Of course, it's a story of perseverance, endurance, courage, pride and friendship. Of course Hemingway's ways of telling story with short and simple words is powerful. And I did feel the echo when the old man held the line for the fish day and night suffering from pain, hunger and tiresome. Thought of slack came to mind and dismissed. And also the moment when the old exert every piece of tool/weapon to fight the sharks.
Still it's not exciting, not a book that can attract you to turn page by page till you reach the end. I guess the classic might not be my favorite for two reasons,
- The structure of the story. Challenge-overcome-more challenge-overcome again-biggest challenge-heroic achievement. Inspiring but no surprise.
- The view of story is main character and his/her thoughts. Modern novel usually implement multiple angles to tell the story.
Anyway, a good novel by a strange old man who can be destroyed, but can't be defeated.
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