The Old Man And The Sea: An Analysis
Beginning of paper
I read this book for the first time in high school and I remembered it just as
well as if I had read it yesterday. As I read it again I remembered some of the
same language, especially the old man talking to his hands. Cursing his left
hand when it cramped up on him like it was a separate part of ....
Middle of paper
.... and is
perfectly happy reading about baseball and dreaming about lions on the beach in
Africa.
The struggle between the marlin is a beautiful depiction of courage and
resilience, but I begin to wonder who is hooked into who. The old man and the
fish are one and their lives become connected through that line as they live
each moment according to the other's actions. Even the old man is not sure who
is better, him or the marlin, and he mentions several times they are not that
different. And whet ....
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