(英语论文)《老人与海》硬汉形象分析 code hero in the old man and the sea.docVIP

《老人与海》硬汉形象分析【关键词】《老人与海》；桑提亚哥；硬汉 Introduction A.Brief Introduction to the Author? Ernest Hemingway is a American novelist and short-story writer?(1899-1961), one of the greatest American writers of the 20th Century. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway’s fiction usually focuses on people living essential, dangerous lives, such as soldiers, fishermen, athletes, bullfighters, who meet the pain and difficulty of their existence with stoic courage. His celebrated literary style, influenced by Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, is direct, terse, and often monotonous, yet particularly suited to his elemental subject matter. B.The Content of The Old Man and the SeaThere is an old fisherman, Santiago, in Cuba who has gone eighty-four days without a catch. Santiago’s lack of success, though, does not destroy his spirit, as his?“cheerful and undefeated” eyes show. On the eighty-fifth day, he decides to venture far out to sea, hoping to change his bad luck. He is even optimistic enough to believe that he may catch a big fish. In tune with the natural world about him, he spies birds and plankton that lead him to a good fishing spot. He carefully baits his hooks and patiently waits. Santiago’s patience pays off. Something big takes his bait, and because of his skill, the old man is able to hook it, beginning the adventure of the story. For three days and nights, he does battle with this giant creature from the sea. For most of the journey he does not even know what he is fighting, though he assumes it is a giant marlin. When the magnificent fish finally surfaces, Santiago is tremendously impressed with its size, its beauty, and its nobility. He begins to identify with the fish, almost regretting that he feels compelled to kill it. He tries to justify his actions by saying that he is not fishing for sport, but to feed himself and others.  II?.The Origin of the Concept of the?“Tough Guy” As early as 1930, critics noticed the common features in Hem