Santiago In Handy's The Old Man And The Sea

Old Man and the Sea The novella The Old Man and the Sea is a journey of an old man who has been fishing his whole life. But, recently Santiago has had a salao streak, and he sold all of his fishing gear. Handy says, “In the portrayal of Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea there is no. . .uncertainty of being, no confusion of self and values” (Handy 2). Handy’s quote portrays Santiago as a man who is living an almost perfect life in The Old Man and the Sea. Although that is true, Santiago is facing struggles in his life that his decisions for have left doubts. But, Santiago is a very confident man he lives most of his life in confidence. Finally, Santiago will never give up on any situation thrown at him. Santiago lived a pretty amazing life but it was not perfect as Handy was intending.

Firstly, Santiago doubted some of his decisions he has made causing him not to have a perfect life as Handy was intending.While Santiago has the marlin hooked; he is just trying so hard just to kill it. He is risking his life to kill the marlin. In his mind Santiago He says, “You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful,

Many other fishermen in the novella told the Santiago that he could not do catch a fish at his age without the proper gear. But Santiago told them that he could catch a fish and he is confident that he will. He says, “Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for” ( Hemingway 50). This quote denies what the other fishermen are saying about the old man before he goes out to sea. He does not have a big boat, a casting net to catch fish, or the bait. Yet Santiago says he may not be good at fishing, nor catch fish daily; he was born to fish that was the path God sent him. Santiago’s confidence led him to go out to the great well and catch the