One of the internal conflicts is Santiago versus himself. He is against himself by his not being able to catch anything. He hasn't caught anything in so long that he has no hope anymore.
An external conflict is between Santiago and the marlin. The fight back and forth in a tug of war for days and neither of them give up.
The next external conflict is between Santiago and the sharks. After he gets the dead marlin strapped to the side of the boat the sharks start to come up. They try to eat the fish but Santiago is fighting to keep them back.
4. Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff
This passage is the fight between Santiago and the marlin. Which I think is the most important conflict.
Do you think there are any examples of man vs. society in this book?
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