The meaning of the work as a whole

My final thoughts on Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and The Sea are just this:

• Although the simple text provides an easy read, it is still enjoyable.
• Contradicting my last statement once you find out there is deeper meaning to the text it becomes even better.
• My past blog post about the book not being of AP merit has shifted a little bit more to the side of yes, because of the deeper meanings that I had not noticed before.
• I recommend this book to people who do not have the time to read a long book.

I think the largest takeaways that I got from the book was about the main character Santiago and his complex relationship with the ocean. This was the part I focused on the most because of all the irony that went along with it. He has such a hard time getting money due to the inability to catch fish yet he needs the ocean to be able to get all of it. It is a sort of love hate relationship that he has going on with the ocean.

When people read this book I suggest that they take it slow and try and break down the book piece by piece. Since there are no chapters this may be challenging to do. Due to the book not being very long you are able to focus more on smaller parts.

I think that this book is really just about how in life there are going to be a lot of downs, but you have to keep trying until you get that one positive, and it will feel so good because of how much effort you have put into it.