power in him slef
he think of it as his brother and that its strong and majestic and its of great dignity
The old man's name is Santiago, like the capital of Cuba in which the story took place .
The boy doesn't go out with the old man because he hasn't caught a fish in 84 days, so the boy's father makes him go on a boat that is luckier and catches more fish.
The boy is 5.