is a symbol of nailing to the cross.
             10. Santiago's references to himself: "I am a strange old man"
             Everlastingly, beginning from the primitive society, it was one of the great motifs - the fight between human and beast. However, the true fight is within the person – that is to say, in the inner forest. There, feral and the human forces meet. The hunter follows the spoor, fights, kills or tames the beast, this way revealing and asserting strength, cunning and perseverance. It is a game, but still a great and serious one. Almost a drama. The next stage of the relation between man and beast is that of the shepherd, the one who doesn't kill but protects. Only then is the huma
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