I think the author accurately reflects how it was in the time period the story was taken place in. This story shows people how hard the people had to work in this time period. The fishermen had to wake up extremely early and then spend the whole day out on the ocean catching fish. They had hard laboring jobs. The richer, younger fishermen had radios in their boats. But, the old man did not have a radio in his boat. He had to do all the work alone without having any company. I hardly doubt that any women had to do these hard laboring jobs, too. I think that most fishermen were young strong men. I believe Santiago was probably one of the oldest fishermen and was looked down on by the younger men. But, the old man loved what he did and wasn't going to quit just because other men didn't believe in him. "They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry. Others, of the older fishermen, looked at him and were very sad. But they did not show it and spoke politely about the current and the depths they had drifted their lines at and the steady good weather and of what they had seen." (Hemingway 11) Since some of the men did not show their sadness and spoke the old man politely me it makes me think some of the fishermen respected the old men. I think that they knew how much experience the old man had and knew that he was very wise. I understand why those people felt that way. I would feel bad for the old man to because he was old and all alone but I would respect him as well. It didn't seem like the fishermen had bosses. They worked alone and kept the money that they made. Now days almost everyone has a boss unless they are the leader of the business.
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