Comments on: Terser

By: WorldWideWeber

WorldWideWeber — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:11:37 +0000

I wouldn’t assign Old Man either. Well, I guess you’re an permanently formed anti-Hemingwayan, due at least in part to a misguided introduction to his writing. (There’s a good deal of Hemingway that is arguably quite awful. Old Man isn’t awful, but it’s not what I would use to get someone started.)

By: Señorita en Quito

Señorita en Quito — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:29:04 +0000

No, no, no. Old Man and the Sea is what turned me off from his books forever. I realized something was wrong when I wanted the fish to eat the fisherman because 1. it would make a better ending, and 2. the book would end faster.

By: WorldWideWeber

WorldWideWeber — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:54:46 +0000

You read the wrong Hem. I mean, what HS teacher in his or her right mind would assign To Have and Have Not instead of the early stories, which are gems? Even A Moveable Feast would’ve been better. Well, be thankful the assignment wasn’t Across the River and Into the Trees.

I agree that “Brush with Death …” is cute; but it ain’t a “story.”

Anyhoo, thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment.

By: Señorita en Quito

Señorita en Quito — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:46:31 +0000

My fav: Brush with Death; Comb with Life.

Not so sure how I feel about all of these as ¨stories.¨ I mean, they don´t really qualify, do they? But some of them are witty/funny.

p.s. Ernest H.–not such a good writer in my book (no pun intended). Just sayin´…