Rising Action
- Santiago has not caught a fish in 84 days.
- The old man and the boy sit in the boat and talk about baseball. The reader learns that Santiago's favorite player is DiMaggio.
- Santigo goes out fishing on the 85th day alone, but the boy sees him off.
- Santago catches some sort of large fish; the fish pulls Santiago and his skiff out to sea for two days. We learn the fish is a marlin after it jumps out of the water a couple of times.
- During his two days at sea, Santiago talks to himself, the fish, the ocean, and a bird that lands on the skiff.
- The old man catches some small fish to eat for his supper. He also runs low on water.
Climax
- After two days of pulling the old man along, the marlin begins coming to the surface.
- Santiago tries many times unsuccessfully to spear the fish with his harpoon.
- Finally, Santiago shoves the harpoon into the fish with all his might and kills the marlin.
Falling Action
- Santiago starts for home towing the marlin behind.
- The skiff moves much slower on account of going against the current and the dead fish being pulled behind.
- The old man is growing more weak due to lack of water.
- The open wounds on the marlin from Santiago leave a scent in the water, which attracts sharks.
- Santiago kills several of the sharks that attack the boat, but not without allowing the sharks to take a bit out of the marlin.
- Finally, the old man gives up and the sharks rip all of the meat off of the marlin.
Resolution
- Santiago arrives home with just a skeleton of the fish remaining.
- The boy visits Santiago and tells him that from now on, the old man is not to fish alone. The boy will accompany him.
- The old man falls asleep yet again, and dreams not of the sea or fish, but of lions.
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