Oct 19 2007
Let the hope of the old man shine through……
I don’t get why people think the old man is insane or crazy. It really annoys the bejeebus out of me. I mean seriously, if you were out on the wide open sea you wouldn’t want to be alone. Would you?….I wouldn’t. But since he was by himself he stayed sane with the only way possible, by talking to himself.
“‘But you have not slept yet, old man,’ he said aloud. ‘It is half a day and a night and now another day and you have not slept. You must devise a way so that you sleep a little if he is quiet and steady. If you do not sleep you might become unclear in the head.”(77)
He also talked to himself to remind him of things he needed to do and to run things through his mind. It always helps to speak things aloud. So in my opinion the old man was no where near crazy. Maybe a little foggy in the head but definitely not crazy. The end…..Auf Weidersehen!
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