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Summary: The Old Man and the Sea
Review: The Old Man and the Sea "He was an old man who finished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and
had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish." (9) The Old Man and the
Sea demonstrates persistence, friendship and kindness. Hemingway used a very
unique style of writing to write this magnificent piece of writing that got him the
Pulitzer Prize.
This story is very easy to follow yet it is also is very meaningful and heart
warming. Through out the book Santiago struggles with himself to catch a fish
and his 84 days of bad luck are taking their toll. But Santiago is very persistent
and still goes out every day for the love of the sport. Most people would give up
after all the bad luck but not Santiago. Then Santiago hooks a huge marlin and
everything takes a huge turn. Day and night Santiago struggles with the marlin
but thoughts of being the talk of the town keep him fighting. Santiago's inner
strength is what makes this story so compelling. Although the book is short and
easy to comprehend the story is very sentimental.
I would recommend this book to so many people, young kids and adults.
Above all odds The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize. Hemingway in
my mind is one of the most powerful writers of this time. He uses
simple words and sentences to form powerful meanings. In 1954 he
won the Nobel Prize for his powerful style of writing. I feel that he won the Nobel
Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway's most well knew and best story
is defiantly The Old Man and the Sea. This story is very compassionate and well
known and should be read by everyone.
To sum up everything Hemingway is by far the best writer of all time and
his famous story The Old Man and the Sea is his best piece of work. I would
recommend this book to anyone, young and old.
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Summary: A True Classic
Review: A True Classic
Struggle, tiredness, and agony are what the old man named Santiago faces when a huge fish catches lines. Ernest Hemingway's writing is creatively written. It deserves four stars. The Old Man and the Sea is a life reflection of his strong friendship and difficult challenges.
Santiago deals with many of lives obstacles, but a young boy helps him through it all. Santiago goes out fishing thinking he won't have any luck, but when a marlin catches line he has a long struggle ahead. The marlin is the big fish that Santiago had been waiting for, and he will not blow his big chance. It is his inner personal struggle that he is fighting and he will overcome it. Santiago is about to give up, but memories of the boy come and give him strength. The boys is like his conscious telling him even though he is weak he is truly strong. He cares for the boy like he was his own son, and just for him and himself he will not let down. Santiago's relationship with boy gives him the power to fight the battle with the marline.
Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea, is a book with unique style like no other. He creates mental pictures in your mind of what is really happening. His descriptive writing brings you into the book, and makes it hard to stop reading. His ability to create pictures is what made his book so famous. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize along with the Nobel Prize for Old Man and the Sea. He won this because he uses his own life experiences, which gives the book more meaning. This can let you relate to the story it self, and with every day life. Hemingway's creative style of writing deserves four stars and two thumbs up.
Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea is a classic novel that deals with lives experiences, friendships, struggles, and man verses self. It is easy to understand, and make mental pictures in your mind of what is happening in the book. I highly recommend it to anyone of any age.
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Summary: The Old Man and the Sea
Review: The Old Man and the Sea In the book The Old Man and the Sea had some very boring moments, but some of those moments were well made up for. It was written creatively but was very bland to myself as a reader. In The Old Man and the Sea it talks about Santiago's struggles with his luck, and with his own will power.
The creativity of the book while Santiago was on land with the boy was very dull. For example, 'They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.' Santiago and Manolin only spent time worrying about fishing and they never shared their feelings about anything else that interested them besides baseball. They showed their care for each other in all their fishing needs. For instance, 'He was asleep in a short time and he dreamed of Africa'' Santiago is always fantasizing of the better times and not facing reality. When he was facing reality he didn't know how to handle it so he talked with himself for days until he had caught a fish he had been fighting for and slowly headed towards home. Within this book there is a hidden meaning behind the actions of Santiago but the way it was expressed made the book boring.
