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The Old Man and The Sea

The Old Man and The Sea

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Most heartfelt but not his best
Review: "The Old Man and The Sea" is not in my mind Hemingway's best work but it is the one story that I feel he felt the most for while writing. Hemingway lived life on his terms and he paid in many ways for that lifestyle. The old fisherman to me represents Hemingway's lifelong struggle to write clearly and simply. The story has a lot of heart in its depiction of an old man's struggle to never give up.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Perhaps the best book ever written at this length....
Review: This book is definitely one of my favorites. Up there with 'Of Mice and Men'. Nothing better than to have such a complete story at a length that you can read in a day. Perhaps my most remembered aspect of this book comes not from its text, but from a quote Hemingway wrote when addressing a critic who praised all the symbolism in the story: "There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is sh*t. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know." Is there symbolism in this book? According to Hemingway, no. But one can't help but see it when one reads it. And perhaps Hemingway had different intentions when he scolded the critic. Either way, this is a great work of art. The reader can decide for themselves if Hemingway indeed did have an hidden agenda.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Strikingly symbolic
Review: At one level, this book seems like an overly simplistic fish story, but it has a deeper level that shows man in his struggles. I really enjoyed it. You can probably read this book in 2 hours, so give it a shot

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Man and his struggle in the food chain of life.
Review: Hemingway's "The Old Man and The Sea" although, not one of the finest books I have ever read, it is an exceptional and gritty discription of one mans (a Cuban fisherman) struggle with nature and himself. The battle rages in a hostile environment against a fish (marlin) doing only what it does best, survive. Not suprisingly, and unlucky for the fish, man finally reigns supreme, only to be bested by another fish, a shark which eats the marlin. With only the skelton remaining, the Cuban fisherman returns home to brag of his win. Man has survived for centuries because of his ability to struggle against unsurmountable odds and win. The same is still true today, regardless of the battle ground. The stock market, football, space travel, or taking the kids to the grocery, the goal is the same, to survive. When reading, see it as a reflection of your life and maybe you might have a better perspective on your place in the food chain.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a great book
Review: this book is a wonderfully written book which catches the reader's minds and does not let go until the end. another great book by hemingway which should not be avoided. filled with symbolizism the old man is representing Jesus Christ. Not only is it filled with symbolizism but it also has a good plot. After strugguling with the largest marlin the old man has ever seen he catches it. This is a long and willful battle that occurs between two worthy foes. When the old man seems as though he has lost all his strength he finds a way to continue. this book is a must read and should not be missed

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The greates novel written in the 20th century
Review: The incredible symbolism and the power of Hemingways descriptive style gives this book a powerful read. This is the finest piece of literature I have read in a long time. I recomend this book to experienced readers only. The indepth style and symbolism may confuse some people into believing that it is for children

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: I had to read it.
Review: "The Old Man and the Sea" is a book that I feel I will remember for all of my life. I had to read it for a class, so I'm not thinking very highly of it now. Santigo is a wonderful old man and Manolin, the boy, is a great character also. This book was one of the most dissapointing books that I have read in my classes, and I feel bad becase of it. I didn't want to tell you how horrid it was, but it is a waste of time, and Hemingway didn't do himself justice with this peice of literature

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very amazing account of an old man's struggle against nature
Review: I have read almost every one of Ernest Hemingway's novels, and The Old Man and The Sea I feel was his best. A GREAT BOOK THAT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hemingway's tale of life.
Review: In The Old Man and The Sea, Hemingway succeeded in giving a simple depiction of our communal struggle that is called life. We may fail or succeed in tasks that we attempt, but it is the trying that makes the individual who he/she is. The marvel of a book that is less than 200 pages and that has only two real characters (three if you count the fish) is not lost on any generation of reader that picks this book up. The language is simple, as was always Hemingway's style, and yet so artful that the reader feels it is him/her in the novel and not some stranger. Only Hemingway could have gotten all this into the scant number of pages we see here. Anyone that is fooled into believing that the simple words make for a simple work are just too ignorant to see what is really there. This is a must read for any pleasure reader

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: I actually didn't like it
Review: I did not think that the Old Man and the Sea was any good. I thought the text was too babyish and it seemed as though everything was just thrown together. DON"T READ IT!! IT IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME!!!


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