Summary

The Struggle

Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Scribner Paperback Fiction,1952 Genre: Fiction

The story is about a cuban fisherman named Santiago. He has gone 84 days without catching a single fish. He was trying to catch a large fish to bring back to his village for a large sum of money because Santiago was also poor. he had tension on his pole and his boat started to be pulled. It had to be big. Santiagos boat was pulled for three days. Until he threw a spear and killed it. He had to pull it in quick before a group of sharks would show up. By the time he managed to pull the fish out of the water, it was just mostly bones. And the large fish was a marlin. He was so disappointed. He then returned to the village. And all of the other fishermen were actually proud of him.

“Aside from a few short stories, "The Old Man and the Sea" is the first Hemingway book that I have read. Of course, I am familiar with his persona, and the idea of the "Hemingway man," and was well aware as his stature as one of the greatest writers of modern times. But I had never read his books.”

Zack Davvison Amazon reviewer

I chose this because it is the first time a person has read something by Hemingway. So their opinion won’t be influenced based on his other work.