Ask the Brain The World's First Computer-Generated Encyclopedia Computer Generated Encyclopaedia

 Ask the Brain! :)
Ok "Brain", what's the deal with ?
 
   In the News - 23 Nov: Barry Bonds  Mitt Romney  Rupert Murdoch  Santa Claus  Pearl Harbor  
 
 
 

Topic: Old Man and the Sea

Related:
  Sea    Old  
  Grumpy Old Man    Man  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Pack of cubans
Most admires:Sandra Bullock,  Ingrid Bergman,  Che Guevara
Currently has on their coffee table:Playboy magazine
Favorite author(s):Ernest Hemingway,  F. Scott Fitzgerald,  Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite actor(s):Spencer Tracy,  Leonardo Dicaprio,  Humphrey Bogart
Favorite great leader(s):Francisco Franco
Favorite movie(s):King Kong,  North by Northwest,  Sound of Music
Favorite sportsperson(s):Joe DiMaggio (baseball)
Favorite quote(s):"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." - Jack Handey
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Angela Berkley,
High School Student

As an old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young woman ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them back to the sea.
The fishing village where they filmed parts of Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" and where Hemingway kept his boat the Pilar.
Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

In the centennial of Hemingway's birth, The Old Man and the Sea is destined to become a large format classic.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

As in Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea, the first shark was big and stately, but the beautiful idea is that the swordfish was devoured by worthless predators resembling swine.
Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer

The fish of Hemingway's Old Man and The Sea fights with a strength that is only exceeded by that of the giant tuna, and often makes spectacular leaps when first hooked.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

He loved Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, and has written two novels himself, both of them romantic fables.
After writing The Old Man and the Sea , Hemingway insisted that the character of Santiago had been based on no one person in particular.
Take a tour of the home of Ernest Hemingway, author of such greats as The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises.
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

Ernest wrote The Old Man and the Sea in only two months.
Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom

The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand, and as he threw it to the safety of the sea he said, "It makes a difference to this one!
Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student

He was sitting in class listening to the eighth grade English teacher drone on about the symbolism in Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" when the lecture was interrupted by a knock on the door.
 
 
 User Talk
Comments from our users:
Got a question? Got an answer? Let's hear it!

Name:


Protection code:

 
 
 Pass this on!
Your friends really should know a little more about Old Man and the Sea, don't you think?

Your Name:
Friend's Email1: eg. friend1@hotmail.com
Friend's Email2: (optional)
Friend's Email3: (optional)
Friend's Email4: (optional)
Friend's Email5: (optional)
 
 
Contact Us | What is AskTheBrain? | Terms and Conditions
Feel free to link to this page.

This is a satirical computer-generated website. By using this site, you agree to abide by our terms and conditions.
Copyright Rapid Intelligence 2003. All Rights Reserved.