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When I tell people that this is, beyond any doubt, my favorite book I usually get the same response. They'll look at me with incredulity. Some tell me it's boring. Another criticism is that it's chauvinistic, which is true of much of Hemingway's work. I won't argue against that one, but I also don't care.
First, this is a work of literature. It's not a leisure novel. It is existential. Like all of the greats, it's purpose is to ask the questions: why are we here? What is our purpose? What defines ...more
First, this is a work of literature. It's not a leisure novel. It is existential. Like all of the greats, it's purpose is to ask the questions: why are we here? What is our purpose? What defines ...more
The old man and the sea
The sea has taught the old man well. The great swordfish is his friend, a friend he must kill. In the end, is it all futile, when all that left is a skeleton stripped to the bones by sharks. It seems that what's worth glorifying is not the end but the process that brought us to end, whatever the end may be. The human toil and struggle, our nature of defiance and resistance when facing something bigger and stronger than ourselves. ...more
The sea has taught the old man well. The great swordfish is his friend, a friend he must kill. In the end, is it all futile, when all that left is a skeleton stripped to the bones by sharks. It seems that what's worth glorifying is not the end but the process that brought us to end, whatever the end may be. The human toil and struggle, our nature of defiance and resistance when facing something bigger and stronger than ourselves. ...more
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