Hemingway uses some interesting techniques in his book(s). It is not really the techniques i am a huge fan of either... He uses techniques that use the reader's emotions and uses a lot of symbolism and repitition. Personally I would rather the author use things with suspension and mystery, irony, and humor(things a normal 16 year old would rather read about). Hemingway toys with your emotions at the end when Santiago is going on his trip to catch the Marlin(Hemingway 4). You feel really bad for the boy because he wants to join his companion like he has been for the past 84 days. That is the only point in the book that you are almost mad at the poor little old man. However then Santiago gets out there in the Gulf and is struggling away with the Marlin and he is in pain(Hemingway 4). At this point you are glad that the young boy is not out there because for one you are not sure that Santiago is going to make it back and as a reader you do not want the innocent boy who has not lived barely at all to be lost at see. Also at this point as a reader you feel bad for Santiago because of the pain he is enduring to succeed.
One thing i did like about how Hemingway wrote this book is how he broke up the chapters into "Days". Also this was not a long read, but it was nice knowing that you were done with a fifth of the book everytime that you came upon a different day. It was a different thing than just chapters it was a little more creative. The book was definitley not a book I would of picked up on my own if we did not have to for this class, but to be honest I am kind of glad that i read it. It was very different, but not bad not bad at all.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print.
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