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The fish caught in "The Old Man and the Sea" is a giant marlin. It is a massive, powerful fish that the old man, Santiago, battles with for days as he struggles to reel it in.
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In "The Old Man and the Sea," the fish lurches because it is trying to break free from the fishing line attached to it. The fish is caught by the old man after a long and arduous battle, demonstrating the struggle between man and nature.
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A 1,056lb six gill shark has been caught of the coast of Co. Clare by a 70 year old man from Cuba. It has been stated that this is the largest fish caught in British and Irish waters.
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The Old Man and the Sea ends with the irony that Santiago has finally caught a fish, but it has been stripped bare by sharks. In that sense, the elderly fisherman has been both fortunate and unlucky.
The boy is not allowed to fish with the old man because he is no longer seen as lucky due to the old man's recent run of bad luck. The boy's parents have told him to fish on another boat that is more successful.
Blue marlin.
the sea bird circle the schools of fish and the old man knows where it is
show them to the old wayfarer
The old man had gone 84 days without catching a fish.