The Old Man and the Sea
By: Ernest Hemmingway
Scribner Paperback Fiction
1952
Fiction
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Santiago is a Cuban fisherman that is the main character in this story. He goes out into the ocean for 84 days without catching a single fish. he has a young apprentice named Maolin. His parents had forbidden him to go fishing with the unlucky fisherman. he goes with him anyways. The book takes place mostly in the waters in the gulf of mexico, but it also takes place in a small village in Cuba. the theme is to never give up on your goals.
“He always thought of the sea as 'la mar' which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as 'el mar' which is masculine.They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy. But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.”
i chose this quote for know reason. it was a quote about the book so i chose it. i do agree with this quote. i don’t know why i agree with it, i just do. it uses some french words. i thought it was cool.
“So he hooked a patch of yellow Gulf weed with the graff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff(pg 98).”
This sentence from the book contains imagery. i could just see the shrimp falling out from the weed as he shook it.
This book is nothing like my favorite book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. i don't really like this book it was really boring. while in my favorite book its really exciting and not boring at all. it had more action, i like books with action. books without action are really boring. even though this book had some action, most of it was really boring so it just ruined the whole thing for me.
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated(pg 38).”
what i think this quote means, is that a man can be “destroyed” as in death or something but he will always rise up again and destroy you.
All this guy does is fish, which is ok. i really like fishing. i think its fun and all. especially when that fish gets caught on your hook. that is an amazing feeling. than it fights for its life while you try and catch him. he swims away but instead of going away he comes closer. he is no match for man.
I give the old man and the sea 1 paw- don't leave the den
