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Title: OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0-684-80122-1 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 05 May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (550 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Old Man and the Sea
Comment: Molly Jones
English, Delgado
March 11,2002
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old man and the Sea was a very adventurous and exciting novel. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and also the Noble Prize in literature in 1954. I'd say that this is Ernest Hemingway's greatest novel yet. There are also many amazing features that await hungry readers. Hemingway's style for The Old Man and the Sea has very desirable qualities.
His writing style and choice of words are remarkably incredible. For example, "He had come from the deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea" (100). I have never read something so edging in my life. His choice of words and sentence style is so amazingly unspeakable. For instance, "The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorous floating off and drifted slowly astern" (79).
This describes exactly what is happening and he uses specific words to explain it more. Some authors say the same words redundantly which leaves the reader bored and miserable, but not Hemingway. Hemingway's style in unforgettable and exciting with loads of detail and well fitted word choices.
With some of the characters they are either alike or different (which makes it rather intriguing). For example, "The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck" (9). His description for the characters is breathless. He makes sure that everyone knows exactly what they look like and how they act. For instance, "It racked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and purple stripes that banded him" (90). This describes what he saw as the fish swam below the surface of the water. It gives an incredible amount of detail with his own touches of vision. No one has ever described characters like Ernest Hemingway, it's like he knows everything about them, like he already knew them in life.
Ernest Hemingway is very talented in writing action packed novels. His word choices are extremely well thought out which makes it very interesting. I know that I have enjoyed reading The Old Man and the Sea and hope to read more of his novels before my life reaches an end.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic Sea Tale
Comment: "The Old Man And The Sea" is a classic tale of man versus nature. Set in Cuba during the age of "The Great DiMaggio", the Old Man's quest after the fish is reminiscent of Captain Ahab's pursuit of the whale. The epic struggle between the great fish, the sea and the Old Man inspires our imagination. Hemingway entertains the reader with vivid descriptions and streams of consciousness which pain mental pictures of the Old Man's world. The reader is placed right in the skiff where he can see the Old Man struggle with the lines, smell the sea, hear the waves, feel the swells and share his respect for the foe.
Throughout this book we savor the images, enjoy the action and admire the courage. This is truly a classic masterpiece by a word magician.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Old Man and the Sea
Comment: I gave this book, The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemmingway, four stars because I thought it was a pretty good book for us to read in school. At first I thought it might have been boring because it is all about one man and 3 days of his life trying to catch a fish, but it was very intense and exciting mostly the whole book. Hemmingway did an excellent job making a fishing trip exciting. His writing was extremely detailed throughout the whole book which made it very easy to read. He shows this when he is describing the old man in the beginning of the book and says "The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea where on his cheeks" (9-10).
Not only was the description very detailed, the characters were developed very well. I really liked how there was only two main characters in this book because that is all he needed to get the message across to his readers. He shows how developed the characters are when the boy, Manolin, say to Santiago "You must get well fast for there is much that I can learn and you can teach me everything" (126). This shows what the boy's relationship with the old man is like; they are close and really respect each other. He also showed the character development of Santiago when he says "I can do it as long as he can...", the he he is talking about is the marlin shark that he is trying to reel in (53). He is showing how devoted he really is to what he does for a living and how he feels about life in general.
Originally I thought that the plot was going to be kind-of boring because it was just about one fishing trip over three days but it ended up being very exciting. I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wanted to read a well written, exciting, short book.
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Title: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0684803356 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0684800713 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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