I hate having cuts on my hands or on my feet. I use my hands for basically everything I do, like lifting things, or holding things, or even touching things. In The Old Man and the Sea, the old man's hand gets absolutely ruined from the ropes. Instead of stopping to take care of it, he stuck it in the saltwater until it stopped hurting and then pretty much just ignored it and tried not to use it very much. That is ridiculous. It is incredible. The old man was like, who cares, I have a fish to catch. He had a huge cut across his entire palm, and he did not let that stop him from what he was doing. That is absolutely remarkable. I gained a lot of respect for him when that happened. I think that the old man was a very strong person, not only physically, but also mentally. The old man was so devoted to catching that fish and keeping it attached to the line on his skiff that he did not even care that his had was completely wounded from holding on to the rope so tightly. I think that it is cool that the author of this book gave the old man such strong will power. I definitely would have given up on holding the rope with my wounded hand, but I guess if it hurt him so bad that he felt like his hand was numbed, then it really would not matter which hand he held the rope in. This episode shows that the old man is both physically strong and also mentally strong. It shows that he is physically strong because he is fighting the pain and continuing to use his injured hand to hold the fishing line. I think that it also proves his mental strength because he has the will power to keep holding on. I admire Santiago's strength and I aspire to have good traits like him.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print.
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