Santiago Hero

Is Santiago Heroic? What is a hero? A hero is defined as, “a person who is admired or idealized” (Google). When thinking of the word “hero” mostly to everyone, a superhero comes to mind. Not all heroes are superheros. To me, a hero is someone who is courageous and never gives up no matter the circumstances. Speaking of someone heroic, Santiago is an old fisherman in The Old Man and The Sea written by Ernest Hemingway. Although Hemingway did not exactly state that Santiago is a hero, he displays that he is with the many characteristics he gives him. By the end of the book, readers can see that Santiago seems heroic in many ways because of his determination and persistence. Santiago can be viewed as a hero from one of his many characteristics, determination. Santiago suffered eighty four long days without catching a single fish, but continued to stay determined and not give up. Santiago stated “Fish”, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead” (Hemingway 52) which shows that he was not going to give up on catching the fish until he or the fish was dead. Santiago portrays his heroic characteristic of determination through the duration of his fishing trip. Another heroic characteristic Santiago shares along with determination is
Some people argue the Santiago is not a hero because heroes help people and that Santiago was only benefiting himself with catching fish to feed his poor self. On the contrary, Santiago was a very helpful person and fisherman. Without Santiago, Manolin would not know the things he knows today. Santiago taught him everything he knew about fishing from the time he was a very young boy until now. Furthermore, by Santiago never giving up on catching fish it taught Manolin a valuable life lesson to never give up on what he really wants. There is a counterclaim to whether Santiago is a hero or not, but the strong rebuttal can back up that Santiago definitely is a hero in most