The story "The Old Man and the Sea" is set in Cuba in the mid-twentieth century. The hero is an old fisherman named Santiago, supporting a child named Manolin. The old fisherman, who had not caught a fish for eighty-four days, refused to give up, but was full of the spirit of struggle, and finally caught an 18-foot-long, 1,500-pound marlin on the 85th day. The big fish towed the boat to the sea, the old man is still dead and pulling, even if there is no water, no food, no weapons, no assistant, left hand cramps, he is not discouraged. After two days and two nights, he finally killed the big fish and tied it to the side of the boat. But many sharks immediately came to grab his booty. He killed them one by one, and in the end there was only a broken rudder as a weapon. As a result, the big fish still can not escape the fate of being eaten up, and eventually, the old man exhausted to drag back a pair of fish bones. He came home and lay in bed, dreaming of the good old days...
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