Message-Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea has a great visionary on what life was like back in the 1950's. People still read this book because they want to see what life was really like back then, after the depression and the war. It's message is never look at defeat, always look at the positive side. The old man had not caught a fish in eighty four days and he never quit or stopped trying he went out almost every morning and went to go and catch the biggest fish he could find even though he knew that he probably was not going to find one. The characters in this book show a lot of hope. That is what is so timeless about this book. The old man has so much hope even though he knows he will not be able to catch the big fish he wants. The young boy really looks up to the old man as a role model. The young boy has feelings for the old man, so if the old man does not get a fish, the young boy is sad. They both have a lot of hope and hope was definately not one of the thoughts that went through people's minds at this time. Things that we can learn from this novel is never give up. Hemingway says, "The month when the great fish come, the old man said. Anyone can be a fisherman in May" (Hemingway 18). The old man shows hope in this part of the book. He says that any person can be a fisherman in May, but in September thats where the real fishermen come out. We can also learn what the time was like back in the nineteen fifties. Even though it was hard to do people still tried on making money and supporting their families. The Old Man and the Sea shows a great deal of timeless messages and characters in the book. That's why people these still are interested in reading this interesting book.

Bibliography

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