... Sea, "I have seen the marlin mate and know about that. So I leave that out. I've seen a shoal (or pod) of more than fifty sperm whales in that same stretch of water and once harpooned one nearly sixty feet in length and lost him. So I left that out. All the stories I know from the fishing village I leave out. But the knowledge is ... what makes the underwater part of the iceberg."" (Plimpton p 126) Certainly, there are moments when the reader feels the suggestion of vast meaning beneath Hemingway's few, spare words. Santiago's beautiful and elusive memory of the lions playing on the bea...

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... breakdown of the story to show the layers of the iceberg. The Sun Also Rises is an informal book that on the surface is relaxed (drinking, partying, sex, etc.) and beneath the surface is a much more, satisfying, in-depth story (Jake's inability to have sex, love between characters, outlooks on life and morals). Everything in the book moves in unison. Example ... unnecessary...I've seen the marlin mate and know about that. So I leave that out. I've seen a school or pod of more then fifty sperm whales in that same stretch of water and once harpooned one nearly sixty feet in length and los...

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