picture from http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/amlit/hemingway/sea.jpgI will not lie, I liked the way Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and the Sea", but many will find his writing to be drawn-out, redundant, and very, very slow. I found it to be a sort of writing that could allow me to take my time, enjoy a steaming cup of coffee, and waste an afternoon away, like Hemingway himself must have done. (Except it would be alcohol in place of coffeee.) I am not going to judge this work for the entire world, because Ernest Hemingway has already made a name for himself, and has written a novel that although is short, goes down bitter sweet.
If you do not know this work, the story follows an old man, and his struggle with an 18 foot Marlin off the coast of Cuba. THe old man is sent out alone because he is "bad luck". You see, he once was accompained by a young boy who thinks the world of the old man, and cherishes him still, even though he is no longer able to go fishing with him due to his farther. The boy still visits and helps the man, but must leave him as the old man goes and does what he was born to do, and that is fish.
Pretty much this book is one of those stories that is suppose to either teach a moral, or make you empathize with the main character's struggle to continue on with the quest to apprehend the giant beast. The book is short, a one-sitting read if you will, but it is odd, and I think many people will take its taste differently, so I say this book is not that good, but worth holding your nose when swallowing its contents. Hemingway may write good prose, but when the story is bland, it is wasted talent, so I would say that this is one you would have to read for yourself, because it is all the mindset and mood you are in with this one. I suggest having a nice coffee on a warm day out in your yard, or front porch. Or, in your house with bright ligts, and a nice cigar. Perhaps the scent from the cigar will cover up the bland taste of the novel.
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