In the book, we are able to see two important characters that the author narrates us as the main characters of the story. The first one is Santiago, which has a nickname that everybody calls him that way “the old man”. He is an old man, with an old soul, he has wrinkles on his old face, he has been a sailor for all his life, being a lonely person that has to work in the sea in order to survive, being a wise but at the same time stubborn person. On the other hand we have Manolin, whose nickname in the book is “the boy”. He is a young and brave boy, who likes to help the old man on his adventures on the sea because he is a boy who works very hard but understands the value of a friendship.
In the first character we are able to look at the story of an old fisherman that comes from Cuba and a young boy who usually goes fishing with the old man in order to help him and provide food to his family. Unfortunately the luck of the old man hasn't struck him for 84 days, and he hasn't caught anything, leading to the family of the boy to tell him to abandon the work with the old man and go with another sailor that can provide good work to the boy and his family. However, the bond that the old man and the boy has created is really strong, and the boy is always trying to help the old man on his travels, remembering the good times and at the end of the day, for the boy he was his mentor, he teached him how to fish, so it was hard for him to leave him but it was not his decision.
As usual, on his last day the boy helped the old man with all the chores that he will need to do and he has meant to do. At the end of the day the boy invited the old man to have a beer and something to eat as a farewell and they end the day talking about life, sports and the sea.
On the next day, after having the sense of being ready to sail and finally change the luck that the old man had, he went to the boy's house in order to say goodbye and let him help him to get everything ready for his long journey on the open sea. The boy wished luck to the old man, he pulled everything on his boat and he started his journey.
Mauricio,
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I would suggest looking for a synonym of the word characters so as not sounding repetitive. Works very hard and understands...
I would suggest using a comma after the word 'unfortunately,
I would suggest using a comma after the expression 'at the end of the day',
Your mark is=96.
Cheers,
TB