Book Review 3

     


     The title of the book is The Old Man and the Sea.  The author is Ernest Hemingway.  This book is about an old fisherman named Santiago and his friend Manolin.  Santiago wasn't catching fish so they called him a bad luck boat.  Manolin was fishing with the old man but his parents told him he had to fish on a boat that caught fish.  Manolin still liked to help the old man and talk about sports.  On the 85th day he went out to fish in his skiff.  He caught a big fish that pulled him all the way out to sea.  he fights with the fish for two days until he finally kills it.  The fish leaves blood in the water and it attracts sharks.  He kills as many sharks as he can but eventually can't kill anymore because he lost his harpoon.  The sharks eat the big fish and leave his skeleton.  The old man goes home to sleep and tourists come and see his fish skeleton.  The boy is glad he's back and wants to fish with him again.  
     The theme of this book is struggle.  The old man struggled for days to catch a fish.  "But remember how you went eighty seven days without fish."  He struggled to catch the marlin and cut his hand with the fishing line.  He struggled with the sharks because they wanted to eat the marlin.  
     I liked the book because it was about  fishing and not giving up.  I would recommend the book to boys more than girls.  I like the author because one of my favorite quotes is " a man can be destroyed, but not defeated."

Moving to Alaska

   


It was a sunny day in Saint Marys Georgia.  It was 2010 and I was 10 years old.  I was riding home from school in my dad's green truck.  I walked in my house and my brown boxer, named Chesney was waiting for me.  My dad was sitting on our soft red couch.  I took off my green jacket.  I headed towards the back door to let my dog out.  Then I came inside and the oven was beeping with pizza in it.  Then we sat down to eat and my mom and dad said we got orders to where we were moving, and we were going to Sitka, Alaska, for 3-4 years, or until dad made chief.

"Hey mom," I said.
"Hey, how was school?" she asked.
"Good.  I got an A on my math test." I replied.
"Cool." she said.
"Hey, dad how was work?" I said.
"Good.  I got to shoot new guns." he said.
"Why's the oven beeping?" I said.
"That's your pizza about to be ready." he replied.
"Go walk Chesney please." she shouted.
"OK. Chesney come here." I shouted.
"Bark, bark, bark." he barked
"Hey your snack is ready," she said.
"Sit down we have something important to tell you," he said.
"What is it?" I nervously asked.
"We got orders to where we're moving!" she said.
"Where?"  I said.
"Well son, Sitka, Alaska," he said.
"What?" I yelled.
"Yes and they have no fast food restaurants," she said
"Will it snow?" I asked.
"Yes!" he said.
"When do we leave?" I asked.
"July 16," he said.
"OK, can't wait," I said.

There I was on the road moving to Alaska.  Turns out it snows, but there are no fast food restaurants here.  I like it here because it's fun and you get to walk in town.  Never the less, where ever we move will be our home.