Santiago Perseverance Quotes

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In Hemingway's “The Old Man and the Sea”, Santiago was a “Code Hero” who exemplified the admirable qualities of perseverance through his actions. Perseverance is not giving up giving the effort that is required to do something and keep doing it till the end, even if it's hard. In Hemingway's “The Old Man and the Sea” Santiago was example of perseverance when he begins the catch of the Marlin. The old man sets out to catch a big fish to redeem his reputation and get back his boy, what he hooks is a marlin which is more than he expected to hook. The old man did not let the setbacks hold him back he fought with marlin for a span of three days. He did not give up until got what he set out for no matter how hard that marlin was putting up a fight,