PB asked Dave:
"Interesting critical stance. How'd you feel about THE OLD
MAN & THE SEA?"
I just finished saying some books are best short and tight.
However, I would not use Old Man and the Sea as my example
(if I were going to the classics, I'd probably choose Heart
of Darkness). I always thought the reason this book was so
popular among high school English teachers was because the
symbolism was so overt, knocked you over the head, that no
student could possibly miss it. As so often happens with the
Oscars, Hemingway's late career award was probably more about
honoring his entire career than for the particular work under
question.
Mark
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