/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18678015]

>old man and the sea
>he loses the fish that would save his life

godamn it bros
why is life so unfair
like
fuck man
i know its just a book but its more than that
its our eternal human struggle of being assfucked
bc we are animals
and despite what we may think we exisit within nature and arent owed happiness only survival
but even survival was this man was denied
aaaaaaaa

[Anonymous No.18678026]

it's okay. old man know how life is.

[Anonymous No.18678031]

i did not enjoy that book as much as i thought it would

[Anonymous No.18678043]

But that's not the point of that story, anon. He catches the fish, and the sharks eat it while he has it strapped to the mast. :3

In fact, the crosslike shape of the fish's bare skeleton after the sharks ate it was part of the entire beautiful allegory.

The old man died knowing he caught the fish, and brought it back.

It's a bittersweet goodbye, but not entirely sad. Please re-read the Old Man and the Sea :3

[Anonymous No.18678980]

>>18678043
>>18678026
maybe
but he still doesn't have food or money
idk maybe it's an allegory for life and like accomplishments of life and even though you can't take them with you when you die, others can still recognize them and what you've done even when you're a skeleton and all your flesh has rotted away
or something idk

[Anonymous No.18679291]