AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER IMAGE IN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA《老人与海》人物形象分析.docVIP

毕 业 论 文 学生姓名： 专 业： 英 语 学 号： 100300411000083 导师姓名： 二〇一二年七月  毕业论文承诺书 本人承诺：本人已经了解北京语言大学的毕业论文写作的有关规定；本人的论文是在指导教师指导下独立完成的研究成果。整篇论文除了文中已注明出处或引用的内容外，绝没有侵犯他人知识产权。对本论文所涉及的研究工作做出贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中以明确方式注明。 签 名：______ _______ 日 期：________________ 北京语言大学继续教育学院 AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER IMAGE IN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA 《老人与海》人物形象分析 Student: Student ID No.: Major: Supervisor: He Xin-xin 100300411000083 English Gu Yan-dong Continuing Education College Beijing Language Culture University July 2012  本科生毕业论文评阅书 论文题目（英文）AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER IMAGE IN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA 论文题目（中文）《老人与海》人物形象分析 学生姓名 学 号 所在院系 专 业 何欣欣 100300411000083 外国语学院 英语 导师姓名 古艳东 指 导 教 师 意见 评语： 成绩（百分制）： 导师签字： 日期： 年 月 日 Outline: 1 Introduction 1 2 The background 2 2.1 The American society at that time 2 2.2 Hemingways life experience 2 3 The positive character of Santiago 3 3.1 Santiagos confidence and courage 4 3.2 Love of nature and respect for life 5 3.3 Expectation for the Future 6 4 Complexity of Santiago’s character 7 4.1 Santiago as a code hero 7 4.2 Santiago’s overt aggression 8 5 Conclusion 8 Works Cited 10 Abstract: Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961)，a famous American writer, is considered as one of the most important and outstanding writers in the 20th century of the world. He has written many well known works in hie life.Among his books, The Old Man and the Sea (1952) is the most famous one. In this novel, Hemingway further explored the themes of man meeting challenges and struggling alone, showing extreme determination and courage in face of the defeats, and living with grace under pressure. This thesis is intended to probe into the characterization of Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea from the following aspects: confidence and courage, love of nature and respect for life, expectation for the future. Also this thesis analyses the dual character of