BOOK REVIEW 

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

 

 

This is an absolutely amazing book. It contains all the information about an old fisherman's life and a guy who helped and motivated him in order not to surrender in spite of the fact that the old man hadn't caught any fish.

This book lets you see a different point of view about the life and the possibilities to interpret it, as if you put yourself in each other positions, besides, the book teach you how to solve the problems when you are surrendered and it doesn't matter what anyone says about you, because you are sure of yourself.

This is a completely different experience because it shows you another perception of living by the sea; so it's more likely to be persistent when you have made an effort and it's less likely to be persistent when you haven't done anything to get your goals.

 

 

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Taken from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/ernest_hemingway.html

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTH03nRWG3s

 

 

 

Ernest Hemingway by his closest friends

 

Some friends talk about their memories with Hemingway. They remember that Ernest loved fishing in the Caribbean, specifically in Bahamas where he stayed for a long time there. He also liked drinking some alcoholic beverages by his friends and the writing in a house by the sea. Besides, his closest friends showed some places where he used to stay to get an inspiration even where this magical world created by this wonderful writer finished because of a shotgun who helped to his suicide. 

 

Do you know Ernest Hemingway spoke Spanish? It´s awesome, isn´t it?. So, this is an interview after winning the Nobel Prize. Sorry, but this interview was made by a Latin american journalist. Hemingway is Reading a citation of the book "The Old Man and the Sea" specifically at the beginning. What´s your opinion about his acquisition of the Nobel Prize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZmjoE6y168

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

(1899-1961)

 

 

He had been one of the most important writers during the 20th century literature. His writing style was defined as one restrained, also adding some drama and the integration of the social and historical contexts of his period.

He started being a simple journalist, however he started a military career which was a mayfly one because this writer joined to the army for fighting in the First World War defending his nation, The United States, of course as a ambulance driver. But, he was seriously injured by a bullet therefore he had to come back to the United States. Sadly, Ernest take up his journalism career again. He made some reports about the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.

He admited his journalism career helped him to improve his narrative skills because he got a critical style.

His book Men without Women, written in 1927 launched him to the fame, because, this story showed something new, that´s to say, a style which consisted of a story less explicit, what made the readers to think the hidden details. Actually, his whole literary works were composed of heroes stories which told about the defense of the honor in middle of a pressure coming from the people.

 

His most famous works have been The Old Man and the Sea, Men without Women, Party, Goodbye to the Weapons, Have and not to Have, In Our Time and so on.

He decided to kill himself with a hunting shotgun in 1961.

https://www.slideshare.net/secret/9IBEsQu3c1OqKl

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/12/books/reading-hemingway-without-guilt.html