Impressions and Difficulties:
I'm halfway done with The Old Man and The Sea and I must say I feel like not much has happened so far. He's a very good writer but I find the story a little... lacking in action... I feel bad for the old man, he's out all alone and has no one to talk to so he either talks to himself or the fish... which I found slightly odd but I guess he's getting lonely... I also found it very interesting how he kept either pitying the fish or telling the fish that he loved him but then immediately after saying that he says "but I will kill you"... That struck me as a little contradicting and very weird. The book does have a lot of good descriptions and I especially like the one on pages 9 and 10. It is when Ernest Hemingway is describing the old man. It is a very good detailed description with really good writing.
Predictions:
I don't think the old man is going to kill this big fish he has hooked right now... I feel like the fish is going to outsmart the old man.. somehow....
I really hope that this book gets a bit more action and that he's not just out at sea for the remainder of the book trying to get the fish to jump...
We'll be discussing the book in class on Tuesday, and I look forward to hearing whether your opinions changed by the end of the book. It is slow, and much of the action is in his mind. But there are all sorts of struggles going on in it.
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