Old MAn and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1952. Genre: Fiction
This story is about a old fisherman that no one believes could catch a marlin, the fisherman is very poor and lives in a shack. One young boy that use to fish with him takes care of him. The fisherman went out on the ocean to catch fish as usual but this time he has caught a big marlin that dragged him farther out to sea. The old man fought this fish for three days. In that three days he had to kill a dolphin to eat it. When he finally caught the fish he strung the fish up on the side of the boat. The old man had to defend the fish from the sharks, the sharks were trying to eat the fish but the old man managed to kill some of the sharks. when he returned to port the marlin was nothing but bone, but the people started to believe in him again.
This review is from: The Old Man and The Sea (Paperback)
“Wow. I mean, really. Wow. With "The Old Man and the Sea," it is so easy to see why Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize, and why he deserves all of his accolades. This short novel is fierce, full of vibrant energy and humanity, all the while being a slave to the realities of finite power, of the inability to struggle against something greater than yourself.” By: Zack Davisson
I picked this review because it seemed like this reader totally understood the life of the story and really appreciated the book. I really could
I liked the review you chose.The person understood how Ernest Hemingway earned the Nobel prize for this book. Although I didn't understand what you where trying to say at the end. And he I don't think he knew he was going to catch a marlin in the beginning. Other than that it was a good summary.
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