Ensayo De Ingles

DayOne
(p 3 – 18)
From Santiago’s return from the eighty-fourth consecutive day without catching a fish to his
dreams of lions on the beach
Summary
He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in
the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.
Santiago, an old fisherman, has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish. For the first
fortydays, a boy named Manolin had fished with him, but Manolin’s parents, who call
Santiago salao, or “the worst form of unlucky,” forced Manolin to leave him in order to work
in a more prosperous boat. The old man is -wrinkled, splotched, and scarred from handling
heavy fish on cords, but his eyes, which are the color of the sea, remain “cheerful and
undefeated.”
Having made some money with thesuccessful fishermen, the boy offers to return to
Santiago’s skiff, reminding him of their previous eighty-seven-day run of bad luck, which
culminated in their catching big fish every day for three weeks. He talks with the old man as
they haul in Santiago’s fishing gear and laments that he was forced to obey his father, who
lacks faith and, as a result, made him switch boats. The pair stops for abeer at a terrace café,
where fishermen make fun of Santiago. The old man does not mind. Santiago and Manolin
reminisce about the many years the two of them fished together, and the boy begs the old man
to let him provide fresh bait fish for him. The old man accepts the gift with humility. Santiago
announces his plans to go “far out” in the sea the following day.
Manolin and Santiago haul thegear to the old man’s shack, which is furnished with nothing
more than the barest necessities: a bed, a table and chair, and a place to cook. On the wall are
two pictures: one of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and one of the Virgin of Cobre, the patroness of
Cuba. The old man has taken down the photograph of his wife, which made him “too lonely.”
The two go through their usual dinner ritual, inwhich the boy asks Santiago what he is going
to eat, and the old man replies, “yellow rice with fish,” and then offers some to the boy. The
boy declines, and his offer to start the old man’s fire is rejected. In reality, there is no food.
Excited to read the baseball scores, Santiago pulls out a newspaper, which he says was given
to him by Perico at the bodega. Manolin goes to get the bait fishand returns with some dinner
as well, a gift from Martin, the café owner. The old man is moved by Martin’s thoughtfulness
and promises to repay the kindness. Manolin and Santiago discuss baseball. Santiago is a
huge admirer of “the great DiMaggio,” whose father was a fisherman. After discussing with
Santiago the greatest ballplayers and the greatest baseball managers, the boy declares thatSantiago is the greatest fisherman: “There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But
there is only you.” Finally, the boy leaves, and the old man goes to sleep. He dreams his sweet,
recurring dream, of lions playing on the white beaches of Africa, a scene he saw from his ship
when he was a very young man.

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Day Two
(p 18 – 44)
From Santiago waking Manolin at the start of theeighty-fifth day since Santiago has caught a
fish to Santiago’s promise to kill the marlin before the day ends
Summary
The old man hit him on the head for kindness and kicked him,
his body still shuddering, under the shade of the stern.
The next morning, before sunrise, the old man goes to Manolin’s house to wake the boy. The
two head back to Santiago’s shack, carry the old man’s gear to hisboat, and drink coffee from
condensed milk cans. Santiago has slept well and is confident about the day’s prospects. He
and Manolin part on the beach, wishing each other good luck.
The old man rows steadily away from shore, toward the deep waters of the Gulf Stream. He
hears the leaps and whirs of the flying fish, which he considers to be his friends, and thinks
with sympathy of the small,...