The Old Man and The Sea

The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Moka » October 31st, 2008, 7:09 am

I think this won an award for being the best book ever written.

Has anyone read this book? Its another fine piece of literature by my favorite author, Ernest Hemingway.
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Zeke » October 31st, 2008, 7:11 am

I was supposed to read it, but my teacher didnt have time. I have read his short story, The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Thats really good.
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Moka » October 31st, 2008, 7:18 am

Oooh, it even takes place in Africa...how appropriate. I've never heard of that though
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Zeke » October 31st, 2008, 7:20 am

Its considered one of his best works. you can probably find it on the internet
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Moka » October 31st, 2008, 7:37 am

I'll have to read that sometime :)
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Zack » November 9th, 2008, 2:03 am

I haven't had the chance of reading the novel. But I was, just last week, at Key West Florida and I visited Hemingways house where he wrote the book.
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Moka » November 9th, 2008, 10:19 pm

That'd be neat to see, I've seen pictures. I think wikipedia has pictures of it.
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Zack » November 9th, 2008, 10:41 pm

Yeah its prutty cool. There are more then 49 cats living there all of them descendents from Hemingways orginal cats.
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Moka » November 10th, 2008, 6:44 am

49 cats? Sounds like my kind of place :)
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Re: The Old Man and The Sea

Postby Panda-chan » May 5th, 2009, 1:25 am

Yeah, I've read that book. It's nice and it's a very quick read. My English teacher let me borrow it from the "bookshelf" in her classroom. :) For Whom the Bell Tolls was also there but it looked really long lol.
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