While Hemingway talked about the boy he used the iceberg principle, to make his writing interesting, and creative. First, Santiago and the boy had a conversation in Santiago's shack, "what do you have to eat"' the boy asked. `A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some"' `No. I will eat at home..." (16). The boy and Santiago understand each other. The author does not clearly state why Santiago and the boy have the conversation of things not there everyday but the reader can take it any way they like making the story more enjoyable to read. Next, when on the sea Santiago was lonesome and talked to himself. "I wish the boy were here and that I had some salt" (56). Santiago said many times how he wanted the boy to be with him, and how he wished the boy were there. The boy being...