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• Pride is often depicted as negative attribute that causes people to reach for too much and, as a result, suffer a terrible fall.
• Santiago's pride is of a particular, limited sort. Pride never pushes him to try to be more than he is.
• For instance, when Manolin tells him, "The best fisherman is you," early in the story, Santiago humbly disagrees.
• Rather, Santiago takes pride in being exactly what he is, a man and a fisherman, and his struggle can be seen as an effort to be the best man and fisherman that he can be.
• Santiago achieves the crucial balance between pride and humility

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