Everyone has an arch enemy. Batman had the Joker, Superman had Lex Luthor. But without their enemies, they would be unimportant, just like anyone else. One could say that they needed their enemies, that their enemies were almost friends. Similarly, The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, is a love story about the relationship developed over the years between a man and his lifelong friend and foe, the sea. Within the following paragraphs, …showed first 75 words of 689 total…

…showed last 75 words of 689 total…to speak to everything, although nothing answered his questions, or reacted to his taunts.         The Old Man and the Sea is a book about the love story between an old, lonely man and his friend for life, the sea, along with the fish. This idea can be summarized with one more quote from the story. 'Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you before this day ends.'(p.54)