The Old Man and the Sea

Was Santiago happy at the end of the book

was Santiago happy at the end

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I think Santiago was happy. He had the bones of his great Marlin and had at least found personal redemption. Santiago is very much a Christ-figure: a martyr metaphorically taken from the cross and nursed by his disciple Manolin.

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