In Hemingway's writing he uses simple words that have a lot of meaning. For example,' ' behaviour'' is what Santiago teaches to Manolin. These words are used throughout the book, which make it very boring, and very confusing. If the words were more intriguing, then the reader would be more interested in the book. For instance, 'congregated'. The typical reader for this book isn't going to know what congregated means. I think that if you're unable to understand the words in the text then you won't be able to understand the moral of the story either. All this put together really made the book hard to comprehend.
In the end of it all, with given evidence, it was proved that this book has no true connection and feeling with the reader because of lack of comprehension. This book would have been much greater if the words were more exciting and more about Santiago's and Manolin's life, instead of with his luck throughout more than three-fourths of the book.
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Summary: The Old Man ans the Sea
Review: The Old Man and the Sea The book The Old Man and the Sea, was a very boring but good book. I know that that may now make any sense but I am going to explain how that works. Also I am going to give my thinking on why this book was written, and also, why kind of hidden meaning is in this book.
In this book Hemingway talks about a mans life (Santiago). To me this book was boring and dull. But there was also a hidden meaning behind this whole story. Now at first I didn't get why I and to read this story. Then I started to think about what this book could mean or what it could be showing. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks. Not giving up, have faith for what you believe in. That is what the whole book was about. Having the courage to keep going even when it may seem like there no reason to.
In Hemingway's book he expresses what he is feeling. When times are sad he writes sad. When Santiago is being stubborn then you can actually feel what Manolin is feeling. Which in my opinion is a awesome way of writing. Because when Hemingway is expressing the way that he feels it is almost like you are feeling the same thing. In the book, Hemingway is explaining what Santiago is feeling in his hands, like how they are cramping up and how they are so raw from holding on to the rope for so long (62). In the book, just the way he explains the feelings of Santiago is amazing. He puts so much feeling into his writing.
I must say that in some parts the book seemed to just kind of go on and on and on. But also, when I think about it he can't help it, because he is writing a book about a man's life and he can't help it if the man's life is boring. In my opinion this book is more of a man's book, because it is talking about fishing. Now don't get me wrong I like fishing, but I don't like to read a book about it. This book showed that even if things may get tough you should still try your hardest until the end. Never give up. The book The Old Man and the Sea, was a very inspirational and meaning full book. It showed me that things may get tough, but when they do that's when I should work the hardest.
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Summary: A Five Star Classic
Review: Old Man and the Sea is a novel about struggles, challenges, friendship and love. Hemmingway invented a new style of writing when he wrote this book, which attracted many different types of audiences. He uses this book to tell what he went through early in life, and how he conquered many difficult challenges. This novel is a classic story of man verses self.
Santiago was not having very much luck fishing, but things started to change on the eighty-fourth day of bad luck. He went out expecting another empty day, but when he encounters the catch of is life, things begin to change. Santiago would not have been able to complete his challenge as well as he did with the marlin, had memories and the voice of Manolin not been heard by Santiago. The battle between the Marlin and Santiago is a very long exasperating battle. Ernest Hemmingway uses the battle to symbolizes his own feelings and of his place in life. Santiago and Manolin have an amazing friendship that helps them survive the difficult fisherman life in Cuba. Without their friendship, the battle with the marlin and Santiago may not have lasted as long as it did; because Santiago would have felt as though he has little to fight for. Santiago has little life left in him at his old age, but the things that keep him going are the love and friendship he feels for the boy. Hemmingway uses the characters in this book to express his feelings of life, and how he got through the long struggles, which a lot of authors won't attempt to write.
Ernest Hemmingway's novel The Old man and the Sea, is a new way of writing. Hemmingway uses simple words and simple sentences, to make the book easier to read and follow. Making the book easier to read is what attracted so many different types of readers. Even though he uses a strong emotional story he manages to keep the story fun to and easy to read. Hemmingway did something that most writers won't do, which is share his life, feelings and opinions through the book. Using Santiago to represent himself is a brilliant idea. He was able to share his life experiences, with the audience, but still have the book seem fictional, which attracted many different audiences. I believe he won the Pulitzer Prize, for this new technique of writing. This book shows just a little bit of the courage, challenges, love and friendship that he encountered while he was living in Cuba.
