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Summary: A Hard To Grasp Book, but Worth The Read.
Review: At first, I thought this was the most boring book I had ever read. I knew there had to be some more to it because no one writes a book about a big fish and then it is destroyed. After have a long discussion with a friend, I relized Hemingway used the bible as his background. I couldn't exactly tell you how, but it ties in with God. If you read, you see that the old man's hands get hurt & bleed, just as if they were nailed to a cross. I think the old man represented Christ. I'm not really sure what exactly the fish was, but as you notice the sharks keep eating the fish away. It now makes much more sense. I am sure when I return to school, my teacher will give a full explination. I would recommed you think the book over before you give such harsh judgement. He didn't win the Nobel Prize for an awful book!
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Summary: A fisherman tries to catch a very big fish.
Review: I think this book is not for young people to read. It will become a borring book for them. Hemingway is a very good writer. In this book he makes the story too long.
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Summary: The Old Man and the Sea; Hope, Pride, Victory, and Defeat
Review: I'm a 17-year-old student who suprisingly has a large library for his age, but of the many books I own, this one has a special place in my heart.It's an epic story of a old, tough, weathered, cuban fisherman as he battles his body and nature to catch an elusive marlin bigger than his boat. Upon getting the fish to take the bait, he engages in a three day struggle, in which not only nature, but his old body work against him. Then as the fish wears down, he is reeled in and killed,leaving Santiago the winner. But despite his victory, the great fish is devoured by sharks, as if the sea was spiting him for taking one of her great creatures.
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Summary: Boring
Review: I being a 14 year old girl found this book very boring because it is about a fisherman catching a big fish. It also had no chapters so it just kept going on and on.
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Summary: Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Review: Hello, I am a fourteen year old student. Usually I only read when told to by a teacher. During my summer school I was introduced to the passion of reading. I have read five and a half novels in the past two weeks. I am now on The Great Gatsby. Hemmingway's portrail of finally getting what you have been waiting for your whole life and then loosing it is so wonderful. He uses great personifacation with the fish. This great marlin pulled his boat for over a day and then the old man finally was able to gain on him, after all that waiting it was just incredible.
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Summary: An excellent book- truly a classic, must have
Review: I really loved this book. I don't read much, but I heard it was goodand. When I heard it was about fishing I just had to read it. And to my surprise it was really good.
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Summary: Hemingways pullitzer prize winning novel.
Review: One of Hemingways best novels about human triumph. An old man who has not caught a fish for weeks struggles , fights , and relates to a fish who in the end is eaten by sharks. This is one of Hemingways best works about human nature and human beings determination to overcome the obstacles of nature.
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Summary: Hemingway echoes the EPISTLE OF JAMES in Santiago's story.
Review: 10 July, 1999 A.D./2542 B.E. Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, Hemingway's greatest work, leads to a reading of THE EPISTLE OF JAMES and to the entire BIBLE. Santiago means St. James in Spanish. Remember, Hemingway had first heard the story of a fisherman's struggle for four days at sea from his good friend Carlos Guiterrez in Cuba in 1934. Hemingway waited sixteen years to write THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA in Dec., 1950-early Feb., 1951. In the years between his first knowledge of the story and his own lyrical rendering of it, Hemingway took Mass in Spanish in Cuba on far more than one occasion. Examine, for instance, the fact that all the characters in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA are named after Catholic saints or Apostles. "La Carta de Santiago" is from the Spanish New Testament; its English translation is "The Epistle of James." Like THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, "The Epistle of James" focuses on themes of patience in the face of adversity, of enduring life's struggles for the sake of a greater good, and of gaining inner peace. Manolin, the Cuban boy's nickname, is the Spanish nickname for Manuel, a name derived from the prophecy of the Christ child Emmanuel in "The Book of Isaiah" in THE OLD TESTAMENT. Perico is the Spanish nickname for Pedro, which means Peter in English. Peter, of course, is another of Christ's apostles. Intrigues me that Santiago is the name of two vital figures in Christianity, Santiago del Zebedeo/St. James of Zebedee (whom Christ first met as a fisherman) and Christ's brother, Santiago/St. James the Martyr, who was stoned to death in Jerusalem. Martin, the owner of The Terrace bar who is generous to the impoverished Santiago, is also the name of two famous Catholic saints who were extraordiarily helpful to the poor, St. Martin of Tours of France and St. Martin de Poores. St. Martin of Poores is regarded as the patron saint of Afro-Cubans due to his incredibly generosity and sacrifice for African slaves in South America in the 1600s. And from the time he returned from Spain in 1939 to the time he wrote THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA at the Finca Vigia, Hemingway attended Spanish Mass in Cuba. Readings from "La Carta de Santiago"/"The Epistle of James" figure prominently in the Catholic Liturgical Calendar Year B, Ordinary Time(normally, in the September of every B cycle year). Santiago makes his journey for his marlin in September, "the month when the big fish come." September is hurricane season in Cuba, by the way, meaning Santiago knows he is risking his life. No, it's not too bad that this is Hemingway's shortest novel. In many ways, it is his richest and deepest work, and moreover, truest to his aesthetic. Five stars are not enough! Rock hard and ride free, Cool Papa H.! Hemingway evidences an incredible understanding of Cuban culture in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA as he tells a story of one man's struggle to carry his dream at high sea in the face of death. Ultimately, his journey is spiritual at its core: Santiago's ability to accept the butchering of the marlin by the sharks, and his resolution at the end to continue going out to sea, teach us volumes on how to carry our own dreams in the seas we sail in our time. Santiago's story is timeless as love and endures with all the grace of every wave hitting all the shores of all the beaches of all the world. Reviewer: Mike Tucker
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Summary: Simple writing at it's finest
Review: This is the crown of english literature. A story set in a vast environment with little dialog. This book is almost completely made-up of the thoughts of a simple and wise old man, and the struggle that he faced alone.
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Summary: A decent story: compelling, yet not quite what I expected
Review: Well...here I am, 14 years old, and I had to read this book for English. When I picked up this book, and found it to be written by Hemingway, I expected it be a superlative masterpiece of fiction, as is usually the wont of a renown author. However, this book disappointed me to some extent. The story itself was quite good, beautifully portraying one of life's great struggles in the form of an old fisherman's struggle with a marlin. But, the style in which the book was written was what really disappointed. I expected a fantastic, descriptive style, yet found a simplistic, and almost annoyingly abrupt one. The story was great, as well as the meaning, but the means by which it was conveyed was not altogether pleasing to me...
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