Supporting Characters in "The Old Man and the Sea"

The Old Man and the Sea has very few characters, but there is one main character, one supporting character, and a few other characters that were mentioned in passing. The main character is the Old Man, whom the story is centered around. The supporting character is the Boy, whom helps out the Old Man quite a bit. Some of the characters mentioned in passing are the Boy's parents and the crew of the new ship that the Boy was forced to fish on. The Boy was very supportive of the Old Man. He helped out the Old Man every chance that he got, and did everything in his power to show his loyalties. He drank with the Old Man at the bar, took him back to his house and even brought him supper. He carried half of the Old Man's supplies to and from the Old Man's ship, bought him some bait, and made sure that he got plenty of rest. The Boy was very loyal to the Old Man and had faith in him even when no one else did. The Boy's parents and the crew of the new ship that the Boy had been forced to fish on were only mentioned in passing, but they were still important to the story. The Boy's parents did not believe in the Old Man, along with the rest of the villagers, so after a long period of time when the Old Man did not catch any fish, they made the Boy fish with another ship. The other ship steadily brought in fish, so the Boy's parents made him fish with them, because they wanted the Boy to have a steady income. By catching more fish, the Boy had a more steady income and he also had a greater income. While The Old Man and the Sea had very few characters, the book was still very good, and it worked out well that the book had a very small number of characters, because the book ended up better that way.