BOOK REVIEW

The Old Man and the Sea



The Old Man and the Sea

"If you were my boy I'd take you out and gamble," he said. "But you are your father's and your mother's and you are in a lucky boat." (1.28)

Introduction

To begin with highlighting the whereabouts of how far and wide can the people relate to a story, the Old Man and the Sea is one of the most important and highly appreciated piece of work. One of the most important things that this piece has delivered is that of reflection, that how can one encounter difficulties in the way of life and how do people work their way up to overcome all difficulties and problems that may occur (Ernest, 1952).

Title

The title of the book undertaken for a critical analysis is titled 'The Old Man and the Sea', written by Sir Ernest Hemingway.

Type of Book

The Old Man and the Sea implies narrating about hard work, perseverance and patience that an individual must adopt in the midst of facing all difficulties that an individual may face throughout his life.

Price

This book costs about $20.

Number of pages

The book has 100 pages inclusive of all details.

Back and Front cover

The book has been published in several additions with minor changes; however the most important source that you could come across is a blue back and front cover with the title 'The Old Man and the Sea', written in broad yellow, in upper case.

Illustrations

Some pictures that have been seen within the book are as follows:

This implies the old man going towards the Sea for his catch.

“It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon and the sail that was furled around the mast.”(1.1)

This implies the effort and struggle the old man suffered in the midst of surviving through the storm and while being coiled by a belt of sharks.

About the Author

Hemingway was an accomplished deep-sea fisherman and provides the reader with many details concerning the art of capturing marlins. (His big-game hunting and attending bullfights are obviously related activities.) It is not farfetched to equate Santiago's marlin with Hemingway's decades-long effort to write, to pull from the depths of his being, a vast book about the sea. Santiago's story was planned as a segment ...