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I. Adam Ismail [2201409015]

Title : The Old Man And The Sea
Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Charles Scribner's Sons Publication
Year published : 1999
Number of pages : 127 pages
Date begun : June 1th 2010
Date finished : June 8th 2010
Type of book : Fiction
Level of difficulty for me : OK


What I like most about this book :

My favorite has always been The Old Man and the Sea with its minimal characters, uncomplicated plot and good dialogues.
The story begins with an old fisherman, Santiago, struggling with his bad luck: He had not caught any fish in the last 84 days and was left by his best friend alone.
Hemmingway describes the Old Man’s boredom (while fighting to get a great catch) with conversation he made with himself, the bird, the flying fishes, the stars and the waves using splendid prose.
The author demonstrates strength and spirit through Santiago, who survived just by eating raw fish and drinking sips water he had carried onboard.
Hemmingway makes his readers wait until page 46 before they could get just a glimpse of the great catch (which turns out to be an 18 feet fish at the end of the story).
The author also shows that luck does not last forever when Santiago ended up bringing back only a partial body of the great catch: it had been eaten by a group of sharks on its way to the shore.
The story ends when Santiago who had just reached the shore and filled with fatigue, learned that the boy that had left him had decided to fish with him again (despite his family’s wishes).

Like every good book, the story does not really end. I will not be getting bored to read it over and over again. It is definitely a good read.

What I like least about this book :

I like almost every part of the story, but if I could wish to be the boy in this story, I would not leave Santiago all alone.