In The Old Man And The Sea, Hemingway is making the point that being determined and never giving up indicates what kind of human being one is. The purpose of it is to inspire peoples to be determined and never give up, especially to never give up trying to draw Doug.
Read it when I was a kid. It was serialized in the “Saturday Evening Post.” I didn’t care for it. I got the impression that Hemingway was not the kind of grownup I wanted to meet. My opinion hasn’t changed.
JudasPeckerwood over 1 year ago
Yoink!
dadoctah over 1 year ago
I ’m hearing that last panel in the voice of Joe Besser. What the heck is wrong with me?
danketaz Premium Member over 1 year ago
In the end, the old man has to forget about swordfish steaks and settle for gazpacho.
Dr. Quatermass over 1 year ago
“He who shoots with his swordfish has forgotten the face of his gazpacho.”
Roland Deschain
Gent over 1 year ago
In The Old Man And The Sea, Hemingway is making the point that being determined and never giving up indicates what kind of human being one is. The purpose of it is to inspire peoples to be determined and never give up, especially to never give up trying to draw Doug.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
Read it when I was a kid. It was serialized in the “Saturday Evening Post.” I didn’t care for it. I got the impression that Hemingway was not the kind of grownup I wanted to meet. My opinion hasn’t changed.
GaryCooper over 1 year ago
Yes, that’s a fair summary of the book.