Hemmingway told of his life through the characters he invented for this novel. The hardships and challenges he faced may seem unreal for a-lot of people. In society today we have so much in life, that a lot of people take it for granted. Read this story to see what it is like to have nothing, but the love and care from one true friend to keep you going. He truly deserves five stars for this unique style of writing, and for his new invention of powerful narration.
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Summary: All time classic
Review: Stevie LaBare
March 11, 2002
Period. 4 All time classic
The Old Man and the sea is an all time classic. This
Novel has a powerful style that appeals to many. This book
is a straightforward story about an old man and his
struggles. I think this story moves slowly but demonstrates
how a good novel is written.
Hemingway's style is easy to read and understand. He
doesn't use words that overcomplicate the situation. For
example he could have used long words that make the story sound more professional. Instead he used the least amount
of words he could to get the point across and paint a vivid
picture in the readers mind. Not only was his word choice
great but he had a way to keep my attention throughout the
whole book. Through the whole thing I was always thinking oh my gosh what is going to happen next. Hemingway has language that is not cluttered and yet still exciting.
I am not the only one who thinks The Old Man and The Sea is a good book. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, for his outstanding writing skills. He is also known as the voice of the "lost generation." Ernest Hemingway has a way to catch your attention and hold it till the end. Not only does he capture your attention but he also sets this book as a role model. His struggle with the marlin shows people to "never give up." He shows bravery in all he does. It gives people hope that they can accomplish anything.
The Old Man and the Sea is a great book. It is a perfect example of literature. This all time classic will be remembered for ever, it gives an example of what a perfect novel is.
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Summary: A great example of American Literature
Review: The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is a beautifully written story about an old Fisherman's 3 day struggle with a giant Marlin. It is a great example of Ernest Hemmingway's great passion and talent of writing. After reading this book I am glad that I read it.
The Old Man and the Sea is a very good read. Ernest Hemmingway has a very unique writing style that appeals to me personally and to other fans of Hemmingway. His style makes his books interesting with descriptive and interesting words that keep your attention and make you think. He uses phrases like "strong full blooded fish," and Santiago refers to the fish as "his brother." His words and sentences make his characters and their conflicts seem more interesting even if the event itself is not. After reading this book you can see how much of his time and effort goes into each paragraph to make it perfect. In this book, the scenes with the sharks and the fish Hemmingway keeps your attention throughout the whole thing. His actions sequences are very eventful and exciting. Ernest Hemmingway's style is so unique that you cannot tell who would win the shark battle, and it makes the reader want to read farther. This great book for a specific audience and if a reader is in it, they will like this book.
The Old Man and The Sea is suited for a specific audience. Only a specific reader would enjoy reading this book. Hemmingway inserts hidden meanings and strong morals. I would recommend this book to somebody who likes who likes a fairly easy book to read but likes to be challenged with hidden meanings. Also this book has strong morals such as "never give up" like Santiago never did, even though it didn't exactly pay off. I would also recommend this book to someone to likes a good moral or just someone who has just read other Hemmingway's and enjoyed them. I personally enjoy hidden meanings, morals, descriptive words and just plain good writing, so I suggest that this book is a good one to pick up for anyone.
I strongly believe this was a good book and a great read. Ernest Hemmingway was clearly a great writer maybe that is why he won the Pulitzer Prize for this book. The Old man and the Sea was clearly a very good book and is worth reading.
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Summary: The Old Man and the Sea
Review: The Old Man and the Sea was a boring, but good book. It was boring because the book didn't go into a lot of detail on the action scenes and it was good because it turned out to be a peaceful ending. The author Ernest Hemmingway talked the struggles and unluckiness of Santiago.
