Being able to live by a moral code even if the ending is tragic, such is the life of a code hero. How does one know what the code entails? Hemingway stated that a code hero “Living correctly and ideally with honor, courage and misfortune, not matter how chaotic, stressful or painful the world might be.” Hemingway’s code hero never seems to win no matter how hard they embrace the code. In the novel the Old Man and the Sea Hemingway’s character Santiago is a old man who won't stop till he succeeded. Within the book Santiago is made fun of and not a lucky man. For the old man has spent 84 days fishing and was not able to catch anythings because of his unfortunate circumstance his best friend a young boy was no longer allowed to assist him. Throughout the book Santiago shows three important traits of what is like to be a code hero. Honor, courage, and misfortune.
Honor, Santiago prefers hunger over shame. the old man is proud, saying that he will have fish to eat at home, even though he knows he hasn't any. Alos, Santiago faces danger by going out to far. He chooses to ignore the hardships of what could enstore. Santiago catches a marlin, which helps him gain back his pride and justifying his belief in …show more content…
He learned that his fate was not in his hands, all he could do is strive for the best he could be. For example, Santiago said, "Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?" (Hemingway 117). The interesting fact that he never lets his bad luck cloud his decisions with self-pity. Santiago persevere through the pain, though all his trouble and hardships yet he never lose sight of his goal. Hemingway explains, though "the back and the hands hurt truly" (Hemingway 97), showing that he will never give up even if he knows he can't win. He had many opportunities to give up, but knew he had to do everything he could do. Santiago’s misfortune may have beat him, but he will never let it
Honor, Santiago prefers hunger over shame. the old man is proud, saying that he will have fish to eat at home, even though he knows he hasn't any. Alos, Santiago faces danger by going out to far. He chooses to ignore the hardships of what could enstore. Santiago catches a marlin, which helps him gain back his pride and justifying his belief in …show more content…
He learned that his fate was not in his hands, all he could do is strive for the best he could be. For example, Santiago said, "Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?" (Hemingway 117). The interesting fact that he never lets his bad luck cloud his decisions with self-pity. Santiago persevere through the pain, though all his trouble and hardships yet he never lose sight of his goal. Hemingway explains, though "the back and the hands hurt truly" (Hemingway 97), showing that he will never give up even if he knows he can't win. He had many opportunities to give up, but knew he had to do everything he could do. Santiago’s misfortune may have beat him, but he will never let it