is personal entertainment, which wasn’t, it could be seen as a new experience or story to tell. But it wasn’t. Santiago needed the fish and lost it. He wasn’t happy or joyful about it, as we will later on discuss.
             The definition of the word triumph is : “victory, success, a state of great joy over success, to win a great victory or success and rejoice over this; openly to show one’s rejoicing over the person one has defeated.” Then, to be triumphant you have to celebrate and show your joy or happiness because you succeeded; because you had a favourable result and turned out as one had planned; because you gained wealth or position. As we can examine none of these descriptions fit in with Santiago’s attitude or actions at the end of the book. His situation has disappointed him and, due to his words and thoughts, we may also conclude that he feels ,instead, defeated. He did not glorify himself, he didn’t enjoy his success.
             Although he caught the fish, Santiago couldn’t manage to keep it. He stubbornly tied it to his little boat and knew that the sharks were going to come and eat it. He fought with the sharks but didn’t have a favourable result. We can’t say that the old man was triumphant; he was defeated, not only because we think so but because he felt that way. Santiago admits his failure and doesn’t deny it : “They beat me , Manolin. They truly beat me.”(page 124). He accepted his lack of success a
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