The Sharks in Old Man and the Sea

The story focuses around the old man and the fish and his journey. I think it was important to do at least one blog on how the sharks destroyed the fish. The sharks destroyed the old man’s dream and prize.

The old man struggled throughout the book to catch a giant Marlin. Once he finally caught the giant fish he was beyond proud. The fish was too big to fit inside the old man's boat so he had to strap the fish onto the side of his boat. The old man began his long trip back to his home. As you as know along the way he runs into some problems. The biggest being the sharks. As the man gets closer to home he runs into sharks along the way. Each of them taking bites away from the beautiful fish. The old man's heart breaks as pieces of his prize fish get torn away. It got to a point where the old man couldn't even look at the fish. He was too scared of what he might see. He did not want to see the fish he worked so hard for destroyed. Of course the sharks had no idea of the struggle the old man and that fish went through. I think if they did know they wouldn’t have ate the fish but that would be impossible because they are animals.  The sharks thought it was just any other fish and they were probably hungry. I think the fish would have been eaten or destroyed by something even if the sharks didn’t eat it. I think it would have been too hard for the old man to bring the monster fish into the island alone.

The sharks are the antagonist in the book because they destroy the protagonists dream. I feel bad for the old man because he worked so hard but I think him not catching the fish made the story stand out. Instead of having a normal happy ending the character had to fight even more.