The old man and the sea:- Book Review
I felt as if I was watching a movie as the details are quite vivid and this book also motivated me as it talks about believing in oneself and not giving up.
This book is written by Ernest Hemingway. He wrote this book in 1951 and published it in 1952 and he won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954.
There are two characters in this book, Santiago and Manolin. Santiago was a fisherman who always went for catching fish but grievously he didn’t catch a single fish. Manolin always helps Santiago and he was the best bestie of Santiago. Additionally, Manolalin’s parents forbidden him to terminate his friendship with Santiago because he’s one of the unluckiest persons in the world. However, Santiago went for catching fishes in 82 days but he wouldn’t be able to catch a single fish. All fishermen became against him and said that you are not capable enough to catch fishes You are just wasting your time.
But his best quality was that he believed himself, whatever the people said he didn’t listen to anyone. As a great personality beautifully quoted that ” If you think You can Then You can, If u think You cannot then your right”.
One day the fisherman went for catching fishes, then a bird came and flew around his head and said many things about his luck that you are an unlucky guy you cannot catch any fishes, your time is just being wasted. Afterwards, he became very much upset but he didn’t relinquish his courage. In addition, one day the old man planned that he would go deep into the sea in order to catch a fish. While he went there he caught a fish namely Tuna then he became so happy and thought it’s my dinner. Suddenly, he met a huge fish named Marlin and he went to catch it. While catching that fish he faced many hardships and problems but he didn’t quit trying. The old man had been there in the sea for 3 days and 3 nights to account for catching the fish, at last, he became so hungry and tired. He was not even able to take a breath but he didn’t give up, and finally, he Caught the fish.
When he caught the fish many sharks came for eating the fish. He killed two sharks and after that, a huge group of sharks have come and eaten the Marlin fish. The man hasn’t been able to save the fish from sharks. Lastly, he goes to his cottage then Manolan brought food for him and he rests there. When it became morning all the fishermen came to catch fish and they saw the Marlin fish. They were shocked and they asked who had caught this fish, how can someone be able to go to the depth of the sea and catch such a big fish. Later they had come to know that it had been caught by the old man Santiago and they saluted him and they apologized that we discouraged you that you are a lazy man with no luck. By today you showed that your belief and hard work made it done. After that, he became the owner of all fishermen. Thus, Santiago has achieved his goal and started living a luxurious life.
In conclusion, we seek a lot of lessons from this book. Anyhow, whatever problems and difficulties come in our life, we must learn to face the challenges besides giving up.
Well reviewed
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