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oa
di
ittherewasabedatableo
echaira
daplaceo
thedirtyfloortocookwithcharcoal”Page7li
e23Thereis
oteve
alamporadece
tpillowHeshouldeatwithoutlighta
drollhistrousersuptomakeapillowputti
gthe
ewspaperi
sidethemWithouttaki
gafishi
eightyfourdaysaddstothemisfortu
eoftheoldma
whoisalreadymisfortu
ateHelostthesourceofi
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lythelittleboyMa
oli
providestheoldma
withfooda
dbaitwhe
he
eedsforitLo
eli
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lyfrie
da
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6
fcompassio
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oli
usedtogooutseawithhimbutthelittleboywasforcedtoleavehimforhispare
tsobjectedtoSa
tiago’sbadluckHegoesfarouttheseaalo
estruggleswiththeu
commo
lylargemarli
alo
efightswiththerapacioussharkalo
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bodyhisha
da
dhisheelHeshoutsmoretha
o
ce“IwishIhadtheboy”Nobodyshouldbealo
ei
hisoldageAge
obodycouldavoidgrowi
goldbutSa
tiago’stwilightyearsareextraordi
arilymiserable“Theoldma
wasthi
a
dgau
twithdeepwri
klesi
thebackofhis
eckThebrow
blotchesofhebe
evole
tski
ca
certhesu
bri
gsfromitsreflectio
o
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hischeeksTheblotchesra
welldow
thesideofhisfacea
dhisha
dhadthedeepcreasescarsfromha
dli
gheavyfisho
thecordsBut
o
eofthesescarswerefresh”Page1li
e15page2li
e6ThisistherelicofthehardlifeHemustworkhardco
ti
uallyeve
harderseveraltimestha
beforetosustai
hislifewithjuste
oughfooda
dclothi
gbecausethelossofstre
gtho
thecertai
leveli
creasestheamou
toftheworkI
thebattlewiththegreatmarli
hisha
dcrampsa
dtheachspreadseveryi
chofhisbodyO
lythelio
appearsi
hisdreamwhichisthepastvigorU
predictablefatethebadluckmakestheexpertfisherma
withoutafishi
eightyfourdaysSohemustgofarouttheseatocatchagreatfish
7
ftodemo
stratehimselfI
thedista
tseasthesharkis
ota
accide
tThebadluckhadalreadypredesti
edthefailuree
di
gWhatisthebadluck’sesse
ceItisfateNobodyk
owswhe
thebadluckfallsa
dwhothevictimisTheu
predictablefatewi
dstheoldma
rou
dhisfi
gerSa
tiagoistheu
dertakera
dwit
essofhardshipcatastropheofthehuma
bei
gU
dertheheavypressuretheproblemisbei
gsimpleliveordeadTolivethebraveheartis
ecessarySa
tiago’su
defeatedspiritisstre
gthe
edco
siste
tlybythehardlifeBecausethese
seofsurvivalishuma
’si
sti
ctivecharacterThesociale
viro
me
ti
flue
cesHemi
gway’slifeThehardlifecastsSa
tiago’su
defeatedspirit
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