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Summary: An Inspiring Tale...
Review: I really enjoyed this book! I found the story of Santiago and his quest for final glory enduring and inspiring. Hemingways amazing use of simple language to paint the most vivid and colourful pictures shows why he is considered an all time great. No word is wasted in any of his sentences, with even the word "the" playing a profound role in his ability to make you feel the characters emotion and experiences.Santiago is an old, fading fisherman living in a coastal Cuban fishing town. He is quite poor (in material possesion), but has a richness of character that is recognised by only him and his friend; a young boy. Santiago is down on his luck as he heads out by himslef to break his losing streak. He manages to latch on to an enormous Marlin, far stronger than him, but his experienced fishing skills and his will to survive push him to pursue the fish for many days and many miles out to sea. His struggle and pain are brought to you in a clear, precise way, while his obvious respect for the beauty of the fish is expounded during glimpses of its majestic fight. Hemingway seems to like fishing, as the theme comes into many of his novels. He describes the intricacies in understood detail, creating greater depth to Santiagos struggle. In the end Santiago wins his pursuit of the giant, beautiful fish and starts his journey home. It is here that we begin to feel the most compassion for Santiago as his fight continues; fending off scavenging sharks taking hits from his trophy piece. By the time he hits home (early in the morning) he is exhausted and all that remains is the skeleton of a legend. As I have mentioned, I found this book an inspiring tale of not giving up and pursuing ones glory. I have since reread this book beneath the canopy of palm leaves by the pristine Indian ocean of Western Australia. The white sands and surrounding scenary the perfect place to rediscover Santiagos glory. If you are not into Hemingway, I suggest this as your first. If, like me, you love Hemingway, then it would be obvious to suggest that you read this meaningful tale. Enjoy!
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Summary: A simple tour de force!
Review: This is Hemingway at his best! The story is brief and simple, yet very powerful. The old man, the ocean, the fish, they all came alive under Hemingway's magical pen. Bravo!
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Summary: wonderful book
Review: The old man and the sea is a very good book. All of the great detail and discriptive words, although sometimes it does seem to get boring. Well hey, that is probably because I am still young and like to keep things simple. My dad had read the book when he was young to and felt the exact same way I did, but when he read the book as an adult he liked to read and remember every single word.Now I think I would like to share some of my thoughts with you. I really liked the book the way it was excithing after the long intro duction, and the way he told with lots of detail so I was able to understand a whole lot easier. I also did feel sorry for Santiogo when he lost the fish after all of the hard work.the way the boy had to leave before he cought the fish. Well any ways it was a really good book.
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Summary: "A Lifes Lesson"
Review: Hemmingway expresses all the feeling and detail of an old fishermans life perfectly. The fisherman is poor but carries on a happy life. And even when the fish almost took his life, he gathered up his courager and strength and succesfully caught thew greastest marlin the town had ever seen! Sadly, his great fish was devoured and destroyed by vicious sharks. In this true classic, I found two life lessons, never give up on your dreams and enjoy victory while it lasts. i enjoyed this book thoroughly and recommend "The Old Man And The Sea" to everyone!
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Summary: fabulous
Review: The Old Man And The Sea is a fabulous book. I greatly enjoyed reading it. I liked how the book kept a lot of things mysterious, and then told a little later or didn't tell at all. I also liked how unique this book is. I think this is a magnificent book and I would suggest it to anyone. In most books the human wins over nature, not in this book. The old man is defeated by the sharks. I would be heart broken if I lost a fish that big! Most books also have a happy,cheerful ending, I guess this book is just "different", yet different is sometimes better. The mood of this book goes up and down a lot. The book starts out sad, because the old man has not caught anything in a long time.If you read this book, don,t stop there. It gets a lot better. Do not decide the mood of the book until you are finished with it, and do not judge it until you're finished.
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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: ...The book The Old Man and the Sea is one of the best books I've read. The reason is it is an adventure and I LOVE adventures. The adventure part is cool. It is about an old man and his fishing trip. He was out on the ocean for at least 84 days. On the 84th day he caught a marlin. This book is also very descriptive which is sometimes hard to understand. This author likes to make people understand that the person that suffered was very strong.
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Summary: A Boring Yet Descriptive Novella
Review: I thought Ernest Hemingway's book The Old Man And The Sea was boring. I think that because he's too descriptive. I mean practically the whole book he describes Santiago's dream of where the yellow, sleek, and mysterious lions walking on the starlit beach after midnight. He also describes gets these huge, aching cramps because of sitting and holding a line on a tan boat put in the middle of the blue and smooth Gulf of Mexico.
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Summary: An Excellent Novella
Review: This book is about an old man that is out on the sea for 84 days. On the 85 day he cought a huge marlin.Anyway I don't want to give away the book. The book is very detailed and descriptive.I think you should read the book.
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Summary: Old Man and the Sea a great novel by Ernest Hemingway
Review: Hemingway's novel is so unique in many different ways here is a reason why.Because he could explain his reason with only 127 pages and it normally takes authors 1,000 pages to explain their reason. I loved his desciptive writing with in every word. This classic is quite exquisite I'm sure people who read it loved it. I couldn't take my hands off it. I hope other who read this book like it much as I did!
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Summary: Review about how great the book is.
Review: One of Ernest Hemingway's best novels is The Old Man and the Sea. The book was great! Although sometimes it got kind of confusing because he jumped from one subject to the other. One part that was kind of exciting and confusing was the part when Santiago finally cought the fish and started working on him. One part I thought was scary for the boy was when Santiago fell asleep. Since the boy was crying because of the Santiago's hands, I thought he was crying too because he thought that Santiago was dead since he wouldn't wake up. Well enjoy the rest of the book!
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