Just finished reading The Old Man and The Sea

[Rhomboids]

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?

[El Diablo Blanco]

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

[oldtimer1]

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.

[Papper]

i read arnolds encyclopedia once.
































































well i looked the pictures anyway!

[NarcissisticDeity]

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

lmao 

[ChopperRider]

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

[Tapeworm]

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.

[the trainer]

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.

[daddy8ball]

What's all this "reading" stuff?

[Dorian01]

Is it good shitter reading?

[unrageable]

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

[DK II]

ahahahaah, epic fail on trying to look intellectual.

[sync pulse]

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.