"Old Man and the Sea" book report
I decided to read this book for two reasons. My friends have read this book in the past and said it wasn't too bad. Second, it is one heck of a short book. I finished this book in 2 days. As the sample book report says, this book is only 27,000 words long. The book lived up to what my friends had said about it. The book was one of the best classic stories I have read, it had a good story and good description. Hemingway could paint the pictures in my mind. I have read other shot stories of his, back in eighth grade, but they pale in comparison to this masterpiece of writing.
The story was about and old man (really?) who is a fisherman. He goes out every day to go fishing, but he has no luck for about 80 days. But one day, he goes out alone and hooks a humongeous whale size marlin. He can't bring it in because it is too big. He has to wait until it gets tired so he can harpoon it. He goes 2 days fighting the fish, without food or rest. until he finally gets his chance. But when he thinks it is all over, there is still more trouble ahead. The fish is too big to be placed in his small boat, so he has to strap it to the side. Meanwhile, the blood from the harpoon shot leaks out into the sea and attracts sharks. While the old man is returning home from his expedition, he has to fight off the sharks from eating his prize. But it doesn't take to long for the sharks to take lots of big chunks out of the fish. He ends up killing all the sharks and he gets home safely,
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Too simplified?
:) It's a bit unfair, but I have recently read Hemingway's novels, and I must say, for an 11th grade essay, this is too simple an analysis. All that was here was a simple analysis, and some parts were inaccurate at that. By simply saying that it is one of your favorite books, you certainly didn't do much to prove it. It was 84 days without a fish. Santiago was the name of the fisherman. He is a Hemingway Hero (a big part of Hemingway's novels), and in the end, he is defeated. He doesn't kill all the sharks, many, but the sharks ended up taking all of the marlin, leaving nothing but the skeleton. Santiago returns in a sense, broken, and a more detailed analysis of this novel would make for a better report. Despite the seemingly short size of the novel, Hemingway puts a lot of information, symbolism, and description into the novel, making it one of his finest works. (65~70) Keep trying!
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