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>In the end, it was just a story about the Old man and the Sea. But maybe... just maybe... the real old man and the sea is in our hearts?

Seriously? That was the biggest waste of time I've ever spent on a book.

>> No.12621088
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Yeah but the moon also rises too...

>> No.12621089

>>12621072
I didn’t like Hemingway at first but after rereads he has really grown on me. I’ve read Old Man and the Sea at least 3 times and The Sun Also Rises 4 times, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls are also great novels.

I think he takes some age to really understand

>> No.12621097

I always thought it had a stoic message

>> No.12621154

>>12621072
the old man is an artist struggling to continue his art in his old age. in his old age he's an expert fisherman but is in a rut. the marlin is a new canvas and opportunity.

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>i guess we were the real savage detectives all along

>> No.12621203

>>12621089
i think the genius of hemingway is his accessibility. the stories are simple enough so young readers can be entertained. and older readers can get the implicit messages from hemingway's characters giving a small gesture.

>> No.12621209

>>12621072
The story truly was a Shawshank Redemption

>> No.12621610

> biggest waste of time I've ever spent on a book.

It's 100 pages. A few hours. Relax a bit.

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>>12621610
>a few hours

I read slow as fuck and it'd probably take me longer than that

>> No.12622853

>>12621072
I guess we were the real Phenomenology of Spirit after all

>> No.12622859

>>12621072
more like old man and the zzzzzz

>> No.12622870

>maybe the real gravity's rainbow is the children we've molested along the way, sez ol slothrop as he dissolves into the narrative's collapse
way to end the book with a wet shit

>> No.12622894

>>12621089
Even in high school I thought he was invigorating to read. Everything he wrote was supremely masculine in a way that really resonated with me

>> No.12623507

>>12621183
based Belano poster

>> No.12623702

>That was the biggest waste of time I've ever spent on a book.
Did you not finish highschool? It's 9th grade curriculum.

>> No.12624028

>>12621072
I was very unimpressed with The Sun Also Rises. I got it and all... I just didn't like it. I thought the main character's masochism was ridiculous.

I'm going to read For Whom the Bell Tolls soon. Hopefully it's better.

>> No.12624052

>>12623702
the world doesn't revolve around burgerland

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>>12623702
>Did you not finish highschool? It's 9th grade curriculum.
MFW you're adorable.
It's a big world, kiddo. Please try to remember that not everyone lives in your country (clearly the USA).

>> No.12624216

>>12624061
Tfw she mustn’t die

>> No.12624615

>>12624028
>I'm going to read For Whom the Bell Tolls soon. Hopefully it's better.

it's the absolute worst

>> No.12624639

>>12624615
Its got the best chapter he ever written