Old Man and the Sea question 7

7. Hemingway did a good job of keeping me engaged in the book, when he ended a chapter he would end them on something suspenseful. He would end the chapter with something that would make me want to read more of it. He hooked my attention with the way he described things that the Old man saw or smelled or felt. He did an excellent job of keeping interested through the entire book whether something exciting and dangerous was happening or something like when he was preparing to set sail. If this were a movie I would probably been on the edge of my seat for most of the time. Hemingway ended a chapter when Santiago was battling the fish, and when he was fighting the sharks. These things seemed to grip me and keep me pulled into the book. The way he used suspense and mystery were key to the success of the book in my mind, as well as any other book. The way the author used different writing techniques like, suspense and mystery and occasionally some humor here and there was the key in making an effective story. It kept the reader entertained so that the author could get his point across. I think that is the mission of most writers, they need to keep the reader engaged in the book so that their views can be unconsciously digested by the reader. Hemingway did a good job of using different techniques in this book. I think that Hemingway did an excellent job of keeping the reader engaged with these writing techniques. His attention to detail was spectacular. He would tell how Santiago felt, or how the water looked. There was a lot of detail about the wildlife in the sea. The way he described the fish and the way the light looked was amazing. It was as if I was really seeing it myself. Hemingway did a spectacular job in this book.