The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea分析.pptVIP

By Ernest Hemingway A man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed but not defeated. 一个人并不是生来就要被打败的，人尽可以被毁灭，但却不能被打败 Introduction The Old Man and the Sea?is a novel?written by American author?Ernest Hemingway, in 1951 in?Cuba?and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging?fisherman?who struggles with a giant?marlin?far out in the?Gulf Stream. back Background Hemingway wanted to use the story of the old man, Santiago, to show the honor in struggle and to draw biblical parallels to life in his modern world. Possibly based on the character of Gregorio Fuentes, Hemingway had initially planned to use Santiagos story, which became The Old Man and the Sea, as part of an intimacy between mother and son and also the fact of relationships that cover most of the book relate to the Bible, which he referred to as The Sea Book. (He also referred to the Bible as the Sea of Knowledge and other such things.) Some aspects of it did appear in the posthumously published Islands in the Stream. Positive feedback he received for On the Blue Water (Esquire, April 1936) led him to rewrite it as an independent work. back Plot 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