The old man and the sea

Question

what does each one of these numbers ’’84 ,87,40,3....and other numbers’’ smbolizes?

Asked by jjessy j #426580 on 2/28/2015 9:27 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 2/28/2015 9:38 PM

Answered by Aslan on 2/28/2015 9:38 PM

The old man has gone for 84 days without catching a fish.

The old man caught the Marlin on his 87th day without a fish.

The boy Manolin helped Santiago for the first 40 days during his dry spell of not catching fish.

Santiago fought the Marlin for 3 days.