Old Man and the Sea- Day Two

During day two of the Old Man and the Sea, the old man is rowing steadily farther and farther out to sea. While doing so he studies the ocean and sees many beautiful creatures, including flying fish, dolphins, and a seabird. The old man sees all of these creatures as his friends and he admires them all. The old man is very wise and decides to follow the seabird out to sea because he knows it is hunting for fish and that it will lead him to where the fish are plentiful. Along the way, the old man catches a tuna that weighs ten pounds and he decides to use it as bait for the huge fish he is hoping to catch. He uses his fresh new bait and waits hoping to catch his dream fish, and then finally the line goes taut and he anxiously waits to see what he has caught. The old man soon realizes that what he has caught is very large, and when he tries to reel it in, it does not move at all. The fish begins to pull the boat farther out to sea, and the old man looks around and notices he can not see the shore anywhere around him. All through the day and the night the fish pulls the old man and the boat behind him, the old man is wishing he had Manolin with him. During the night the old man recalls a story of a pair of marlin, one of which he caught and the other marlin stayed by the boat in mourning of the loss of its mate. It is now the beginning of the next day and the fish is still not tired at all. This is when the author begins to make the story much more suspenseful and much more intense. If the old man pulls to tight the line will snap, and if the hook cuts to far the fish can get away. This was very suspenseful to read because I did not know if all the suffering the old man went through that first night would be thrown away because the line snapped. I think that day two was when the book started to pick up and become more interesting.

Bibliography

Hemmingway, Ernest. Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner. 1996. Print.