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The Old Man And The Sea - Online Term Paper

The Old Man And The Sea

This book takes place in the past and is about an old man that loves fishing in the Gulf Stream. The old man was a thin with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck and had scars on his hands from handling the fishing rope. He taught this young boy how to fish and the boy loved him. He even brought him fishing many times. But the past 84 days the old man had not caught one fish. After 40 days of not catching anything the boy left and fished on another boat. The boy still loved him and brought him food and fresh bait to fish. The old man and the boy always talked about baseball because they both enjoyed it.
One day, the old man was out on the water fishing. The weather was beautiful, ...

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a fish of enormous size. He could not pull it up because it was so strong. He had to hold onto it until the fish was tired and decided to come up. Then when it would come up, he would take his harpoon and stab it in the heart so it would die. This fish was taking all the strength out of him and it was pulling his skiff farther and farther out. Now he wished that the boy was here with him to help
him pull it up. It was 3 days later until he finally got the fish to jump out of the water. When it did he saw that it was the biggest marlin he ever saw. To regain strength and pull the fish in, he had to eat the bonita that he caught. He ate all of it and it helped his hand that was cut from the rope. The fish was now gettin tired and almost by the boat. It started circling the boat and when it was close enough, he stabbed it in the heart and killed it. He was so amazed of the size of it and he could not take his eyes off it. He tied it to the skiff and put his sails up. He ...

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Added: 5/13/2008 12:38:07 AM
Category: Book Reports
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