Old Man And The Sea Book Review~~~The Stoy of a Boring Fisherman

                     The Story of a Boring Fisherman
                    The Old Man and the Sea ~ Ernest Hemingway. Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1952.
                                                                Genre : Fiction



             The Old Man and the Sea is a book about an Old Fisherman named Santiago. This Fisherman has been unlucky and often get's very hungry due to the lack of food and money he has. No one has faith or believes in him except a young boy. He knew this boy because he helped the old man in the past on his fishing journey's. This olf man's goal is to catch a large fish, but his dream encounters some issues. After three days at sea, the first fish he catches pulls the boat. Then he catches and eachs a dolphin to satisfy his hunger. The next day he has to fight off sharks to defend the Marlin he caught.When he goes to return to his home, and show off his fish, the fish (Marlin) is only bone.

             "This is one of the most boring books I've ever read. I had to read this back in high school. In that time I struggled with reading it because it was so boring it took me almost a month to finish it...." ~Bonnie Gage, Amazon.com reviewer

               I chose this quote because I storngly agree. I am in High School now and have to read this book. I found this book very boring because it talks about a topic I'm not really interested in. I don't like fishing or reading so that automatically gives this book a bad review form me. I also agreed with this quote becuase it did take me awhile to read it because it lagged and was boring.


           "He took hold of the line carefully so that it did not fit into any of the fresh line cuts and shifted his weight so that he could put his left hand into the sea on the other side of the skiff." page 84-85

         This quote shows imagery. Ernest Hemingway tried to show us what the old man felt through words. I better understood what was going on because I could some-what see what the man was seeing and feeling. I had a better idea of where he was and it made he think of the open ocean.

          Compared to the Vladimir Tod books ive read, The Old Man and the Sea is really boring. I prefer books of my liking and will to read on my own. I didn't choose to read The Old Man and the Sea so it made the book that much more boring. The author of the Vladimir Tod books, Heather Brewer, uses detail so that you feel and see what Vlad is seeing.

          I think this quote is right. You can destroy the feelings and hope of another person but they are the one who chooses if and when they will give up. It is their power to give up if they want. Anyone can destroy you but it's up to that person to continue fighting.


        I did not like this book because the topic was one that I could not relate to. I don't like fishing or the ocean so I was not engaged in this book. If the topic was something different I probably would've liked it.

   




 The Old Man and the Sea : 2 paws; Find Better Pray