Analysis: Fifth Day - The Old Man and The Sea

As the fifth day starts, the story is just about to come to an end.  Santiago made it home safe, but the fish that he caught did not.  As I see the fifth day I see it as a time of mourning.  All Santiago does is sleep and everybody else feels bad for him.  It is really a sad part and ending to what was a fascinating book.
As I said earlier, Santiago comes home and sleeps.  Manolin comes to visit him and is upset with how badly Santiago's hands are cut.  "The boy saw that the old man was breathing and then he saw the old man's hands and he started to cry.  he went out very quietly to go to bring some coffee and all the way down the road he was crying." (Hemingway, 122).  It shows how much the boy cares for his friend and hero. He is terribly upset with how bad Santiago looks and then he goes to get him some coffe, which shows just how loving the boy is towards the old man.  On the way, to get the coffe, Manolin comes in contact with the other fisherman.  They say that the fish was eighteen feet long.  "He was eighteen feet from nose to tail." (Hemingway, 122).  What a fish!  When I heard this I was amazed at the length of this fish.  I tried to picture how long eighteen feet was.  It is more than three of me stacked on top of each other.  It was exciting to hear this fact, but it is disappointing that Santiago could not make any money off of the fish.  It gets you thinking of all the what if's.  How much could he have sold it for?  We will never know.
When the story was over, I was fascinated by the book.  Each part or in this case day was vital to the whole story.  I loved the book and I hope the next two are just as good.

Bibliography

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 1996. Print.