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The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hem­ing­way, is one of the most pecu­liar books I’ve ever read. I say pecu­liar because of how eerily sym­bolic it is. The story is about an old fish­er­man who hasn’t had much suc­cess in catch­ing fish. One day, he goes out, and hooks a BIG fish, a tuna, I believe. Any­way, the old man has to strug­gle with this catch for a few days. Then he finally reels him in.

What I found sym­bolic about this book is that the old man’s strug­gle with the fish can rep­re­sent the strug­gles we all face. There are times when we “hook” some­thing good, have to let it take us where it may, and maybe, after all is said and done, let it go. I don’t think Mr. Hem­ing­way was just writ­ing about the hard­ships faced at sea; he was also writ­ing about the hard­ships faced in life.