My mom picked up The Old Man and the Sea for me last night, so I can get started on my second book. I was flipping through the book and made a couple of observations. One, the book has no chapters at all. I can already tell this book will be a "quick read" because of the bigger font and the fact that it has no chapters. I do find that a bit odd about the book though. Why would Hemingway write his book with no chapters? Is this book just the beginning of a long slew of stories? Or, is The Old Man and the Sea supposed to be part of a collection of short stories or fables like Aesop wrote? These are questions I thought of last night as I was flipping through the short novel.
Another thing I did like about the book's appearance is it has a pretty cover. I do judge a book by its cover, and because the cover is pretty, I am more inclined to read the book. (besides the fact that I kind of have to) But, when I had to read Wuthuring Heights last year, I was not looking forward to reading it. For one, it was extremely long and two, the cover was ugly. I ended up not enjoying that book, as it took forever to read and was exceptionally boring. I believe this book will be boring too, and not as exciting as Life of Pi. The Old Man and the Sea and Life of Pi both look similar, as do the synopsises on the back. I asked my dad what the point of The Old Man and the Sea was, as I read the back and found out the story is of a man trying to survive at sea. I think, who cares? But my dad said it will teach me some sort of lesson in the book. So, I think it will be difficult to get fourteen blog entries because of the fact there are no chapters. But, I will try and go by the key events that take place.
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