Summary of The Old Man and The Sea "There's nothing like a friend when your really up a tree," is a quote from Carolyn Hax of the Washington Post. This is shown in the story The Old Man and The Sea. The author of this story is Ernest Hemingway, Who has written many books and novels which he is well known for. This story is about an old man who gets the biggest fish he had ever laid eyes upon. The most beautiful fish he had ever seen was the one that he could not bring home in one piece. The scavengers are sharks who "have not only eaten a fish but killed a man." This was said in th