

The Old Man and the Sea, (paper 1)
This is a story about a man who loved fishing, the sea and life itself. His name was Santiago. Santiago was an old fisherman. He loves to fish and has fished for many years but for the past 84 days he has caught nothing. The other fishermen are beginning to laugh and put him down and say he is not lucky because of this dry spell. “…Many of the fishermen made fun of the old man…” (Hemingway 9)
Santiago had one friend who stuck by him, no matter what, his name was Manolin.
Manolin was a young local boy who helped Santiago on the boat. But because of Santiago not catching any fish for so long, Manolin’s father said Manolin couldn’t help Santiago any more on the boat.
This made Manolin upset, but he still came around in the evening and helped care for Santiago. They played sort of a game. Every evening, Manolin would ask, “What do you have to eat?” “A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some?” “No, I...