The Old Man and the Sea Friendship Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Day.Paragraph). We artificially created chapters by defining "days," because there are no chapter breaks in Old Man and the Sea. Here’s how we divided up the days:
- Day 1 = the start of the book until the old man falls asleep for the night
- Day 2 = begins when the old man wakes up and goes until sunrise of the next day
- Day 3 = begins at sunrise and goes until the old man dreams about the lions
- Day 4 = begins when the old man wakes and ends when the old man gets back to his shack for the night
- Day 5 = begins with the boy seeing the old man in the morning and goes until the end of the book
| Quote #1 "Santiago," the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was hauled up. "I could go with you again. We’ve made some money." (1.4) |
Only the boy, not the narrator, refers to the old man by name. This suggests that the boy knows him in a way that few do.
| Quote #2 The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. (1.5) |
Hemingway uses simplistic language to convey the strength of emotions.
| Quote #3 "Yes," the old man said. He was holding his glass and thinking of many years ago. |
The boy’s love for the old man manifests itself in a desire to help him.
