The Old Man & The Sea

Ernest Hemingway

He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers

and tried to gentle the fingers. But it would not open.

Maybe it will open with the sun, he thought. Maybe it

will open when the strong raw tuna is digested. If I

have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs.

But I do not want to open it now by force. Let it open

by itself and come back of its own accord. After all I

abused it much in the night when it was necessary to

free and unite the various lines.

To me Ernest Hemingway style is different from many other author's.

He writes like he's thinking, but in a weird way. His writing to me is personally a

little dull, but we all have our different styles.