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“The old man had seen many great fish. He has seen many that weighted more than a thousand pounds and he had caught two of that size his entire life, but never alone. Now alone, and out of sight of land he was fast to the biggest fish he had ever seen…” (63) Santiago (the old man) has had a life filled with many exciting adventures. He is now faced with one of the biggest challenges of his life. In Ernest Hemingway’s novella Old Man and The Sea, some might say that he was trying to show how an equal balance of pride, endurance, and courage could be the secret code to a happy life. The old man believed in pride to keep one’s self happy, but what is pride? Could someone feel pride if they were the only one on the planet, with no one to compare to? Santiago may be poor in the story, yet is proud. “”But man is not made for defeat.” He said. “a man can be destroyed but defe