People around one can help persist through challenging times together. In The Old Man and The Sea, Santiago goes through troubling situations. With the realizing himself and others, he overcomes any difficult times thrown towards him. In The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway utilizes supporting characters to aid the theory of Santiago’s well-rounded nature through struggle within others. The marlin’s personality parallels to Santiago’s development and journey. The marlin is a valuable beauty and a prize for Santiago. Soon after he drives a harpoon into the fish, it “came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty" (Hemingway 94). The marlin …show more content…
Manolin, a boy, tends to Santiago from helping him collect his fishing gear to giving him meals. In the past he accompanied Santiago on his trips, until he switches due to the old man’s gossiped “unluckiness.” Manolin cares deeply for Santiago, and unlike him has no problem demonstrating his feelings. Unlike others Manolin has always known the old man’s strength and power, similar to how Santiago discovers it himself, although it has been static entirely. When Santiago returns to the town, Manolin “saw that the old man was breathing and then he saw the old man's hands and he started to cry…all the way down the road he was crying.” (Hemingway 122) The boy “saw that the old man was breathing” which relates to Santiago’s relief of living and being back home with the boy. Santiago often seems cold, as he does not demonstrate feelings externally. After going through the turmoil of catching the marlin, his hands remain hurt. When Manolin sees his hands, he begins to cry and continues as he walks down the road. His expedition of emotion which, seen to others, is unlike Santiago, and demonstrates a quality frown upon by men. It also demonstrates what Santiago has been through and is feeling, which resides in the boy’s caringness towards the old