One of the qualities that santiago possesses is courageous. Santiago 1st display of courage is when he goes out to sea. Santiago displays courage when he goes out to far but stays out there. He is not scared by the fact that he might be out too far but he stays there and waits for a catch that will be great for him. Another time where santiago displays courage is when he catches the fish. Santiago just doesn’t let the fish go when he sees it as a challenge but he sticks with it and ends up killing the fish. When Santiago is out too far he runs into sharks, he doesn’t just let them eat the fish that he just caught but he fights them, he knows that he is in a disadvantage but he tries his hardest to kill them or hurt them enough to where they
