The Old Man and the Sea - Why it Should Have Stayed a Short Story

Originally the story The Old Man and the Sea was a short story written by Hemingway and put in to to Time Magazine. The story instantly became a hit with millions of people connecting to it's strange and dumb message. Hemingway felt compelled to turn the short story in to something more substantial. He then expanded it in to a short novel. Much longer than it had been but still rather short for a novel. Now it is the story millions read and love. Though in my worthless opinion I think that Hemingway should have left it a short story rather turning it in to a small novel. U really think that there is just not enough substance for this tale to be made in to a novel. I think it would make a fantastic short story. I really hot the feeling that Hemingway stretched it out to make it fit in to what he wanted it to be rather than simply writing from the heart. I have not read ther abbreviated version of the tale but I would make a bet on the fact that when he expanded it in to a novel he expanded the chase of the fish more than any other part. It really seemed to me as if Hemingway tried to make the novel longer by giving random pointless fact and random pointless fact over and over. It honestly felt like one of my middle school essays where I had said all I had to say but it was not long enough so I began to ramble until I got to the end of the page. I was bored out of my mind while reading the part about Santiago fighting with the fish. Every page I turned I hoped it would be the last. It all seemed forced and rather bland by comparison to the rest of the book. I think this story should have stayed short. Three more words.