The Old Man and The Sea - Tone

*I didn't like The Moon Is Down very much, so I'm going back to The Old Man and The Sea.
I really liked the style in which The Old Man and The Sea was written.  In the book, Hemingway sort of jumps from idea to idea in whatever order they are thought of by the old man while he fishes, making him very relatable.   even before his fishing trips, it seems like the old man is constantly thinking as many thoughts as he could possibly think up!  Reading his train of thought over such a long period made the book all the more interesting to me as the reader.  
As the old man talks with the boy after they have eaten dinner, their conversation changes topic many times in a swift manor.  They talk about baseball, then people who play baseball, then randomly Africa, then right back to the baseball players (Hemingway 16).  This conversation is just the same style as the thoughts of the old man.  He elaborates on a topic a bit, then changes the topic, then goes back to the original topic.  Another example of this is when Santiago thinks about the Portuguese Man-of-Wars.  He goes from thinking about how much he cannot stand them, to how he loves turtles (Hemingway 22).  His thought processes make the book so awesome! I love reading about how people think and react to things with those thoughts.  
I also noticed that the way the book is written has the old man thinking between his actions while fishing.  For example, the old man spends four hours being pulled by this massive fish, and he begins to feel some discomfort.  Once you read this, you read on to the thoughts of the old man.  He begins wondering how large the fish could be.  First the book talks about the old man's actions, then what he thinks of them (Hemingway 26-27).  The way the book is put together adds to the reader's interest.  I always find a book to be much more fascinating when you get to read into people's thoughts.  Another good example of this is when the old man is just about to pull the fish out of the water.  The book tells his every action, followed by what he is thinking at the time (Hemingway 43-45).  This consistent pattern keeps your mind locked on what will happen next and made the book all the better.

Hemingway, E. The Old Man and The Sea. New York, NY: Scribner, 1980