The image of the swordfish is spoken directly through the narrator's language, especially the old man's conversation with the fish, and we see him as a human being. This unusual, unique attitude made the fish the second major "character" beside the old man, on par with him. The swordfish is symbolic. It represents the image of nature, the epitome of beauty, the great nature of nature. In the complex relationship of nature with human nature is not always the enemy. Man and nature are both friends and rivals. The Swordfish is a symbol of a simple, but at the same time very unusual, noble dream that the least one has pursued once in a lifetime.