The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of a battle between an
aging, experienced fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin. The story
opens with Santiago having gone 84 days without catching a fish, and now
being seen as ’salao’,a the worstiform of unluckiness. He is so unlucky
that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents
to sail with him and has been told instead to fish with successful
fishermen. The boy visits Santiago’s shack each night, hauling his
fishing gear, preparing food, talking about American baseball and his
favorite player, Joe DiMaggio. Santiago tells Manolin that on the next
day, he will venture far out into the Gulf Stream, north of Cuba in the
Straits of Floridato fish, confident that his unlucky streak is near its
end On the eighty-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago takes his
skiff into the Gulf Stream, sets his lines and, by noon, has his bait
taken by a big fish that he is sure is a marlin sell bitcoin paypal.
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