Setting of "The Old Man and the Sea"

The Old Man and the Sea is a simple book. It only takes place in two different places, but both are equally important to the structure of the book. The book begins in a lonely fishing village that demands a normal amount for a fishing village. Anyone that does not meet their expectations, though, is immediately looked down upon by everyone old enough to understand. While they do look down upon some, they still care for certain people because those people had gained their respect prior to losing their luck. The Old Man hangs around his boat, the bar, and his house, which has next to nothing, is cold during the winters and hot during the summers, and gives him little respite from the sun. The bar is pretty normal, but is next to a restaurant, so it may be better than some that it could be compared to. Soon, the scenery changes and becomes blue as far as the eye can see. That's right, next the Old Man goes to sea. He is out at sea for a while, and it seems eternally longer for him since he has barely anything to eat the whole time. When the Old Man goes out to sea, he begins by staying fairly close to the shore, but not close enough to see it. When he catches the marlin, though, it begins to pull him farther and farther out to sea. Later, after he catches the marlin, he must go all the way back in to the village, and without the help and strength of the marlin. He must use the wind and his own strength by paddling all the way back in to shore. When he comes back he goes to the village and just shows everyone the carcass of the marlin he would have brought in. While it is extremely hard to write a classic, it must be infinitely harder to write a classic that is so short and so exclusive in time and setting.