It is a classic novel written in 1951 by Ernest Hemingway.

    Hemingway published The old man and sea in 1952 and it was to be his major work. The story of the old man and sea tells us about the tale of an old fisherman, a boy, and a fish. The boy whom he loves dearly and had trained well is now prohibited by his parents to work with the old man now because of his bad luck. Mandolin, the young boy However loves Santiago and cares for him.

    Santiago is an old fisherman who was the best in his youth, but now it has become 84 days without fishing, and now he has turned into 'salao' which means suffering from the worst form of unluckiness. Santiago's run of bad luck. Santiago, the old man, though his body is weakened by the number of years he has seen. Unlike, many fishermen he respects the sea and calls her Lamar, a term of endearment. The old man thought about the sea as a woman that her feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favors, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.

    Santiago respects the fishes and said that they are my brothers. Santiago's run of bad luck continues for the 85th day. He said that every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. The Old Man and the Sea He hooks a marlin, but the marlin is too smart to panic and dries quickly. Santiago waits for the marlin to get hungry and jumps into the water, but waiting for the marlin he felt hunger, thirst, and a lack of sleep. He thinks that the marlin is far more ultimately deserving of life than him, with his old body. The marlin seems to know that seeing its reluctance to give up. 

    The marlin was very big but he pushed it with his hands and his hand began to cramp. 'What kind of hand is that, 'he said. Cramp then if you want. Make yourself into a claw. It will do you no good. It has become many hours with the fish and now he said I will eat bonito now to get some strength. The fish was calm and steady. He said I will eat all and then get ready. He straightened and wiped his hand on his trousers. After this, he tied the fish with his ship and thought that maybe it is a dream. At one time when he was feeling so badly towards the end, he had thought perhaps it was a dream. And now he was to the way to back. And a shark attached to the fish and begin to eat. The old fought with it and killed it he thought I had never Hooked the fish and was alone in the bed on the newspaper. But man is not made for defeat.

    A man can be destroyed but not defeated, he said. this one or two sharks came now old man couldn't fight and sit at the side of the ship. The shark ate all the marlin and now something was remaining was the skeleton. He said that I had never Hooked the fish. I am sorry about it, fish.  After this Santiago reached and goes to bed, has some food when he gets up after this the boy said now we both will go fishing and I have to learn a lot of things from you.


By: Durbibi Shabir

Kalkashan Acadmey Allandoor

The writer is a student at KAA, Balochistan