The metaphors in this novel is pretty great, however the struggles seem tobe naïve. But that's what life is. The sea is the sea, the marlin is the marlin, the sharks are the sharks. All of them are lives but different in persons in each one's, should not forget Manolin that young lad who is the exact picture for that loyal good friend, Santiago would never had started his journey towards the marlin without Manolin's support. Thanks to all lives' Manolins.
That's some quotes I liked;
"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is."
"But man is not made for defeat, A man can be destroyed but not defeated."