What I liked about The Old Man and the Sea

'The Old Man and the Sea' was a good book, in my opinion. Unlike a lot of the books that we are forced to read for school, I actually enjoyed this book. It was about fishing, which is something that I do not do a lot of. Even though it was about fishing and I do not know a lot about fishing, I actually could follow along with the things the author was describing. It used some fishing terms, but not too much that it confused me. I liked how the book was about fishing, but it was more about the struggle between the old man and the fish. It described all of the old man's struggles and challenges and it was an interesting book. Even though the book was not packed with adventure and a bunch of crazy stuff, it was still interesting and it still kept me entertained. I liked the characters in the book. It focused mostly on the old man and the fish. The book kind of gave the fish a personality. It described the fish so that it didn't seem like any ordinary fish. The old man respected the fish. My favorite part of 'The Old Man and the Sea' was the ending. It did not end the way you would have expected it to end. I expected the old man to get really lucky and catch the fish and bring it home in one piece and to get a bunch of money from the fish, but it turned out that the sharks ate the fish's meat. All they left was the skeleton of the fish. I liked how even though the old man did not get the money off the fish like he wanted, it was still a happy ending because he still got the respect he deserved and he got the young boy to fish with him again. 'The Old Man and the Sea' turned out to be a pretty interesting book that I enjoyed.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995. Print.