Joe DiMaggio

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Symbols Booklet for The Old Man and the Sea
Kashif Ghani Mr. Krucli English 2 Tuesday,
January 22, 2002
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Joe DiMaggio

• Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the
  great DiMaggio (17).
• The great DiMaggio is himself again (21).
• I would like to take the great DiMaggio
  fishing, the old man said. They say his father
  was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are
  and would understand (22).

• Joe DiMaggio is person who is an important symbol
  in The Old Man and the Sea. Joe DiMaggio stands
  for an attitude of Ernest Hemingways code. Joe
  DiMaggio is supposed to symbolize Santiago
  because both people are stoic, which means that
  they both dont show emotions. Also Joe DiMaggio
  symbolizes the Hemingway code, which is to have
  courage, endurance, skill and loyalty.

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Lions

• He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was
  sitting by him watching him. The old man was
  dreaming about the lions (127).
• After that he began to dream of the long yellow
  beach and he saw the first of the lions come down
  onto it in the early dark and then the other
  lions came and he rested his chin on the wood of
  the bows where the ship lay anchored with the
  evening off-shore breeze and he waited to see if
  there would be more lions and he was happy (81).
• He did not dream of the lions but instead of a
  vast school of porpoises (81)...

• The lions are like objects which he dreams about
  a lot. The lions stand for a quality. The lions
  symbolize youth, strength and powerful.

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The Marlin

• Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful,
  or a calmer or more noble thing than you,
  brother.
• I wish I could feed the fish, he thought. He is
  my brother. But I must kill him and keep strong
  to do it (59).
• into the fishs side just behind the great chest
  fin that rose high in the air to the altitude of
  the mans chest (94).

• The Marlin is an object which the old man had
  fought with. The Marlin is supposed to symbolize
  a quality. The Marlin symbolizes beauty,
  patience, strength, nobleness, and calmness. The
  Marlin also symbolizes a brother to the old man.

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Manolin

• I must have water here for him, the boy thought,
  and soap and a good towel (21).
• Then he said aloud, I wish I had the boy. To
  help me and to see this (48).
• No, the boy said. tell them not to bother
  Santiago. Ill be back (123).

• Manolin is a person which was a great friend to
  the old man. Manolin is supposed to stand for a
  value. Manolin symbolizes a great importance to
  the old man. He is the inspiration to the old
  man and symbolizes a great helper. He helps the
  old man stay alive and really cares for him.

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Santiago

• Santiago, the boy said to him as they climbed
  the bank from where the skiff was hauled up (10).
• He took all his pain and what was let of his
  strength and his long gone pride and he put it
  against the fishs agony (93)
• You are killing me, fish, the old man thought.
  But you have a right to. (92)

• Santiago is a person and the main character of
  the story. Santiago stands for an attitude.
  Santiago symbolizes courage, skill, endurance and
  loyalty to the fish.