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Title: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: Rhomboids on October 06, 2011, 03:51:26 PM

I like Hemingway so i was looking forward to this short story.  I enjoyed it a lot but i'm not sure i see why this is considered to be his best work.  Being completely objective, i can say that maybe it's simply not to my liking.  I enjoyed A Clean, Well Lighted Place much more than this. 

I really like the relationship between the old mand and the boy, but can anyone read this and not come away with the same feeling?  I was expecting to come away from this story with some great personal insight, but it wasn't case - at least not yet.

Any of you Getbiggers read this?  What's your opinion?

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on October 06, 2011, 03:56:28 PM

Quote from: Rhomboids on October 06, 2011, 03:51:26 PM

I like Hemingway so i was looking forward to this short story.  I enjoyed it a lot but i'm not sure i see why this is considered to be his best work.  Being completely objective, i can say that maybe it's simply not to my liking.  I enjoyed A Clean, Well Lighted Place much more than this. 

I really like the relationship between the old mand and the boy, but can anyone read this and not come away with the same feeling?  I was expecting to come away from this story with some great personal insight, but it wasn't case - at least not yet.

Any of you Getbiggers read this?  What's your opinion?

Congrats!  Next year when you start high school you might like reading Chaucer

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: oldtimer1 on October 06, 2011, 04:02:39 PM

I thought Hemingway had great calves but he wasn't ripped. Why did you start a thread on the Old Man and the Sea on a bodybuilding site?

 Seriously I really enjoyed this book and I think the way he wrote was like someone painting a beautiful picture. Not everyone will like it but I did.

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: Papper on October 06, 2011, 04:04:17 PM

i read arnolds encyclopedia once.
































































well i looked the pictures anyway!

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 06, 2011, 04:05:39 PM

Quote from: mon_of_steele on October 06, 2011, 03:56:28 PM

Congrats!  Next year when you start high school you might like reading Chaucer

lmao  ;D

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: ChopperRider on October 06, 2011, 04:11:33 PM

I thought I was reading a novel called "The Old Man and the Semen", then I realized it was just a Vince Basile post.  ;D

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: Tapeworm on October 06, 2011, 04:15:09 PM

I liked the Hollywood adaptation where the girl won't marry Will Ferrell until he gets the fish out of the house and hilarity ensues.

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: the trainer on October 06, 2011, 04:18:17 PM

Quote from: Rhomboids on October 06, 2011, 03:51:26 PM

I like Hemingway so i was looking forward to this short story.  I enjoyed it a lot but i'm not sure i see why this is considered to be his best work.  Being completely objective, i can say that maybe it's simply not to my liking.  I enjoyed A Clean, Well Lighted Place much more than this.  

I really like the relationship between the old mand and the boy, but can anyone read this and not come away with the same feeling?  I was expecting to come away from this story with some great personal insight, but it wasn't case - at least not yet.

Any of you Getbiggers read this?  What's your opinion?

 you should reading tom sawyer next then try to apply for your high school diploma you are never too old to try.

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: daddy8ball on October 06, 2011, 04:18:26 PM

What's all this "reading" stuff? ???

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: Dorian01 on October 06, 2011, 06:49:47 PM

Is it good shitter reading?

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: unrageable on October 06, 2011, 06:52:19 PM

Hemingway isn't that the guy from World of Warcraft?

(http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/W/World%20of%20Warcraft/Everything%20Else/10-22-2009%20-%20WoW%20pop%20culture%20references/ART/Finished/102109_WoWreferences_obs22--article_image.jpg)

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: DK II on October 06, 2011, 06:53:20 PM

ahahahaah, epic fail on trying to look intellectual.

Title: Re: Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea
Post by: sync pulse on October 13, 2011, 11:55:08 PM

Quote from: mon_of_steele on October 06, 2011, 03:56:28 PM

Congrats!  Next year when you start high school you might like reading Chaucer

"Canterbury Tales"...followed by Giovanni Boccaccio's "the Decameron"...I like the "Jar" the best.