The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Review
The book is more about explaining an incident and its background. I wish I could someday get to explain things in such details. As said by the author this is a simple book.
"There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is crap. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know."
-Ernest Hemingway
Quotes From The Book
"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
"Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?"
"You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?"
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