2016老人与海英语.pptxVIP

The old man and the seaErnest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea may be well-known as one of of this generationthe true classics . the qualities of Ernest Hemingways short novel are those which we associate with many great stories of the pastThe book is very powerful, it have 150 pages and first printed in 2010.6.1, this is a book about the old fisherman who lives alone in sea fishing. After the 84 days with nothing he caught a huge marlin . It had never been seen and heard of for the old man. The fish was at least longer than his boat two feet . The fish is very large, dragging the boat drifted for two days and nights, the elderly was in a never suffered through a difficult test in these two days and two nights. Finally the fish was stabbed and tied to the bow. However, it is unfortunate that a shark suddenly turned up in returning, the elderly and the Shark had a desperate struggle, finally, the giant marlin was eaten up by shark. After some bitter, the old people dragged home only a bare and a skeleton of the injury, but he still be appreciated Also, like most great stories, it can be read on more than one level of meaning.Hemingway On another level the book is a fable of the unconquerable spirit of man, a creature capable of snatching spiritual victory from circumstances of disaster and material defeat. On still another it is a parable of religious significance, its theme supported by the writers unobtrusive handling of Christian symbols and metaphors. Like Coleridges Ancient Mariner,.Hemingways Cuban fisherman is a character allowing the imagination of his creator to operate simultaneously in two different worlds of meaning and value, the one real and dramatic, the other moral and devotionally symbolicWriters must reproduce the exposed surface of the water that one-eighth. The rest should be left to the reader to understand and imagineThank you!Byebye!