First 50 pages of the Old man and the Sea

This book started off great and it caught my attention easily. After the first 15 pages or so, it went in a bad direction. It is entirely too detailed. He talks about everything, even what kind of bait he is using and how big he cut it. I really hope this improves. It then got interesting again when a fish started biting on his line. The old man seems to think this is a huge fish, but he does not tug the line because he is afraid the line will either break or scare the fish away. He even fell asleep while fishing. The fish was carrying him in a different direction and he could not even see the shore anymore. The old man seemed really calm about this though, probably from his years of experience in fishing. He decides there is nothing that he can really do about the fish and he then sleeps and waits until the morning where he can follow the sun. When morning rolls around the fishing is still going and the old man must sit and wait patiently. I would be very scared to be that far out in the sea without someone there with me. I would constantly be worrying about a big storm hitting that could cause huge waves to tip over my boat. I would also be scared of running out of food or never finding land again. He did not bring any real food onto the boat with him. He even resorts to eating some bait. I personally find that disgusting, and I think that he should have waited until he was out on the sea for a couple of days before eating the food.