老人与海,英语论文,老人形象Is Santiago successful论文作业.docVIP

Is Santiago successful? 棗SThe Old Man and the Sea Word Count: 1218 Written by Seaside (2010051219) In my opinion, Santiago is successful. The following is my way of thinking. Firstly, let me make a brief introduction about the Story. ?I) Introduction The Old Man and the Sea earned its author the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1952, and was instrumental in winning him the Nobel Prize for literature two years later. It is a short novel about Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has gone for 84 days without taking a fish. Therefore, the boy, Mandolin, who used to sail with him, is forced to leave him and catch in another boat. The old man insists on fishing alone and at last, he hooks an eighteen-foot, giant marlin, the largest he has ever known. But the fish is very powerful and disobedient. The fight between giant marlin and the old man has begun and fortunately the old man won. But, on his way to home, the come across sharks as much might and many weapons as he can summon, but only to find a giant skeleton of his marlin left after his desperate defense. At last, Santiago, having lost what he fought for, reached the shore and struggles to his shack. Secondly, let me show you my thinking. II) Main Body On the Morning of July 7th at 2 o’clock, 1961, Hemingway took his precious silver double barrel shotgun, aimed at his mouth, with the courage ,he ended his life. Perhaps just as he said, A man who have the courage to die than to suffer the humiliation of body and mind of the terrorist is much more happiness. People always think of Hemingways the old man and the sea, as the representative of the tough guy spirit man is not born to fail, a man can be destroyed, but not defeated, all those who have read the novel on the two sentence leaves a deep impression. Great work can send out the symbol and fable meanings, perhaps, this is more than simply express his amazing willpower moves more readers thinking twice deeply in the work. Santiago is successful,because from this