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Originally Posted by GreyWolfsGhost
How many experienced fishermen do you know would willingly give up the catch of a life time?
I understand what you are saying but at what point should one give up? Just because something is hard to do doesn't mean one should quit. [...]
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If this was a sports fisherman (like Hemingway himself) then the behaviour might be expected. But this is Santiago's livelihood, that tends to make a person more pragmatic.
To pursue this huge fish he cuts away the other baits. So he does "give up" in the sense that he gives up any chance of catching a fish he he could have landed properly.