When Santiago made his trip out on the sea he was so alone that he started to talk out loud and he didn't even realize it. It says, “He did not remember when he had first started to talk aloud when he was by himself. He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was …show more content…
It says, “He looked around for the bird now because he would have liked him for company. The bird was gone.” He was so lonely on the boat that after wishing so many times the boy was there when the bird came he took it for granted. Suddenly after the bird came the boat shook from a sudden movement of the fish the bird left leaving Santiago alone again. Now he realizes that the bird was someone to talk to instead of talking to himself. Also it's someone to keep him company than being alone in a boat in the middle of the