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A Code Hero Ernest Hemingway developed a new type of hero that is portrayed in many of his novels. This type of hero is classified as a code hero and this title is given to Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea. Santiago portrays all the qualities that are needed to be a code hero. He is a man of action, he has specific concepts about death, he shows grace under pressure, and he never acts cowardly. The character of Santiago in the novel The Old Man and the Sea can be classified as a Hemingway code hero. First, Santiago meets the qualification of a code hero because he is a man of action. His initiative is evident when he goes alone to sea. Manolin asks Santiago if he could go with him out to sea. Santiago tells the boy “you’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them” (10). This quote exemplifies that Santiago is a man of action because he goes out to sea by himself, even though he knows there is a risk involved with his decision. Another example that shows Santiago is a man of action is when he fights off the sharks while he is at sea. He hit the sharks “solidly and from as high up as he could raise the club. This time he felt the bone at the base of the brain and he hit him again in the same place” (114).
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