Old man and the sea 1

Lets talk about pride and humility. The story Old Man And The Sea is a story about a fisherman's battle with himself as he tries to reel in a fish of legendary size. Early in this story the old man is debating with the boy over how many bait boxes to buy. The boy wins when he convinces the old man to accept two bait boxes instead of his preferred single box. It is quoted that "He was too simple to wonder when he attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and carried no true lost of pride".  This humility is again showed when the old man speaks to the fish as though it were his brother. I believe one of the lesser looked at themes of this story is humility, and it raises my opinion of the book.