The Old Man And The Sea

I chose this image because it is a photo that I took of an old man fishing on the Jacksonville Beach Pier. It reminded me of my favorite novel, The Old Man and The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. The book is about an old commercial fisherman who was very unsuccessful. He would go out everyday and come back with an empty boat, but he never gave up. One day while he was out at sea he hooked and caught a giant marlin. It was a long and near impossible fight, but he never gave up. i took this photo thinking about the old man and the sea. I remember watching him him fish and when he got a bite the biggest smile would come to his face, but later disappear when he reeled up a small inedible fish. I knew by looking at him and his fishing equipment that he came to the pier everyday and wasn't going to stop until he got his big fish. The photo I took is when he had just reeled up a small snapper and  was angry, but he cast his line back out and was waiting for whatever was down there. The book and this photo encourage me to never give up because everything takes patience.