This is going to be a third blog about Santiago and his fantastic endurance. There are just too many quotes because eighty percent of the book is just him holding a fishing pole towing a marlin around. This should be the last one, though.
“This will kill him, the old man thought. He can’t do this forever. But four hours later the fish was still swimming steadily out to sea, towing the skiff, and the old man was still braced solidly with the line across his back.”
The quote further proves my point of Santiago and the marlin being evenly matched for each other. However, I think I am more impressed with Santiago. He is an old man, but he has more strength and endurance than most of the people I know. I greatly respect Santiago for being able to tackle that humongous marlin all by himself. I would have cut the line and gone home by now, but then again I am definitely a lot more lazy than Santiago.
“He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead. He was thirsty too and he got down on his knees and, being careful not to jerk on the line, moved as far into the bow as he could get and reached the water bottle with one hand. He opened it and drank a little. Then he rested against the bow. He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure.”
This quote is about how the old man endured the pain from his forehead better when he was distracted by something else. He is probably the type of person who watches tv while they run on treadmill to distract themselves from the burning in their thighs. That’s what I usually do! It’s easier to handle pain when you don’t have to think about it.
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