One can describe a hero as someone who achieves greatness. The Old Man and the Sea, a novel by Ernest Hemingway, involves an old man named Santiago, who establishes himself as a great fisherman many times, but yet, he still struggles to prove it again and again. Santiago lives in a small fishing village off the coast of Havana, Cuba, and fishing is imperative to his survival. Although an immeasurable amount of skill is found …showed first 75 words of 1047 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1047 total…pride prove him a true Hemingway hero. Santiago possesses courage great enough to get through any situation, skill great enough to be exact in anything that he does, and the pride any man half as honorable could double. A Hemingway hero is someone very trustworthy, skillful, and caring, yet someone who will put greatness aside and be a good friend. Bibliography Bibliography Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1952.