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The Old Man And The Sea-A Man Worthy Of Admiration
In Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea one could reach the conclusion that Santiago is old man whom no ones believes capable of catching anything and that he will live the rest of his in solitude. Any reader not engaging in the story would miss that Santiago truly is worthy of admiration. Santiago is worthy of admiration because of the true love he has for the boy and the determination he has towards his practice of fishing.
Santiago's love for the boy is that by which no one else has ever given to the boy. His behaviors and his thoughts all portray him as someone who has strong feelings of affection toward someone who could very easily be compared to as a son or grandson. Santiago teaches the boy about fishing and baseball. Santiago "looks at him with his unburned confident loving eyes" (Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea, A Scribner Classic, NYC: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1952, 13. All subsequent quotations are documented by page number only.). The old man looks at the boy with compassion and care like he does with no other person in that way...