“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under.”(Anne Frank). Santiago is “the old man” in the story who has endured many problems. He's described as a weak old man whose best days are behind him, whose wife has died, and who never had children.But somehow Hemingway describes Santiago as a code hero. Santiago fits in this frame like the heroes of ‘The undefeated’ because at the beginning of the book he has caught nothing for three months he has to go without a fish. Therefore he is thought to be ‘Salao’ by the other fishermen. Our first impression of Santiago is that of a failure. But as we go through the novel, we come across a man who is resolute, courageous, strong and undefeated. Santiago is a prime example of a code hero
