the book report of 《old man and sea》《the heart of darkness》.doc

成绩： 中国矿业大学外文学院 ___2010___级科研训练报告 姓 名 张明谱 学 号 专 业 班 级 英语10-3班 2013 年 6 月 徐州 Old Man and Sea The summary of Old Man and Sea This book which is written by Ernest Miller Hemingway refers to Santiago, an old, weathered fisherman has just catch a fish for 84 days. On the 85th day, he is determined to catch a big fish to astonish others. For years, Santiago, living in a small fishing village in Cuba, has been fishing with a young boy named Manolin. The little boy started fishing with the old man when he was only 5 years old. Santiago is like Manolins father, and has taught the young boy everything about fishing. Manolins parents, however, force the boy to leave Santiago and fish on a more remunerative fishing boat. The old man feels the 85th day will be a luck day for him. He sets out on his old, poor boat. Alone on the water, Santiago sets up his fishing lines with the accurate perspective as much as possible, a skill that other fisherman lack. Finally, a huge Marlin has found Santiagos bait and this sets off a very long struggle between the the old man and the fish. The Marlin is so huge that it drives Santiago beyond all other boats and people. His hands become hurt with blood from the force of the fish. The man and the Marlin become integrated out at sea. They are attached to each other in all, and in Santiagos case, emotionally. He sees the fish as his brother. Despite this, Santiago has to kill it. He feels guilty killing a brother, but after an strong struggle in which the fish drive the boat around in circles, Santiago use the equipment to catch the very large fish and hangs it on the side of his boat. For a while , a set of sharks finds the blood in the water and follow the trace to Santiagos boat. Santiago has to keep each shark from the big fish. Each shark takes a huge bite out of the Marlin, but the old man offend the sharks, himself