Code Hero: The Old Man and the Sea

Sajel Lala
Mrs. Caloutas
Sophomore English
8 May þ2003þ
Code Hero
"There are many good fishermen and some great ones but there is only you" (Hemingway 23). What is a hero? Some people consider heroes to be singers, actors and actresses, or even political figures such as Mayor Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush. A hero is not necessarily someone who is in the public eye, but instead can be an individual just fighting for what they believe in. And in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, that is what the main character Santiago does. He mentally and physically fights battles…