The Old Man and the Sea is a tale beyond an ordinary fight between a man and a big sea fish. The novella rather underlines the value of perseverance and the will to fight all odds during the adverse time. Santiago, the protagonist of the book, is a Cuban old man. He lives by the sea and is a veteran fisherman. He believes in bad luck but is of the opinion that a man cannot be defeated but destructed. So, in a sense, he never feels defeated in his life. Once at the game of 'hand', during his youth days, he defeated a black muscular man after holding his hand for twelve hours. After that, many people called him Champion. His instincts are of champions and he is a kind of man who would like to use the last brick of his mettle before accepting defeat; but defeat is not meant for him. Thus, he can only be destructed. It has been 84 days without a fish, he goes and returns empty handed every time. Because of this bad luck, people have begun doubting on his abilities and a...
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