2 page persuasive essay defending your position
You must use example from the book
failure because page 1 he has not caught a fish in 40 days success because he catches a 18 foot monster fish that he struggled for 3 days to catch. (don't know page number) failure because he struggles for 3 days to catch a fish and i understand that it is a 18ft marlin. success he prays to the virgin mary for the death if the fish page 65 failure because he says “unless sharks come “ and then later in the book… sharks come (uhh thats kinda creepy) success page 69 he beats the strongest man on the docks called the great negro failure he feels bad for the fish that he is about to kill page 75 success he does …show more content…
but he has caught a fish before. In the book he catches a dolphin to eat but he says he will never eat a dolphin raw again or without salt, The Old Man struggles for 3 days to catch a marlin… and I know that it is a 18 ft marlin. when he is catching the fish he also caught a dolphin
He is also a failure because he says “unless sharks come and then a little later sharks come it's like he predicted it (that's kinda creepy). He feels bad for the fish that he is about to kill I mean really you feel bad for it just put it out of his misery instead talking to it. He basically lies because he says he will eat the dolphin later but then eats it to stay strong again like I said earlier lift some weights... NOW. He dreams of lions which I find really weird why are you dreaming of lions you are a fisher man.
Sharks had ate his whole fish.
The old man is a success because he caught a 18 ft. monster fish which was a marlin. He prays to the blessed virgin for the death of the fish, the old man pray to the virgin mary for the death of a fish that's just messed up. He beats the strongest man on the docks called The great negro in an arm wrestle .He does all of the work without the boy now that's an improvement from earlier when he needed to eat dolphin to stay