"Santiago: The Man Who Would Not Be Defeated" Santiago was a strong man and he would not be defeated by any thing even a 900 pound fish. Santiago was an old man, with few supplies, and no helpers. Those were some of the challenges he faced. First he is and old man. He has bad cramps, which make him loose some of his strength to hold the line. He also gets tired very easy so he …showed first 75 words of 229 total…

…showed last 75 words of 229 total…to help him with his pain, no one to help him take in a big fish, and no one to talk to. When he has no one to talk to he starts to talk to himself and starts to get discouraged. Santiago is a very strong man he defended him self and his fish from 4 sharks, he helped him self through his pain. He also battled his old age. At the end he was victorious.