Suspense design in the old man and the sea
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Hemingway begins the old man and the sea with two suspense: The old man does not catch a fish for 84 days, he intends to continue fishing on the 85th day, he is unlucky (the child’s parents see him this way) , so, can he catch a big fish? The old man in the sense that his strength may be exhausted, that he has confidence and know-how, that such an “Eccentric”old man as he will do everything, then, what kind of confidence and know-how does he have? What about his “Weirdness”? This is what the reader is eager to know, and this great attraction leads you on a quest to find out everything you want to know, until you finish reading the book and get a more satisfactory answer: The old man caught a huge fish on the 85th day, but in the end he lost it; his confidence was to overcome all difficulties and win the final victory; his trick was to do all that was expedient with the fish; his “Eccentricity”was expressed in his unconquerable stubbornness, suspense with the development of the plot disappeared, we also understand the overall spirit of the work, which is the suspense set the artistic effect.
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