After reading pages 68-87 of the book it has made me wonder about some things. It seems as the old man spends more time out at sea, he is beginning to lose his mind in a sense.

This fish is my friend too, he said aloud. I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.

This passage was probably the one that most made it seem, at least to me, that he is beginning to go crazy, if he already wasn’t. He is saying that the fish is his friend..but he still has to kill him. How does he find that the fish is his friend? Is it simply because he needs to have some sort of companionship? I also find it a bit awkward that he is so driven to catch this one fish. He has caught others, and I’m sure if he wasn’t spending this time on this ONE fish, he would probably get others. But no, he wants this one fish. Why is he so driven..for this one fish? I guess we will find out..