The lonely and elderly Cuban fisherman Santiago, after failing to catch any fish for eighty-four consecutive days, did not give up and set off alone i[Expand All]
The lonely and elderly Cuban fisherman Santiago, after failing to catch any fish for eighty-four consecutive days, did not give up and set off alone in his boat to the remote Gulf of Mexico. Finally, on the fifth day, he caught an 18-foot-long marlin. After two days and nights of desperate hunting, the exhausted Santiago finally subdued this unprecedented big fish and tied it to the side of the small boat. As night fell, Santiago, covered in wounds, returned joyfully. However, he never expected that on the seemingly calm sea surface, a large group of starving sharks were following the smell of blood...[Collapse]
