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🐟 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, barracudas are mentioned in the famous final scene. After the old man, Santiago, returns from his ordeal at sea with only the skeleton of the great marlin, a group of tourists at the Terrace restaurant sees the remains in the water.

The passage, which you can see referenced by a sketch artist who visited the real-life location in Cuba , reads:

    "That afternoon there was a party of tourists at the Terrace and looking down in the water among the empty beer cans and dead barracudas a woman saw a great long white spine with a huge tail at the end that lifted and swung with the tide..." 

This detail poignantly highlights how the majesty of Santiago's struggle is reduced to mere "garbage" among the discarded items in the harbor, with the dead barracudas serving as a stark contrast to the living, vibrant sea life Hemingway often described. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Psalms 125:3
“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.” 

 

 

 

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