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Ernest Hemingway wrote . It's the story of Santiago (The Old Man). Santiago is an old Cuban fisherman who lives off the coast of the Gulf. Santiago goes out fishing with Manolin. Manolin is a local kid around the city. Manolin spends more time with Santiago th ....

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.... It was a marlin. Santiago had hooked a marlin. He knew he had caught a big fish, but wasn't sure what type. He did not real the fish in right away. Santiago feared that the line would break because the size of the fish. He thought about increasing the tension so it would hurt the fish and it would jump out. But the line had been taut up to the very edge of the breaking point. Then with his right hand he felt the difference in the pull of the line before he saw the slant change in the water. The fish started to come up. The line rose slowly and steadily and then the surface of the ocean bulged ahead of the boat and the fish came out. He was br ....