老人与海英文读后感1500字.docVIP

?Impression?of?“The?Old?Man?and?the?Sea” When?I?was?a?middle?school?student,?I’ve?finished?this?book?in?Chinese.But?when?I?read?it?in?English,I?really?gain?something?new?both?in?the?way?of?expression?and?the?spirit?it?shows?to?us.May?be?different?ages?to?read?the?same?book?we?will?learn?different?things?from?it.At?least,?for?my?part,?that?is?true.? Firstly,I?would?like?to?review?some?information?about?this?book.Such?as?the?background,major?characters?and?the?topic?of?it.? The?Old?Man?and?the?Sea?is?a?story?by?Ernest?Hemingway,?written?in?Cuba?in?1951?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?Cuban?fisherman?who?struggles?with?a?giant?marlin?far?out?in?the?Gulf?Stream.[1]? The?Old?Man?and?the?Sea?served?to?reinvigorate?Hemingways?literary?reputation?and?prompted?a?reexamination?of?his?entire?body?of?work.?The?novella?was?initially?received?with?much?popularity;?it?restored?many?readers?confidence?in?Hemingways?capability?as?an?author.?Its?publisher,?Scribners,?on?an?early?dust?jacket,?called?the?novella?a?new?classic,?and?many?critics?favorably?compared?it?with?such?works?as?William?Faulkners?The?Bear?and?Herman?Melvilles?Moby-Dick.? This?book?gives?me?a?deep?impression?especially?the?description?about?the?man’s?braveness?and?persistence.? In?this?book,?in?order?to?suggest?the?profundity?of?the?old?man’s?sacrifice?and?the?glory?that?derives?from?it,?Hemingway?purposefully?likens?Santiago?to?Christ,?who,?according?to?Christian?theology,?gave?his?life?for?the?greater?glory?of?humankind.?Crucifixion?imagery?is?the?most?noticeable?way?in?which?Hemingway?creates?the?symbolic?parallel?between?Santiago?and?Christ.?When?Santiago’s?palms?are?first?cut?by?his?fishing?line,?the?reader?cannot?help?but?think?of?Christ?suffering?his?stigmata.?Later,?when?the?sharks?arrive,?Hemingway?portrays?the?old?man?as?a?crucified?martyr,?saying?that?he