Hello Language lovers, welcome to my channel! Today we're going to review a book, namely
"The old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. This book is set in Cuba, in the years 1940s, and the main
story is about a battle between a fisherman and his desired fish. For many months, Santiago -- that's
his name --, he was not able to catch fish. Suddenly he was able to catch a marlin fish.
As you can imagine, it concerns an overweight fish, which makes it impossible for one person alone to catch
such fish. As a result, he had to fight hard to pull the fish to himself. The fish was very resistant.
It was obviously mostly to do with its weight and not its reasoning, I assume. The story in itself is considerably
easy, but it becomes complicated due to the technical terminology. Hence, I think that this book is not for
everyone. It's almost a technical book. On and off I had to consult my dictionary. That was obviously
good for my vocabulary but with this book, it was too much, I would say. I have to compliment the writer,
because he completed a great homework regarding fishing details; in concentrating himself on such a topic,
to study, research. But yes, I know that Hemingway lived in Cuba back then, perhaps that's why it may have been
easier for him to conduct a closer research. He had time on his side and yeah, that's what I think. The values
that I could take from this book are: perseverance, not setting bad priority ...
it has to do with what one can do, without thinking it through, to survive in poverty. This man -- Santiago --
was very poor. He was obsessed and frustrated, because he was not able to catch fish for a long
time. When that happens, one is not able to think straight, one functions mostly through instinct. That's
what I was able to extract from this book. Have you guys read this book? Leave your comment
and thank you very much for watching, and see you on Sunday. Ciao, ciao!
 
