Old Man and the Sea- What I liked about the book.

I thought the Old Man and the Sea had some very good qualities to it. One of these being the writing skills of the author. The author used symbolism a lot which helped give the story depth and more interest to me as the reader. Some of these symbols included Joe DiMaggio, the harpoon, and the mast. (Hemingway) The author also used the tactic of repetition. This is a hard tactic because it can be overdone but when done right it can be perfect. Hemingway did it almost perfect, and I will describe those in perfections in the blog of "What I didn't like about the book." For this blogs sake I will describe the perfections. These being the repetition of the lions on the beach story because each time it was told there was another detail or part of the story given. (Hemingway) This makes a mini story inside of another story giving the book huge amounts of depth. Writing with depth is a huge plus for me because I don't like stories that just give the exact meaning to everything. That doesn't allow any creativity from me as the reader. My biggest plus that I can give to Hemingway's writing was his use of details. The amount of detail he would put into something was crucial! Whether it was very little because that part of the story had less significance in comparison to others. Maybe it was also the use of extra details to show the amount of prominence in the story. I loved this tactic because it gave me a better idea of what to think about and what not to worry about as much. Some authors tend to add details where they aren't needed making the story drug out and boring. The last thing I loved about the story was simply the story line. The story of someone who most would say is defeated and weak coming through hardships and being somewhat of a hero is always a fascinating story. What made this one even better was how they used the bad verses evil, human verses nature, and mental strength verses physical strength all together made the book a knockout.