"The old man was now definitely and finally "salao" (Hemingway 9). This is how Santiago was known as because of his bad luck. Santiago's luck did not change throughout the story, in fact it got worst. The reason of why they called him "salao" it's because he was worst than an unlucky person. He was never known as a good fisherman. All the people who knew him would make fun of him all the time. That is because he wasn't as good as the others fisherman who would always get good fish and money for the fish. Later on, Santiago caught a giant fish known as the "Marlin". Everything seemed to look good but his luck changed. He did not just caught a marlin he also caught two other fishes and he was happy but then later on sharks came to attack him and the marlin. Santiago had to kill the marlin, when he killed the fish the blood started to come out and that is how the sharks came. The sharks tried to attack him but they started eating the marlin. "When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were." (Hemingway pg 103) Santiago did not wanted to look at the marlin anymore because it was hurt badly by the sharks. Santiago started to regret catching the marlin. He's luck started to get worst than it already was. …show more content…
His left hand was hurt badly that was another obstacle for him to get through. He was trying to be positive that is the reason he said "Pain does not matter to a man" (Hemingway 84.). But his bad luck was still there no matter what. He was really hurt and that didn't let him think straight at all. He's bad situation didn't got any better