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My Favourite Book

Books are the mirrors of many men and many minds. “A drop of ink may make a million think.” And a book is written by many drops. Such a book which made me think is ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by the Nobel Laureate Ernest Hemingway. The charm of the story cannot be expressed in a nut shell. The central character of the story was an old man named Santiago who had a boy as his helping hand. But when he failed to catch fish for many days, the boy had to leave him under pressure from his parents. So Santiago went to the sea all alone. At long last he caught a large fish but could not draw it up. After a long struggle he managed to kill it with his harpoon. But as it was larger than the boat, he tied it along-side the boat. On his way back it was attacked by sharks. He fought against them bravely with his harpoon and later with his harpoon and later with his knife tied to the oar. But when he reached the shore only the skeleton of the fish was left. Yet, it was a surprise to all how the old man caught the fish that was the largest catch of the year. The novel shows that man can be destroyed but not defeated. Man has to struggle though he cannot enjoy the complete fruit of his struggle. Yet man struggles on and on. Santiago wins back his companion as well as confidence to fish again. As a source of inspiration, my favourite book ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ inspires me to strive, strike but not to stoop a yield.