The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea Perseverance Quotes Page 6
How we cite the quotes:
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:
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 #16 The old man is superior to others not because of his strength, but because of his willingness to endure pain and his determination to win. |
Although the black man is a better athlete than the old man, the old man is more determined and therefore wins.
| Quote #17 The old man uses his own determination to test the limits of that of the fish. |
The old man’s determination pays off; while he cannot beat the fish in strength, he slowly wears him down instead.
| Quote #18 That the old man speaks to himself illustrates the intensity of the situation; he has to verbally convince himself to endure. |
Because the old man addresses his body, we see a difference in psychological determination, which is undying, and physical determination, which has its limits.
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