She was a young woman who cooked in a kitchen in the Oak House and she
had gone nearly four weeks now without cooking a marlin. She buys marlins when
Ito Yokado sells them in the half price. “Then,” she thought. “I’ll simmer them
with cut tomatoes.” It was one of her best dish. The young woman cut marlins
into 9 pieces and sprinkled flour all over the slices. “It’s good,” she said. “Good
marlins.”
The young woman took a deep flying
pan and started heating. Hot olive oil turned the slices of marlins into beautiful
brown with a nice smell. The young woman was in an apron with a pattern of horizontal
stripes. She thought the colors, off white and red, were like the ones of the
fish and tomatoes.
“Konomi,” another girl
asked. “What are you cooking tonight?” “Grilled marlin with tomato sauce,” the
young woman answered, pouring some paste of tomatoes into the pan. The tomato paste
with consommé became like a red ocean while floating several white boats of marlins.
The young woman ate the dish
for her dinner, thinking of the novel she read the other day. “A fisher,” she
muttered. “A fisher named Santiago struggles against a marlin.”
I actually cooked this on
the last Friday. And then I will discuss one of the themes of “The Old Man and
the Sea.”
“No living thing can escape
the inevitable struggle that will lead to death.” Yes, that is true, unfortunately.
The fisher tries hard to catch the marlin, but he is nothing from the view of
large nature. We have to live and work hard although we are aware of our
uselessness. And we have to obey the rule; “eternal, unchangeable law: they must
kill or be killed.” The old man loves fishes. He calls them “my brothers.” But
he have to kill them to eat or to sell. In this novel, eating means supporting
our lives and killing other lives at the same time. I think that one of the most
important theme of this book is life.
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