![]() On the second day, the fish jumps clear out of the water. The chase continues all night and past dawn. As night falls, the fish keeps pulling them north. Rather than tie the line directly to the boat, Santiago hangs onto it for hours with his hands, greatly straining his shoulders and back. ![]() ![]() Late in the morning, a very large marlin takes the bait and swims away, dragging the boat northward many miles from shore. On day 85 of his unsuccessful streak, Santiago rows especially far out, where he hopes big fish lurk. Every evening, though, the boy visits Santiago, helps him stow the boat’s equipment, and shares with him a meal and conversation. For weeks he has hooked nothing, and the locals decide he is unlucky after day 40 of catching no fish, Manolin’s father reassigns the boy to another boat. He is assisted by a boy, Manolin, whom he has taught to catch marlin and shark. Santiago, an old fisherman, rows his skiff out each day from a harbor in Cuba into the surrounding deep waters in search of large fish. An unpaginated ebook version of the print edition also is available. ![]() ![]() Scribner’s 2020 hardcover edition contains the original illustrations and several analytical essays it forms the basis for this study guide. The story has three times been made into motion pictures and is a staple of student reading lists. The book helped cement Hemingway’s fame and legacy to a worldwide audience it won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and helped him win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. ![]()
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