The creativity of the struggles and unluckiness were blunt. For example Santiago was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream, and he had gone 84 straight days without taking a fish. (9) Santiago would be the only person out of the people who went fishing that day who didn't catch a fish. For instance So Santiago didn't have any fishing stories to trade with all the other fisherman and he couldn't trade in the fish to get money. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this. (16) Santiago was so poor that he did have anything to eat, unless the boy brought him food. Luckily Manoline brought him food everyday and he checked on him to make sure he was doing well. Santiago has found some way and some how to make it through his struggles and unluckiness.
I thought this book was boring and good at the same time. For instance the action parts didn't have enough detail and all they other fisherman did was explain boring fisherman stories. Like about them catching a trout or salmon. Poor Santiago couldn't relate to any of their stories because he hasn't caught a fish for a long period of time. The book was good because Hemmingway's writing style was superb. The action scenes weren't really detailed, but a lot of the other scenes were. For example the shark oil was tangy and it flowed warm down my throat on the cold morning. He didn't actually say that, but that's the kind of detail he provides. I think this book should be recommended to everyone who likes fishing stories and who ever think that luck turns out to be a good thing.
Santiago is an old man who hasn't caught a fish for 84 straight days. He is the unluckiest fisherman. Ernest Hemmingway's style of writing made the book good, through all the boring parts. The book it self was boring, but his writing style is great. What I think about the book The Old Man and the Sea.
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Summary: The Old Man and the Sea Book Review
Review: The Old Man and the Sea Book review The Old Man and the Sea, to me the mention of its name makes me want to fall asleep. In my own opinion The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway was a book that lacks suspense and voice from the author. For example "He settled comfortably against the wood and took his suffering as it came and the fish swam steadily and the boat moved slowly through the dark water (pg64). This piece of writhing doesn't keep my attention and I don't feel the need to keep reading to see what happens in the story.
The material is to general and the author's voice barely comes through in his writing. For instance "The myriad flecks of the plankton were annulled now by the high sun and it was only the great deep prisms in the blue water that the old man saw now with his lines going straight down into the water that was a mile deep" (pg40) sentences seem to go on forever and they still do not show a strong voice from the author. The reader can't tell who is writing because the author's style isn't shown in his work.
I believe that even though Hemingway was a great author of his time this particular piece of writhing is not up to his usual high standards that the average reader comes to expect. All in all I found the book to general and I think it needs more good details and voice from the author.
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Summary: Ernest Hemingway's Road to Dreamland
Review: The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemmingway is it a captivating and relentless story? Or is it an uneventful, praise-seeking, fishing tale? Santiago, the protagonist of the book, is an old, unlucky fisherman. After 84 days without catching a fish, he goes farther out to sea than ever before. He then catches a marlin as large as his skiff. Exciting, isn't it? Not particularly. The Old Man and the Sea is a boring and difficult book to get through.
The lack of events is capable of putting the reader to sleep. For example, the most exciting event was when Santiago caught the fish. This book is mostly a hundred pages of an insane man's dull thoughts. When something actually happens, the moment is short-lived. In addition to having only one "thrilling" event, the book has repetitive and mind numbingly pointless dialogue. Santiago often talks to himself, like when his hand cramped he said, "Come on hand. Please come on." (62) He also talks to the fish, trying to tell it what to do. "...I'll let him eat it well... Eat it well." (44) One or two events and boring dialogue leads the readers to dreamland.
This tiresome reading seems to be fishing for compliments. Hemingway tries to make the reader feel pity for the old man. For instance, Santiago puts himself through so much pain. It is his own stubborn attitude that causes his agony. In addition to putting himself through pain, he is very tired, weather-beaten and sore. He is old and cannot handle this "feat". He has been out to sea for a few long and uneventful days. Is the wear and tear worth the pity?
The Old Man and the Sea is a bad book to read due to being a dull-as-dirt book begging for compliments. It took a lot to keep reading and finish it. It is short and simple, but so incredibly uninteresting. My suggestion is to just keep reading Harry Potter.
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