Is Santiago A Hero

Santiago “My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.” - George R.R. Martin. This quote perfectly captures the essence of what a hero should be, success or failure. Which describes Santiago, who is an old man who lives in a hovel near the sea. He is thin with many wrinkles and brown blotches from the sun. He lives off the fish he catches out in the sea. He represents a hero because he teaches Manolin, a boy he fishes with, how to fish and the old ways of navigation. Santiago also tells real baseball statistics he reads off newspapers and impart his wisdom to Manolin. Santiago also catches the biggest fish after 84 days of not catching anything. Even though sharks eat the whole marlin, Santiago completes the task and is almost content with the series of events. Santiago helps Manolin ever since Manolin was five. Santiago protects him on the boat and teaches him how to fish. Santiago …show more content…
Can you remember?” “ I remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart breaking and the noise of the clobbering. I can remember you throwing me into the bow where the wet coiled lines were and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him like chopping a tree down and the sweet blood smell all over me.” “Can you really remember that or did I just tell it to you?” “I remember everything from when we first went together.” The old man looked at him with his sun-burned, confident loving eyes. “If you were my boy I’d take you out and gamble,” he said. “But you are your father’s and your mother’s and you are in a lucky boat.” (p.