What kind of fish old man and the sea

Sargasso weed floating brown algae found in tropical seas and having a main stem with flattened outgrowths like leaves, and branches with berry-like air sacs. Next Essay Questions. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title.

Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. Character List Santiago Manolin. Themes Motifs Symbols. Characters Character List. Read an in-depth analysis of Santiago. The marlin Santiago hooks the marlin, which we learn at the end of the novella measures eighteen feet, on the first afternoon of his fishing expedition. Read an in-depth analysis of Manolin. Next section Santiago.

Popular pages: The Old Man and the Sea. Take a Study Break. The marlin's brave and unavailing struggle to save its own life becomes Santiago's brave an unavailing struggle to save the marlin from the scavenger sharks. The scavenger sharks strip the marlin of all material value, leaving only its skeleton lashed to Santiago's skiff.

But before that skeleton ends up as so much garbage to be washed out with the tide, it becomes a mute testimony to Santiago's greatness and the vehicle for those intrinsic values Santiago craves to give his existence meaning and dignity. The fisherman who measures the marlin's skeleton reports that it is 18 feet long — evidence of the largest fish the villagers have ever known to come out of the Gulf.

And when Manolin accepts the marlin's spear, he accepts for all time everything that Santiago wishes to bequeath him. Previous Manolin. Next Character Map.