Blog 31

I have basically ran out of things to say about the Grapes of Wrath so I am going to go back to the Old Man and the Sea and do some analysis on some things from that book because I did not do very much of that when I first started blogging.

There is not very many characters throughout the book. There is only two real characters. Those characters are Santiago and Manolin. Santiago is the old man and the main character who can not catch a fish throught basically the whole book until the end(Hemingway 33). However, there is one more main character named Manolin.

Manolin is basically only present in very begenning of the book and the very end of the book. Even though he is not present for most of the book he is still so important because of his devotion to his much older friend Santiago. Manolin is extremely loyal to his friend Santiago. Their friendship is a little bit odd because of their drastic age difference. Even though Santiago is so much older than Manolin, the young boy is still very open about his love for his dear friend. He shows his love and loyalty by making sure that the old man has food, blankets, and can rest without being bothered. Even though Manolin goes through the many many days without catching a fish with hsi friend his actions and devotion for his old friend are never tainted or changed by the confusion of not being rewarded for trying. Instead of giving up on his friend he is just a great friend to Santiago who feels nothing but love for his friend and is proud to be loyal to him.

Santiago does not take the young boy, Manolin, with him on his journey out to the sea to catch the Marlin. Even though Manolin is not physically present on this journey to catch the fish and end his streak. You can tell that he is there both emotionally and spiritually with Santiago. Going out to the dangerous part of the sea to catch the big fish was not a good idea because he was niether old enough or big enough to go do that. However he was with Santiago in his heart and that is what mattered.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print.