《英语本科毕业论文_老人与海读后感(英文版)》.doc

Analysis of Santiago in the Old Man and theSea By SunWenjing Submitted to the School of Foreign Studies in Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Under the Supervision of (Associate) Professor Ms.Yuan Ting April, 2010  Analysis of Santiago in the Old Man and the Sea Abstract: The Old Man and the Sea ，one of Ernest Hemingway’s most famous work,was published in 1952.Critics praise that the novel is Hemingway’s last major work of fiction,and he won 1953’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Award of Merit Medal from the American Academy of Letters.[1] It is a short novel，a fable of a kind ，about an kind Cuban fisherman Santiago ands battle with a great mailin。For 84 days，Santiago does not catch a single fish but he does not feel discouraged ，He goes far out into the sea and he hooks a giant marlin.A desperate struggle ensues Santiago manages to kill the fish and ties it to his boat,only to find that on the way home he has to fight a more desperate struggle with some dangerous giant sharks,which eat up the marlin,leaving only a skeleton .The old man brings it home and goes to bed to dream,almost dead witn exhaustion.[2] Key Words: background ; struggle ;grace under pressure;symbolism 《老人与海》中圣地亚哥形象分析 摘要：《老人与海》是海明威最著名的作品之一，发表于1952年。很多评论家认为这是海明威最后一部主要的小说作品，凭此书他获得了普利策奖以及美国艺术与文学学院长篇小说奖。这是一部寓言类中篇小说。内容是关于年迈的古巴渔民桑提亚哥和他与大马林鱼之间抗争的故事。在连续84天毫无所获时，桑提亚哥试图杀掉这条鱼并把它绑在船上，从而展开了一系列的殊死搏斗。而在回家途中，桑提亚哥却不得不面对更凶猛的鲨鱼的袭击，鲨鱼吃掉了马林鱼，只留下衣服鱼骨架。老人将骨架带回家，几乎奄奄一息，他上了床，很快就进入了梦乡。 ： 背景，奋斗，压力下的优雅，象征 Contents Abstract i Key Words i 摘要 ii 关键词 ii Contents iii Chapter One Introduction 1 1.1 Total Background 1 1.2 Background of the Old Man and the Sea 1 Chapter Two Analysis of Santiago’s characters 3 Chapter Three Sruggle bravely and pridely regardless of defeat or death 4 Chapter Four Grace Under Pressure 6 4.1 Grace under Pressure 6 4.2 Grace under the first layer of pressure 6 4.3 Grace under