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A Review Of The Old Man And The Sea - Term Papers

A Review Of The Old Man And The Sea

I decided to read this book for two reasons. My friends have read
this book in the past and said it wasn't too bad. Second, it is one heck
of a short book. I finished this book in 2 days. As the sample book
report says, this book is only 27,000 words long. The book lived up to
what my friends had said about it. The book was one of the best classic
stories I have read, it had a good story and good description. Hemingway
could paint the pictures in my mind. I have read other shot stories of his,
back in eighth grade, but they pale in comparison to this masterpiece of
writing.
The story was about and old man (really?) who is a fisherman. He
goes out every day to go fishing, but he ...

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out into the sea and attracts sharks. While
the old man is returning home from his expedition, he has to fight off the
sharks from eating his prize. But it doesn't take to long for the sharks
to take lots of big chunks out of the fish. He ends up killing all the
sharks and he gets home safely, and exhausted.
Ernest Hemingway is an author of the past. Compared to a more
modern author, like say, John Grisham, he has different and unique
qualities. Hemingway likes to use lots of descriptive phrases, while
leaving little room for actual character discussion. Grisham, on the other
hand, makes sure that there is a lot of character dialog throughout his
stories. Hemingway doesn't really have a set climax of his story, while
Grisham has a definite peak to his books. This just goes to show you how
book writing styles differ through the years.
I didn't find any flaws or things in the book that I had a problem
believing or comprehending. You just have to read a book and take it ...

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Added: 2/21/2005 04:24:54 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 464
Pages: 2

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