The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway reflects the events in history fairly accurately for this time period. Santiago lives on the coast of Cuba, and works as a fisherman. Fishing was a popular career choice if you lived that close to the sea during that time period. The old man and the young by, Santiago and Manolin, have a god relationship. They are as close as a father son relationship, but are mentor and apprentice. Like any apprenticing of this time, the boy's parents allow him to work and fish with the old man whenever he goes out to sea. After so many days without catching a fish, the boy's parents tell him he cannot fish with the old man anymore. They want him to be able to have a career with a good profit so he can help them with their costs. I understand where they are coming from because fishing is such an unreliable job, and they want the boy to become successful.
the old man and the young boy have a close father son relationship after working together so closely. When the old man goes out to sea by himself, the boy goes by his house every night and checks to see if the old man has returned, and to make sure everything is still okay there. When the old man finally comes back the boy was so worried and decided he will now fish with the old man no matter what his family thinks. while the old man was out on the ocean alone, he kept thinking, "I wish I had the boy" (Hemingway 45). The old man realizes how much better it is to have the boy with him then it is to be by himself all of the time. Hemingway loves fishing and wrote this novel because of this. the author might have also known and old man like Santiago, and modeled that character after him.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 1952. Print.
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