Summary of the Old Man and the Sea

Summary of The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a story about an old fisher man who has been done on his luck for the past 84 days.  All the other boats in Cuba have been fairing better than him. His loyal apprentice has been forced to fish with another boat because of the old man’s failure. The old man is determined to succeed. He decides he’s is going to sail out deeper than ever. On that 85 day he hooks a really big marlin. It becomes the fight of his life. He was pulled by the marlin for three days. At the end of the fight he slays the marlin and leaves it tied to the side of the boat. He starts for home but is pestered by sharks. He kills one but loses his spear making it impossible to fight back and the sharks eat the fish leaving nothing but bone. The old man comes home exhausted and sleeps.