The Old Man and the Sea - 13

In the book The Old Man and the Sea there is a n anonymous narrator. The narrator is unknown throughout the novella. The tone of the narrator is not a demanding tone. The tone is not frantic or heavy, but the tone is very light and easy and delicate. The writer seems to write almost as if writing in a carefree journal for no specific audience but is writing for pleasure.

Reading through this book can be done with ease. This book just rolls right along, unlike some other books. It is light hearted and care free. This book is easier to read because it is not tangled up in details. The book somehow seems to be more simple. The tone of the book is also more relaxed and soothing, almost like that of a good bedtime story. So this book is easier to read.

The book takes place during only five days, so it seems like the author must give immense details to cover only five days in one book, but he does not. Actually the book seems to be quite simple and is lacking in many details. The details that the book is lacking are unnecessary. You do not feel like you miss out on any details, you just feel like the fishermen truly lives a very simple life, and he does.

This book also is not very long compared to other books. It is a novella, which is comparable to a short story. It was extremely refreshing to read such a short book. It was also very refreshing to read such a light hearted book that was not heavy or condescending and that did not have very many motifs, symbols, and allusions. It was nice to read a book and it be that it is what it is and that the reader can feel free to apply the book to his life in any way possible, but that there were not other deeper meanings behind the book and it did not have to do with many other things without you even realizing it.

The simplicity of this book seemed almost childlike, and I loved that aspect of this book. I love the tone at which the author is writing. The tone is almost indiscernible because it is so mellow and relaxed. This book was a great book and such a relief compared to many of the other heavy and deep books.

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 1996. Print.