Ernest Hemingway said:
“If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may
omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly
enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the
writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to
only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things
because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing.”
1) Read Old Man and the Sea (p9-50)
2) Choose two passages that reveal something about the Old Man (think iceberg theory - read beneath the surface)
3) Write 2-3 sentences for each passages, explaining what you think Hemingway wants you to "feel" in the prose.
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