Review: The Old Man and the Sea
- Kevin Park
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min read
The Old Man and the Sea is a book published in 1952, written by the famous American author, Ernest Hemingway.
SUMMARY:
In the beginning of novel, Santiago, “who fished alone in a skiff in the Gu
lf Stream,” (Hemingway 9) has not caught a single fish for eighty-four days. Until this day, the boy, Manolin, helped and followed him to the ocean. However, because of his “salao,” which is the worst form of “unlucky,” Manolin’s parents pulled him off from following Santiago. Since the boy is not allowed to follow him, Santiago sails out to the ocean alone in the morning after their last dinner together. Out in the ocean, Santiago mainly struggles with a big fish, marlin. The conflict between the big fish and the old man seems to go on for several days. Along these days, all he has are his hands and fishing line to hold on to the marlin. Santiago keeps himself awake for nights and days, and he gets cramps on his fingers. In order to get rid of the cramps on his fingers, he cuts himself with the harpoon. However, he catches up the fish in the end. Nevertheless, fighting marlin was not only the conflict that Santiago got into. On the way back home, several sharks were waiting for him and the marlin. He tries to prevent sharks from eating the big fish even by stabbing, but he fails to protect his marlin. In the end, he gets back home, but all he has left is the big fish without meat, but only bones.
OPINIONS ON THE STORY:
There are some reasons why I chose this book, and why I think this book is a good book to read. While I was reading this book, I could imagine the scences in the story clearly in my head because this book made me focus and get into the story and its scenes, which made me feel very sad and touched.
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