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2010-2011-1 美国文学史期末论文 作者：方亮 班级：英071 学号：15 论文题目：Analysis the Dreams of Santiago in The Old Men and the Sea 论文字数： 论文摘要： This report is a study of the famous book The Old Men and the Sea. It mainly focused on the discussion of Santiagos dream. The discussion goes in three points: the background information, the symbolic in the dream, and the relation about the dream and the actual life. Through the discussion the author found the relationship between the old mens life and the features in the dream, especially the lion, the lion reflected the old mans situation and desire. The report comes into a conclusion that the dream is a reflection of ones experience and desire. 教师评分：_____________ The Old Men and the Sea is the masterpiece of famous writers, Nobel Prize winner, Hemingway. It was written in 1952, the following year appeared the obtaining of the Pulitzer Prize, and then the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Over these years, many research has been done on it, but often focus on researching the old mans butch character, few had pay attention to the dreams. Dream, as a kind of literary figure repeated throughout the image, actually contained some connotation and denotation. It depicts the themes and explains the old mans image. Background information of the dream: experience of the old men The hero of the novel, a Cuban old fisherman Santiago, continue to go out for 84 days without caught a fish, everyone says he was in bad luck. Yet he keeps doing so. At the 85th days, he decided to go to someplace where fishermen have never visited in order to prove his ability and courage. In the boundless sea, the old man found so big a marlin that he had never seen. He overcame lots of difficulty. Finally, on the morning of the third day his harpoon stabs into the marlin heart. But things are not so simple, on the way of returning, the old man met the shark attack five times, he fight with harpoon, paddle and knives all things he can found, yet finally lost. When he had drivin