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."
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