Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea - documentary excerpt

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

Hemingway is the most overrated writer in the history of literature. The only decent book he wrote was A Moveable Feast. F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced Hemingway to Max Perkins at Scribners getting Hemingway started and then Hem shit on Fitzgerald the rest of his life. No book Hemingway ever wrote can compare to The Great Gatsby. The Old Man in the Sea is something a third grader can read. Great literature is not read by third graders.

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[tidalwavedave305]

Yeah, I just read Across the River and Into the Trees and it was disappointing. There were some funny bits, and a few startling truisms, but it is of far lower quality than his other works. If that had been the first Hemingway book I'd read, I don't think I'd have read another.

[Supertramp1966]

@tidalwavedave305

I completely disagree. I felt it to be a strong novel, albeit not as good as his best...Don't look for flaws, and you will always be pleased.

[tidalwavedave305]

@Supertramp1966 I'm glad you liked it. And it is strong compared to the bulk of books out there. You just don't get the same kind of feeling you get from The Sun also Rises, or For Whom the Bell Tolls, or, indeed, The Old Man and the Sea. It was okay, but I wouldn't suggest it.

[onceapiece]

thumb if you came here cause of school Q_Q

[Supertramp1966]

"I had gone to no such place but to the smoke of cafes and nights when the room whirled and you needed to look at the wall to make it stop, nights in bed, drunk, when you knew that that was all there was, and the strange excitement of waking and not knowing who it was with you, and the world so unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in the night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring." -E.H., 1929 A Farewell To Arms

[Supertramp1966]

One of the greatest works of American history! RIP, "Papa". (Just back from his grave in Idaho).......

[abrandnewman]

a man can be destroyed but not defeated,

[noboatfisherman]

a man can be destroyed but not defeated, there is a marlin in my life and a lot of sharks too

[MrWhiteknight7]

THE DREAMS OF MR MULDOON now available on AMAZON KINDLE @2.99.....publishers said this would make a great film....

[americannightmare]

i saw this novel as a novel of life. you work hard to youre whole life to achieve something and when you finally get it people try to take it away. but in the end it was the journey

[Shenkoa360]

Hemming Way Short Story Cigars are the best hahaha.

[darrell888888]

if your gonna bleed bleed with me

[wyantdh]

How I see it....a man will live on in his contribution to mankind..his loving ,passionate achievements will be his living ,loving legacy.

[boogertait]

THANKS JOHN

[2stronggone]

Favorite writer,paints a picture with words

[SPLIMLETLET]

@lionizingrome Man is always destroyed. That is life. Another is always born. Ideas travel along, carried by some to be passed on

[wilfredo61]

what means being destroyed?

he is making fun of the end of life, according to human perpective.

[patwilsonart]

when someone comes to church for the first time, do we care what they wear? Be glad he is a new reader....he will spell the name once he is more familiar with the man. in my humble opinion.

[patwilsonart]

I liked Hemingway when I was young, but really understand him now that I am older. I felt life was passing me by, and all I wanted to do was be where the action was....zoom, zoom.....; now, I savor every memory, and keep trying to accomplish what I could not seem to do while young. I finally get it....life is precious, especially the adventures we have, and some of the people who touch our lives....

[SPLIMLETLET]

@patwilsonart Well said.

[TheXAvantGarde]

@patwilsonart How old are you?

[CGiordano464]

@patwilsonart so true. sadly, us humnas live in the present and we must make our pasts and futures wonderul as they are all to have as the present is to quick o capture

[TReoS96]

@patwilsonart are you a P.E teacher or a priest?

[maybeyourtheonexxx3]

Fiest - Honey Honey

A beautiful story of the same tale.

[curtisz311]

a great book....somedays I feel like Santiago, and somedays I feel like the fish....

[tabaothanh]

well, just wanna watch more but ....it ends :(

[tabaothanh]

lol

[tabaothanh]

yes, the book is great. However I had to read it many times :( real iceberg theory. Love it!

[czerrr]

it was such a good book, i read it in a sit down lol

[bulldog01209]

The brilliance of this book is in the direct manner in which it tells the story. He doesn't try to dress it up with flowery language.

[Henw]

I agree, but I also think Hemingway has beautiful style.

[Nicatroubadour]

i am going to buy this in the new year, it sounds great, never been interested in hemmingway before