Favorite character in the Story

In the story of the "Old Man In the Sea" my favorite character is the old man. He is a curious and risk taking old man. For example he spent 89 days at sea trying to catch this one fish, so that it would show all the other fisher men he is still capable of catching great fish. Like he says in this one line, "I must have a clear head." He preserverance to get the fish is remarkable during the entire story. My moms favorite character in the story is the boy. The boy at first fished with the old man, but then his parents made him stop because the old man hadn't caught anything due to bad luck as they call it in the book. She really like that he helped the old man all the time. For example with his coffee in the morning, with taking the mast of the boat when he came bad from his fishing trips and much more.