D+Evaluation

 __**The Old Man and the Sea**__ , ha s  an aura of simplicity and truth. The matter of fact way  in which  Hemingway tells the story of the old man's simple struggle to catch a  fish is  both int riging  and detailed. Realistic irony <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> end <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">s the story, <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> w <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">hile <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> the old man <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">is <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> beaten by the sharks that took his <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> lone <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> fish <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. This <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">as well reveals <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">a <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> truth <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">as to <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> how tough life can be. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> The following events emotionally <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">impact the reader who <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> is forced to <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> take pity on the old man and the boy that cr <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">ie <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">s for him. The old man himself <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">is <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> an admirable person wh <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">o <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> struggled against nature despite his old age. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> For this reason, it is uncertain as to why one would feel pity for the seasoned fishermen, He, the great Santiago was truely triumpant and would surely be remembered. <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> Through the book, many details about fishing are revealed <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">, <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">add <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">ing <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> to <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">what <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">Santiago <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> had already attaind <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> However, some details are given through the manner in which Santiago presented himself and his general unpreparedness. The books ability to retain an audience stems from its simplisity; being notably <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> short and ha <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">ving <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> few <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> substantial <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> events. This makes it easy to re <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">iterate <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> and <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">comprehend <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">, <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">even down to the most petite of details. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">Details such as <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> the th <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">oughts <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> of the old man <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">, which <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> seem <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">uniquely <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> human <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> and relative to all people <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. Overall, the book <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">is <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> enjoyable and <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> will <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">procure <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> a strong impression <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> upon any reader <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">

<span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich u" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">__**The House on Mango Street**__ <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">, is <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">midly <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> confusing at first <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> glance <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> As if it is distorted or disfigured away from the writings of a general story. <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> It is written <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> in splices, <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">containing <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> many short vignettes, that <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">could if given the opportunity, <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> stand alone. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">For this reasoning the initial veiwer <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">may see it as <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">random, <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> unrelatable events. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> H <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">owever, <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">as one <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">approaches <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> the end their is a <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">sense <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> of individualism and a longing <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">for <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> freedom <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">, both of which <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">knot <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> the rest of the story together. It is an interesting book that <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">surrepticiously analyzes <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> a girls perspective on her sex role in society <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">; <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> especially in a Mexican-American community. The writer <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">relishes personal <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> tales about different women's lives she <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> had <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> observe <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">d <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> on Mango Street, and how she wants to be di <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">verge from them <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">An excellent <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> book for girls to read because of these <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">realities. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> I <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">t is <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> also <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> interesting to see how Mexican-American community <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">ies of the time veiwed woman. <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> It is a <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> short, easy <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> read, but <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">it <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">is <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> somewhat <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> hard to decipher <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> because of the way the <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">narrator <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> fashions <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> description <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">s <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> of <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">occuring events. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">Two such events are those of the <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> green monkey that lives in the garden <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> and <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> Sally's keys. <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">The reader must look deeper into the story <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">in order to <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> truely understand the book <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">and <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> get what is going on. Overall, the <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">sagas of Mango Street <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">are <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> interesting when <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> one <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> c <span class="author-g-miex9o5e8nccrgdr" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">an <span class="author-g-ppri8t7krottmich" style="background-color: #d9fff8; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;"> understand what is going on and see connections between the short stories.