Old Man and the Sea book review

Jailene Rodriguez

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April 24, 2013

The Old Man who lived lived with fish

The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Scriber Paperback Fiction, 1952. Genre: Fiction  

          The old man and The Sea was about an old man who was a fisherman. in the story the old man has't caught a fish in 84 days and is eating little. There is also a boy who is friends with him, he taught the boy to fish and he brings him food. The old man's name is Santiago and the boy's is Manolin. One day the old man goes out fishing and catches a huge fish a Marlin. Over a period of about three days he finds strugles witha battle of his will and his strength. While this happens the man starts to see the fish as a brother, but never wavers to his resolution to kill the fish, which the old man does. The Old man just straps the fish to the side of his boat. Then he heads home he is attacked by sharks, that start to eat the marlin. The old man tries to fight them off with weapons, like knifes. When he gets to shore there is only a skeleton left of the marlon. After the story ends with the old man going back to sleep and dreaming of lions as he did when he was younger.  

          " The story was full of courage in face of Danger, Ernest Hemingway brilliant story" By Orville Prescott, book of themes reviewer.

            I chose this quote because I thought it used the right words and I agree with the quote because I thought the old man had a lot of couage even though he was in danger. Like when he was being attacked by the sharks he was courage when he tried to defend himself with weapons and he was in danger because the sharks were attacking him.

           The old man and the sea is like Cast Away. They are similar because they are both trying to survive in the wild near the ocean and the become kind of crazy while they are out there. They are also a like because they both get to come back back home. They are also very different. Cast away is about a man deserted on an island and trying to come back home. At the end a whale helps him and theses boxes that he found. They are also different because The Old man and the Sea is about a fepisherman and Cast Away is not about a fisherman.

            "A man can be destroyed but not defeated". I think this means that a man will always go on and will never let himself be defeated and that the only way they could be defeated is by being destroyed. when he said destroyed I think it means like they died or someone or something killed them because if the man is not destroyed they will keep on and never stop. I think a man could never be defeated it just depends on the man and if they have the will to go on no matter what. I agree with this quote because all the man i know are like that they are all subborn. Like my dad. My dad has a strong heart and always makes it seem like he's ok even if we know he's not. I don't think my dad could ever be defeated he is so strong and open hearted.  

           I didn't feel a relationship with the book, the author, or theme. I did enjoy it. It was like movie being played in my head. I thought the story was funny, entertaining, and fun. my favorite part was when he thought the fish was like his brother. I also thought it was sad that when he killed it and all the sharks eat the fish. At least the old man made it home.  

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